Venue: OU-JLIC at Queens College OU-JLIC at Queens College

Machshava:

Bein Adam L'Chaveiro,  Beit HaMikdash,  History 

Parsha:

Vayeitzei 

Collections: Rabbi Charnoff Bereishit 2014

Description

Lavan is one of the most sinister figures in Sefer Bereishit - so much so that in the Pesach Haggadah we say they he was an even greeter threat to the Jewish people than Pharaoh! What was the nature of the danger of Lavan? What was his plan? How did it involve tricking Yaakov into marrying both Rachel and Leah? We see the deep impact Lavan's actions leave in the text, how they chart the course for the rest of Sefer Bereishit, and how they ultimately play out over the entirely of Jewish history.