HaMidrasha @ QC: Vayeitzei 3 - Stones and Bones: The Emergence of an Eternal Israel

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March 23 2015
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Venue: OU-JLIC at Queens College OU-JLIC at Queens College

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Collections: Rabbi Charnoff Bereishit 2014

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One object is oddly woven throughout the Parsha - avanim or stones. Yaakov places them under his head when he has his dream, he moves one off of the well when he meets Rachel, and he builds a monument with them at the end of the parsha. What is the significance of a stone in Judaism? We explore how Yaakov is setting out into exile to produce the eternal foundation stones that will eventually come together to construct Beit Yisrael.

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