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Reflections of Redemption — ror-eng-07-5784-pages — Vayeitzei 5784

Выпуск: Reflections of Redemption — ror-eng-07-5784-pages — Vayeitzei 5784. Темы: family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות. 7) 5784 2023 2 2 / REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF Horav Schneur Zalman Halevi v"g ben Horav Yitzchok Elchonon Halevi s"hv Shagalov Passed away on 21 Tamuz, 5766 Reb Dovid Asniel ben Reb Eliyahu v"g Ekman Passed away on 5 Sivan - Erev Shavuot, 5765 Mrs. R  R   \ 3 by Rabbi Dovid Yisroel Ber Kaufmann, Ph.D 4 / REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION Vayeitze From a Hundred-fold to a Thousand-fold The negotiations between Lavan and Jacob allude to the role of the non-Jew, and the blessing he will receive for assisting the Jew in learning Torah and observing mitzvos. True, the “world will be filled with knowledge of G-d as the sea fills the ocean bed;” true Moshiach will “improve the entire world, motivating all the nations to serve G-d together;” true, “in that era there will be neither famine nor war, envy or competition, for good will flow in abundance and all delights will be as common as dust.” But the question remains: what is the role of the non-Jew? First Lavan declares, “I have observed the signs, and the Lord has blessed me for your sake.” Jacob, for his REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION \ 5 part, asserts that the disproportionate increase in Lavan’s herds is due entirely to the blessing given for the sake of Jacob. When a tzaddik such as the patriarch Jacob comes to a place and there serves G-d, the place and all its inhabitants fulfill their life’s mission by helping the Jewish people be a “nation of priests.” As to the difference in numbers, it may be explained this way: The number one hundred indicates completeness within the realm of nature. In fact, the letters of the word for a thousand in Hebrew can be rearranged to form the word “wonder.” Saying that something occurs a thousand times means that it is wondrous or REFLECTIONS OF REDEMPTION \ 7 miraculous, that it goes beyond the normal limitations, that it is outside the common experience. However, according to Rabbi Abba, who says that Lavan’s flock increased a thousand-fold, when the nations of the world do what G-d has commanded them, namely, ob

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Reflections of Redemption

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24 ноября 2023 г.

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Темы: family_education, chassidus_hashkafa, health_mind, parsha_commentary