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Meshech Chochma — h-chochmah vayetzei 2023 — Vayeitzei 5784

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — h-chochmah vayetzei 2023 — Vayeitzei 5784. Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2023 / 5784 MESHECH CHOCHMAH Parshas Vayetzei Foundations of the Beis Hamikdash ‫וַ יַּשְ ׁכֵ ּם יַעֲקֹ ב בַ ּבֹ ּקֶ ר וַ יִ ּקַ ּח אֶ ת הָ אֶ בֶ ן אֲשֶ ׁר שָ ׂם מְ ַראֲ שֹ ׁתָ יו וַ יָּשֶ ׂם אֹ תָ ּה מַ צֵ ּבָ ה וַ יִ ּצֹק שֶ ׁמֶ ן‬ ‫עַ ל רֹאשָ ּׁה‬ Yaakov arose early in the morning, he took the stone that he placed around his head and set it up as a pillar, and he poured oil on its top. (28:18) The Timing of Yaakov’s Response Having experienced the awesome encounter with Hashem in a dream, and having received Hashem’s assurance of protection until his safe return to the Land of Israel, Yaakov responds the next morning by setting up a stone as a form of altar (known as matzeivah), and pouring oil over it. The Torah has already described how Yaakov woke up in the middle of the night, aware of the profundity of the Divine encounter he has just experienced, as well as the exalted sanctity of the location where this all took place – the future Temple Mount.1 We may wonder, therefore, why he did not immediately follow this by setting up the matzeivah and pouring oil on it, waiting instead until morning. This idea has subsequently been summed up in the phrase “Maaseh Avos siman l’banim – the deeds of the fathers are a sign for the sons.” However, this colloquial rendition of this concept risks potentially missing the meaning of what these pre-experiences were for. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein Parshas Vayetzei - Foundations of the Beis Hamikdash | 2 aware of the enabling role of their actions for future generations, for we see that Hashem specifically told Avraham to pave the way for his descendants. Commenting on this pasuk, the Meshech Chochmah writes: “He did not set up (the matzeivah) in the night, for we do not build the Beis Hamikdash at night.” The Meshech Chochmah’s unspoken question here may be inferred from his answer. In other words, in setting up his matzeivah in the capacity of Maaseh Avos, Yaakov was in fact laying the conceptual foundations for the Beis Hamikdash and, as such, it constituted the first act of its construction. Indeed, it is with reference to this episode the Midrash4 introduces us t

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Meshech Chochma

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24 ноября 2023 г.

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Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary