Shnayim Yomi - Vayishlach - R'vi'i - #4 - Rabbi David Tawil - Being of Service

Good morning for in this aliyah we read about how go their separate ways by the end of the aliyah we find that camps next to the city of setting up the next aliyah in the par the says he camped at the face of the city the rabbis wonder what this means the presents a number of options that perhaps Perhaps Yakobino minted a coin. He set up markets. He made bathous. He provided some kind of practical innovation for the city that he was about to camp next to. And this allowed him to then purchase land by it. And he was allowed to make a foothold in the land. Yakov teaches us a very valuable lesson that as Jews, we go to different places and we want to have a foothold in the land. We want to set up our communities. But it does not come at the expense of providing some kind of service or goodness to the local population. Yakov Au made sure that he provided some kind of service to others that he was a productive member of society and that the people that he was living next to made sure that they looked at him positively. He made a tremendous kush hashem. He set up some kind of service, some kind of offering that the other people can enjoy from him. And this is what Jews have done all throughout our exile. For 2,000 years, we've been kicked out and pushed around from land to land. But each time we come to a land, we end up booming the economy. We end up providing some kind of new innovation, technology, advancements in medicine in all different areas. And we learn it from to always be productive members of society and to contribute to the reparation of the entire world and our surroundings. Have a great day.