Venue: Kehillat Shivtei Yeshurun (Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel) Kehillat Shivtei Yeshurun (Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel)

History:

Period of Tanach 

Machshava:

Avraham,  General,  Marriage,  Torah 

Parsha:

Chayei Sara,  General,  Vayeitzei 

Personalities:

General 

Collections: Rabbi Haber Yaacov Beginnings

Description

Rabbi Haber, Shlita, propounds the intrigue that the Torah reveals concerning the shidduch (marriage match) between Yaakov and Leah & Rachel. Who IS Lavan and why does he play such a prominent part in the genealogy of the Jewish People. According to Chazal (our sages) he is a rasha (evil). Hashem planned the destiny of Avraham’s family and Nachor’s (Avraham’s brother) family. Rabbi Haber examines the story of Eliezer, the servant of Avraham who finds Rivkah as a wife for Rivkah. And he compares this story of the story of Yaakov who finds (at the direction of his father Yitzchak) his wife from the same family as his father’s wife, Rivkah.