Vayeitzei - 3rd Portion

Join me in learning for Tuesday the third Torah reading of paras chapter 29 verse 18. Today's class is for a speedy recovery. Verse 18. And Jacob loved said to him, "I will serve you. I will work for you for seven years for your younger daughter. Verse 18 for seven years. They will be like a few days that his mother told him that you'll stay with my brother for only a few days. You will know this is the way it is because it says even later on and it was and it was in his eyes like only a few days from here you can see that this is what his mother told him only a few days actually has multiple interpretations your daughter the younger one why did he have to be so explicit of which how many were knew that he was a cheat for you to tell me there's another from the marketplace you're going to go and get me therefore he says your daughter you'll say I'll change name to Leo or Leo's name to I'll call her therefore he says in the verse the younger And even after all this planning didn't help because he cheated him. We see over here as we finished off the last aliyah tells us that Leia was crying because she was concerned she might marry Asaf. We see that Leia was on the level of a penitant of Baluva and therefore she was constantly crying of doing tashuva. Therefore, she should have been destined to marry Asav because to bring Asov to do tashuva. However, as we see in verse 19 as says and responds, better that I give her to you from giving her to another man. Stay with me. Verse 20. And worked for seven years. And was in his days it seemed like merely only a few days because of his love for her. Verse 21 said, "Give me my wife because my days are up. My time is up and this way I can cohabitate with her." Verse 21. Why does he saying my time is up? Because my mother told me that I only have to be here a few days even more. So, we can another explain meaning I'm getting older. I'm already 84 years old and I have to bring the 12 tribes into the world. When is that going to happen? Therefore, says so I can cohabitate with her. This is not the appropriate way for to speak. Why would he say the reason why I want to marry her so I can have children? Because really his whole purpose was that he wanted to marry her to have the 12 tribes. Therefore, he said this because of the purpose and realization that he had to bring the 12 tribes into the world. The Torah now continues on verse 22. And love and so gather so love and gathered all the together all the people all the local people made a wedding feast. Verse 23 and it was in the evening and he took Leia's daughter and he brought him brought her to Jacob and he consummated the marriage with her. In verse 24 and love and love and love and gave his visibly younger bondsomanil who was zilpa was the younger wondswoman lea to Leia his daughter that she should be a bondswoman for her as we see how he's trying to trick so he gave the younger one like this yakov should assume as we'll soon see that she is the one uh that she is the younger one verse it was in the morning. Behold, who is it? The one that married was Leia and he tells what did you do to me, was it not for that I worked for you with you and why did you deceive me? Verse 25. Why does it say only in the morning but in night wasn't? What happened made a secret code that he gave to? What was the secret code? According to many commentaries, the secret code was that he told her what is the three mitzvah that a woman is obligated. And the secret code word was kana. And Raul in her absolute humility and not wanting to deceive Leia and not wanting to at least told her that you have to remember the three things that a woman gets married for which is saw that they are bringing Leia instead of her. She said my sister is going to get embarrassed. She got up release and she gave those that hidden code which was the word to Leia that she should not get embarrassed. What is love and respond to Jacob Mali? You know what love and said make finish this uh in our region what are you going to do? You're going to finish the I'm sorry verse 26 said in our region it is not done so to give the one that is younger in marriage before the older one. Therefore, what is love and recommend? Verse 27. Complete uh the celebrations for this week and then I'll give you the second one. I'll give you as well in return that you would work for me for another seven years. Let's see. Rashi. What does it mean? It is connected to the word because there's a when he says what is he telling us? He says as follows. So there's the also it's called in Rashi's language a week of this what is it the week of and this is the way it's explained in the we cannot say that it means a week and it must be over a year or seven days why means there should have been a very fact that it says The word is for masculine. When we see in the it tells us seven weeks a person should count. It uses a term like if it would be feminine would say like the feminine four or seven. Therefore it doesn't mean from the word a week seven days. What is this word and we will give you meaning in the future? Like we learned previously by the terminology using a plural terminology also is telling you about the future. This also means and they will give also give this one. I'm going to give you immediately after the seven days of the seven celebration but in exchange after you marry her you guarantee you're promising to work for another seven years. Verse 28 came and acquiesced to love's request and they completed the week of celebrations the seven days and he gave his daughter to him as a wife. Verse 29 love and gave the bond to his daughter as the bondsoman who was the older one to her bonds. verse 30. And thus he also married. He loved even more than he loved. And he worked for love for another seven years for that he married tells us. It already told us that he has to work for another seven years. If it says the word that means another, why does he have to be redundant and say the word other years? He compares it to the first seven years. Just like the first seven years were with honesty and trust. So to the last seven years that he did also with absolute trust beloved and still in all he came and he cheated him that he wanted him to work even though that he cheated him and he made him work another seven years and he gave him the wrong wife. Still in all, he would kept to his part of the deal and faithfully worked for him for the next seven years. One of the many questions that many ask is how is it that Yakov was able to marry two sisters if Yakov kept the entire Torah. So we know that the Rebi discusses this at length and explains in short that the reason is that because Yakov had an obligation though there are other commentaries that say that maybe the forefathers didn't keep the Torah outside Israel. But the Reb rejects all those uh answers and gives the answer simply because Yakov had to had an obligation first to follow the Noahide laws and only afterwards take upon himself the stringencies of the 613 commandments. And because the Noahide laws was about commitment as we see he even had an argument against love and how did you cheat me? Therefore, because Yakov committed to Rahul that he would marry her, he had to keep his word to Rahul, even though it meant of him uh transgressing a a one of the 613 commandments, a mitzvah of not marrying two sisters because Noahide laws was his preference and first obligation. The Torah now continues with the birth of the tribes. Verse 31, knew and Hashem saw that Leia was hated and there because of that he opened her womb. However, and remained barren. Verse 32, Leia became pregnant, conceived and gave birth to a son. She gave him the name because she said, "God has seen my My humilation, my humiliation, for now my husband will love me. Rashi verse 32. The rabbis explained why did he give the name? Why did she give the name Ruain? She said as follows said to herself, look at the difference between my son and the son of my father-in-law. Shar my oh my father-in-law's oldest son as sold his right of the firstborn to Yakov on his own intuition. However, Ruvane did not sell his firstborn to Yoseph did not even complain about it. That means he didn't hold any grudges or gripes against him. Not only did he not hold the gripe against him about the firstborn even tried to save his life of when they threw him into the ditch that he was going to save him. So you see how wonderful my son is. Verse 50 verse 33 and she conceived again and she gave birth to a son and she said because God has heard that I am hated. He gave me this child as well and she called his name Shim. Verse 34 and she conceived again and gave birth to a son and she said now this time my husband will become attached to me because I gave birth to him three sons. I borne to him three sons. Therefore she called him Ley. Rashi explains, "What does this mean? Now my husband will be close to me. What's so unique about the number three? They have to have 12 tribes because that the matriarchs were prophetists that they're going to have to give birth to the 12 tribes from was married to four women." They said nobody can have any complaints about me. Why? I did my part. If you do four times three means each one of the four wives gets three children. I did my part. I brought three sons into the world. I did my sheer of bringing the part of the 12 tribes. Alca. What does this mean? Alca. Therefore, call me Shane by Alca. Whoever it says therefore has a great that means their tribe will have a large amount of people that they were responsible of carrying the holy ark and because they were responsible of carrying the holy ark many times they would make mistakes of how they would carry the holy ark and because of that it caused that many of them to die and they were there they became many of them died and they were not the largest population because of that. She called his name Ley the old says and she called but this one it says was called in male terms there's a medish that explains and says that a god sent the angel before ley and he brought him before god the hashem called him this name and he gave that later on we see that the Jewish people had to give to the cohen 24 different types of gifts because of this terminology that he connected the matonis with these gifts ley she called him ley verse number 35 received again and she gave birth to another child another son and she said this time I will thank Therefore, she called him and she ceased from giving birth. Why? Why this time will I give thanks to God? What is this more? Because as we mentioned, each one only should have given three. And now that she had another child, I got more than my she from now. Here I have what to thank Hashem. Chapter 30 verse1 and saw that she did not give any children to was now jealous of her sister and she said to him give me children for if not it's as if I am dead rashi verse verse Verse one, I'm sorry. Was jealous. Why was she jealous? What was she jealous of? Not the fact that she had children. She was jealous of her good deeds. She said, "It is only because Lei is more righteous than me and that's why she had children. She must be a holier and greater person than myself." What is she telling YaKob? Give me children. Where should Yakov have children from? So this is what his complaint was. Is this is what your father did to your mother? When he saw your mother didn't have children as we learned in THE PREVIOUS PARA HEAVEN for her. Why are you noting for me? What does it mean as if I'm dead? Rashi says from here we learn of somebody who doesn't have children. It's as if they are dead. as there's no continuism from in their family. Verse number two. And Jacob became angry with he said, "Can I take the place of God? Who has denied your fruit of your womb?" Rashi, what was Jacob's response? The word means am I in God's place that he withheld from you? He responded to her as follows. You told me should be like my father and I'm not like my father. My father had no kids. And therefore he prayed for himself that he should have children. I have sons. I have four boys from Leia. The only one that God didn't give children from is you, not me. Not from me. And therefore, you should be praying because God will listen to your praise. He didn't hold anything back from me. Verse three. So she said, "Here is my bondswoman bill. Cohabitate with her. and let her bear a child on my own lap. So I will too build up from her. What does that mean? So Rashi explains as follows. I'll be on my laparume means that I will I will uh I will bring them up. I will be the one to be their mother and bring them up and they will grow and they will be able to uh be in my home and I will be able to give them what they need. What does this mean? What does it also mean that I as well? She said to Jacob as follows Jacob said to your grandfather had children from huger and still in all heaven he girded his loins for surah that means he worked really hard at Sarah should have a child. You told me you have a children already from Leia. Look at your grandfather. He had children from Hagar and still in all he prayed for Sara. He told her, "Zaki, my ziknasi zaki, my great my grandmother brought a woman that gave her problems into her house." Meaning a second woman into the house. She said, "So if this is what's bothering you, if this is what's holding you back, take my bondsoman, and I will have children from her just like S did with Hagar. And because of that, she gave her Baha to to Yak." With this, the Torah continues, "Now and Bah conceived and she gave to Yak a child." Verse six, I have princess. God has judged me. But he also heard my prayers and he gave me a son. Therefore, she called him done. Meaning God heard my prayer. He judged me. He he made that I incre and he made me barren but at the same time he judged me again and this time he gave me a child from bill. Verse number seven. She conceived again. And the bondsoman of had a second son to verse eight said, "I've persistently pleaded with God to be part to be on par with my sisters with my sister and I have prevailed." And therefore she gave him the name. What does the word napul mean? This whole word nafle. So benuk who was a commentator on the words of Hebrew very well-known commentator on grammar and considered one of Rash's teachers in grammar. Pura Makaris explained in his book concerning grammar that the word over here comes from the word like a covering something that's close connected. I was connected with God. Therefore, I can be connected with my sister that I too should be able to have children. Meaning that God saw and answered my prayers and made me the same as my sisters. Rashi says however I explain it like from the words in the word meaning I was stubborn and I worked really hard in prayer in many different maneuvers to be able to ask God that I should be able to be the same like my What does this mean? I've pre I've prevailed that God agreed and gave me the child world of praying. I prayed many prayers in front of God and therefore I prayed so much that I was answered and I was able to have children like my sister. According to translation, my prayer was accepted. There's many different commentaries in the medish about it. Showing that these words comes from many different words made up coming together like acronyms of different words and she sees giving birth. She took Zila, her bonds woman, and she gave her to Yakisha to be for a wife and Zilpa gave birth to the man's woman of Yakov. It gave birth to a Yakov, a son. You'll notice something different that when it talks about all the other times when somebody gave birth, it says first they conceived and they gave birth. over here by Zulpa does not say about the concept of pregnancy or that she conceived as Rashi explains by all of them. It says about their pregnancy before they gave birth besides because she was very young from all of them very very young that she seemed like a small child in years and therefore nobody would think that it was that she would look that she would be pregnant and it wouldn't be noticeable that she would be pregnant and therefore that she gave birth right away. seemingly that when was she even pregnant? Now Rashi adds on something interesting. Why was it that the younger one was given to Leia and the older one was given to was this was all to cheat and gave it to Leia think that he's marrying Leia because this was usually the custom to give the older bonds woman to the older girl and the younger one to the younger one. This way when Yakov sees the younger bonds woman coming so of course he would assume that he would have and he wouldn't make anything of it verse 11 and Leia said God good fortune has come and she gave him the name God Rashi says what does it mean God meaning good fortune has come in like we see it in the terminology of the Gmorrah that if a person wants to be able to have good luck and good fortune come upon him, he says he he yells out, "Let my luck come upon me and don't be tired from being upon me." We find something similar to this as well that it's a terminology in Isaiah brought that the idolattors would make for themselves a big table and they would go according to the luck according to the galaxy that was done at the time. The medish explains why was he called because he was born circumcised and the word god comes from the word circumcision. like cut down that tree. I don't know why it was written as in one word because what word god comes to tell me like a person of treason. So one explanation could be why was it written in one one word the word comes like a treasonous meaning the very fact that I gave uh my bondswoman to my husband feels like a treason I went against him like a person who went against his wife and married somebody else as well. Zila shifa and zilpa the bondswoman of Leia gave birth a second son to Jacob and Leia said I will be praised bunnies for young woman will praise will praise mesher and she named him Usher. This concludes this third Torah reading of