Vayigash: Why Yaakov Took All His assets From Lavan to Buy A Share In the Cave of the Patriarchs

morning in progress okay good morning friends how are you great to see everybody before we begin let's start everyone's going to give a big smile because you know why we have to smile Hashem is always smiling at us Hashem the T says that when a person Smiles he's emulating the ways of Hashem okay I want to share with you a beautiful thought Rashi in two places at the end of saas brings the following idea number one they took their cattle and their property that they acquired Rashi says what do you mean they only took the property that they acquired in Canan what about all the wealth that yobass from being in the house of L says that which acquired in he gave it all to for his Shear in the cave of the Patriarchs he said the material wealth of is not for me this is what it means that I that he purchased for me that I purchased for me Shah he made a pile of gold CF and silver Comm in like a mound he said you take it basically yo took all of his material wealth that he amassed from love he made a big pile he gave it to ASA he said this is yours in exchange I want the Cave of the Patriarchs Rashi reiterates this on the that we just mentioned sh says the Rashi um he brings a med so the question is that's a lot that's a very uh very um immense gift and amount that yuu is offering for the share in the he Pro probably could have gotten away with a lot less why was it so important for yov to spend so much money on the why did he give as all of this money for the offers an amazing answer says that the medish Raba said says that when yob encountered um was very afraid and he was distressed says the medish he was afraid what was he afraid of what was he distressed over he says all these years asov was living in Isel so he's coming against me also all these years he's honoring his parents he's coming against me so was bolstered by two great the and the so was attempting to undermine all of the of as so you know what he did Yu took all his money from P all the money that he made from which because of that money he lost out on these two mitv all those years he was making money he lost out on and he lost out on he gave it all to asov for what for a K in Isel which was the K of his forefathers so basically he's telling asov hey asov you should know that to me the Mitzvah of and honoring father mother is much more valuable is more valuable than all the money that I made so yabo took all the money that he made and he paid asov a for a right to be buried and B for uh to show honor to his parents because this was the ancestral plot so Yakov ainu deliberately went out of his way to pay all this money to to undermine the Merit of asov as's Merit was from K and as's Merit was from K and and yakob lost out on that because he was making all this money so Yakov now took all the money he made and he said I'll give it all up for those I'll give it all up for those mitv this was the uh this was the kavana behind this was the cavana behind yob A's purchase of the everyone is invited to join us this evening for an amazing Shear on the head of as and it's significance that it's buried in the mar 8:30 tonight be there or be square have a good day everyone uh see you later all the best bye-bye