by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 24, 2014
Toward the end of the parsha, Yaacov and his family finally escaped Lavan and started to make their way back home. Lavan ran after them. He said that he wanted to kiss his daughter’s goodbye but it soon emerged that his real concern was his Terafim, which Rachel had...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 7, 2013
Yaacov Avinu was able to uncover the well for Rachel when all of the shepherds could not. He cared for her and he wanted her to be able to water the sheep and go home. How did he do it? Rashi tells us that he had superhuman strength. He was able to lift the stone like...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 30, 2012
When Yaacov first met Rachel he cried. The Medrash says that he cried because he would not be buried with her. Before his death, Yaacov apologized to Yosef for not burying Rachel in Me’aras Hamachpeila. He had buried her by the side of the road outside Beis Lechem. He...
