{"id":2305,"date":"2016-03-02T01:13:20","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T01:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2305"},"modified":"2016-03-02T01:13:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T01:13:20","slug":"vayeitze-5763","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2305","title":{"rendered":"VaYeitze (5763)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for VaYeitze\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 Today, I want to discuss Laban’s deception regarding Rachel and Leah. \u00a0The key verses are Ch 29, v 18, 19, 26, and 27.<\/p>\n

\u2022 This is the origin of a lot of halacha such as the older daughter marries before the younger, one does not mix one festivity with another, the length of the period of betrothal, the blessings of the Chupah.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Chazal in Madras Tachuma teach that the deception of Jacob by Laban is a working of strict justice.<\/p>\n

\u2022 I want to focus now on Ch 29, v26 and in particular the word “B’mekomnu”. \u00a0Rashi is silent on this verse. \u00a0Rambam asks “why plural”?<\/p>\n

\u2022 One characteristic of a wicked person \u00a0that stands in the way of change is the flight from personal responsibility by placing it on somebody else’s shoulders. \u00a0“Am I to blame? — No. \u00a0I am just a member of the community and that’s how we do things here”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rambam then answers: You are responsible for your own deeds, not the organization, community, or something backing you. \u00a0This is as valid today as it was 3000 years ago<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nehama Leibowitz says “Rambam shows us how a small grammatical point can have important moral implications…The grammatical question, content, and idea are all part and parcel of the teaching of Judaism called Torah and require study”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for VaYeitze\u00a0 by Marc Mangel \u2022 Today, I want to discuss Laban’s deception regarding Rachel and Leah. \u00a0The key verses are Ch 29, v 18, 19, 26, and 27. \u2022 This is the origin of a lot of halacha such as the older daughter marries before the younger, one does not mix one … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2306,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2305\/revisions\/2306"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}