Parshas Vayechi: "Kever Rachel" & The Mystical Connection of Chevron and Yerushalayim

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

Yosel Yosel Minaclau. It's really extraordinary meaning and message and something that's very meaningful and powerful. Okay, Reb Boaz, let's let's get right into it. Yaakov Avinu's first encounter with his uh with his second wife, Rachel Imeinu. He thought it was going to be his first wife. So, you know, this is his first meeting with her and the Torah says VaYishak Yaakov l'Rachel. Yaakov kisses Rachel VaYisa koloi vaYevk. And he raises his voice and he cries. And he raises his voice and he cries. Rashi wants to know Farvei Farvei veinstu? You know, what's he what's he what's he crying about? Lefish she'at sofah beruach hakodesh she'einah nichneses imah l'kvurah. He saw with the holy spirit that he's not going to be buried with her. You know, you're getting a little carried away here. You know, they're not even engaged yet and he's worried about being buried next to her. You know, first let's get the vart the the tnoim and the kiddushin. You're worried about where will you be buried later? Why is this like the first thing that comes to this like the first thing that comes to Yaakov's mind is that he's not going to be buried with her. What does he care? He What difference does it make where you're buried? Remember in old shul one time before we had to go to levaya, Baruch Hashem, you know, it was a different age bracket. So, we were driving and driving there were a bunch of alte yiddenas in the backseat and they were talking about where they wanted to be buried and I remember one of them said, "Oh, this cemetery, it's so noisy there, you know?" And the the other one said, "You know, Rose, when you're 6 ft under, you don't

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1. 0:32Yosel Yosel Minaclau. It's really extraordinary meaning and message and something that's very meaningful and powerful.…
2. 6:10parents, "Nu, who's the Yaakov married to?" So, what does Yaakov say? "Oh, married to Leah."…
3. 11:50of. Why are we learning kiddushin out of the purchase of the Maras Hamachpelah, as great…
4. 18:01Hamachpelah. Interesting. So interesting, but only problem is that's not what the Torah says. The Torah…
5. 23:38way to on the way to another Ryan he said after all the party market is…
6. 29:59what it looks like. That's surely what it looks like if there would only be Yerushalayim.…
7. 35:35Ruach. There's wind. There's Mayim. There's water. You know, it's interesting. What is the Yesod of…
8. 41:21So now we understand the following. Okay? The next concept is really it's mind-boggling. We all…
9. 47:31Then we're ready for shiduchim. But even on a deeper level, the eternal union of husband…
10. 53:10that the revealed relationship with Hashem one day would cease. And that's why he cried. And…

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