" Parashat Vayeshev Rav Eliyahu Ben-Haim

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Haim’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

A little bit of this week's Torah, and Jacob lived in the land of his father's residence. We have told you several times that the Torah does not tell us stories. Every single thing has a great lesson in it. The Torah teaches us the dispute and jealousy and the quarrel that existed between the brothers. What is very interesting is that our rabbis named Jacob. Our rabbis say, "Read the Gemara in the Book of the Covenant. The jealousy and hatred and in this competition, the Book of the Covenant. The jealousy and hatred and in this competition, the Lord also read the Gemara. Never will a good man build between the sons. After all, Jacob our father was a sinner. And you will see that Israel went down to Egypt. The Tosafot ask, "Why did this decree come upon us?" The Tosafot says, "No, not in so much torment and hardship. But who is the Lord in this? Jacob will be. Why do you make distinctions? This is sweet and this is less sweet. This is a child who is the son of Rachel. This is a son of what are these things? son of Rachel. This is a son of what are these things? And we see that this continued as well, as in the danger of life, first Leah, the last children of Rachel, even more last, last, last, experience. If he kills, he will kill the sons of the handmaids. So in the verse, if Esau does a deed, he will make a bed first, my handmaids, not people, at the end, Leah, and even more at the end, she is more important, Jacob." Our father was such a man, so until the last day, so when Joseph brought them and said to him, "

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