Sefaria Parshat Vayeitzei, 3rd Portion (Bereshit (Genesis) 29:18-30:13) - Onkelos Genesis 29:1 Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]
Sefaria Parshat Vayeitzei, 3rd Portion (Bereshit (Genesis) 29:18-30:13) - Onkelos Genesis 29:1 Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]
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Genesis
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Genesis (“Bereshit”) is the first book of the Torah, Judaism’s foundational text, and the only one consisting almost entirely of stories, with just three explicit laws. It tells of the origins of mankind and the Israelites, with stories on creation, Adam and Eve, Noah’s ark, the patriarchs and matriarchs - Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob, Leah and Rachel - and Joseph and his brothers. Its narratives depict figures as they encounter God, face wandering and exile, and grapple with conflict in family relationships.
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וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֶת־רָחֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶֽעֱבׇדְךָ֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים בְּרָחֵ֥ל בִּתְּךָ֖ הַקְּטַנָּֽה׃
Jacob loved Rachel; so he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֗ן ט֚וֹב תִּתִּ֣י אֹתָ֣הּ לָ֔ךְ מִתִּתִּ֥י אֹתָ֖הּ לְאִ֣ישׁ אַחֵ֑ר שְׁבָ֖ה עִמָּדִֽי׃
Laban said, “Better that I give her to you than that I should give her to an outsider. Stay with me.”
וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד יַעֲקֹ֛ב בְּרָחֵ֖ל שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים וַיִּהְי֤וּ בְעֵינָיו֙ כְּיָמִ֣ים אֲחָדִ֔ים בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹ אֹתָֽהּ׃
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֤ב אֶל־לָבָן֙ הָבָ֣ה אֶת־אִשְׁתִּ֔י כִּ֥י מָלְא֖וּ יָמָ֑י וְאָב֖וֹאָה אֵלֶֽיהָ׃
Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time is fulfilled, that I may cohabit with her.”
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף לָבָ֛ן אֶת־כׇּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמָּק֖וֹם וַיַּ֥עַשׂ מִשְׁתֶּֽה׃
And Laban gathered all the people of the place and made a feast.
וַיְהִ֣י בָעֶ֔רֶב וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־לֵאָ֣ה בִתּ֔וֹ וַיָּבֵ֥א אֹתָ֖הּ אֵלָ֑יו וַיָּבֹ֖א אֵלֶֽיהָ׃
When evening came, he took his daughter Leah and brought her to him; and he cohabited with her.—
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן לָבָן֙ לָ֔הּ אֶת־זִלְפָּ֖ה שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ לְלֵאָ֥ה בִתּ֖וֹ שִׁפְחָֽה׃
Laban had given his maidservant Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid.—
וַיְהִ֣י בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּה־הִ֖וא לֵאָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־לָבָ֗ן מַה־זֹּאת֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ לִּ֔י הֲלֹ֤א בְרָחֵל֙ עָבַ֣דְתִּי עִמָּ֔ךְ וְלָ֖מָּה רִמִּיתָֽנִי׃
When morning came, there was Leah! So he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? I was in your service for Rachel! Why did you deceive me?”
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָבָ֔ן לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה כֵ֖ן בִּמְקוֹמֵ֑נוּ לָתֵ֥ת הַצְּעִירָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַבְּכִירָֽה׃
Laban said, “It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the older.
מַלֵּ֖א שְׁבֻ֣עַ זֹ֑את וְנִתְּנָ֨ה לְךָ֜ גַּם־אֶת־זֹ֗את בַּעֲבֹדָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲבֹ֣ד עִמָּדִ֔י ע֖וֹד שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֥ים אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃
Wait until the bridal week of this one is over and we will give you that one too, provided you serve me another seven years.”
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ יַעֲקֹב֙ כֵּ֔ן וַיְמַלֵּ֖א שְׁבֻ֣עַ זֹ֑את וַיִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ אֶת־רָחֵ֥ל בִּתּ֖וֹ ל֥וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
Jacob did so; he waited out the bridal week of the one, and then he gave him his daughter Rachel as wife.—
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן לָבָן֙ לְרָחֵ֣ל בִּתּ֔וֹ אֶת־בִּלְהָ֖ה שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ לָ֖הּ לְשִׁפְחָֽה׃
Laban had given his maidservant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.—
וַיָּבֹא֙ גַּ֣ם אֶל־רָחֵ֔ל וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב גַּֽם־אֶת־רָחֵ֖ל מִלֵּאָ֑ה וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד עִמּ֔וֹ ע֖וֹד שֶֽׁבַע־שָׁנִ֥ים אֲחֵרֽוֹת׃
And Jacob cohabited with Rachel also; indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served him another seven years.
וַיַּ֤רְא יְהֹוָה֙ כִּֽי־שְׂנוּאָ֣ה לֵאָ֔ה וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח אֶת־רַחְמָ֑הּ וְרָחֵ֖ל עֲקָרָֽה׃
Seeing that Leah was unloved, יהוה opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
וַתַּ֤הַר לֵאָה֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ רְאוּבֵ֑ן כִּ֣י אָֽמְרָ֗ה כִּֽי־רָאָ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ בְּעׇנְיִ֔י כִּ֥י עַתָּ֖ה יֶאֱהָבַ֥נִי אִישִֽׁי׃
Leah conceived and bore a son, and named him Reuben; for she declared, “It means: ‘יהוה has seen my affliction’; it also means: ‘Now my husband will love me.’”
וַתַּ֣הַר עוֹד֮ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּן֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֤ע יְהֹוָה֙ כִּֽי־שְׂנוּאָ֣ה אָנֹ֔כִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִ֖י גַּם־אֶת־זֶ֑ה וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃
She conceived again and bore a son, and declared, “This is because יהוה heard that I was unloved and has given me this one also”; so she named him Simeon.
וַתַּ֣הַר עוֹד֮ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּן֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר עַתָּ֤ה הַפַּ֙עַם֙ יִלָּוֶ֤ה אִישִׁי֙ אֵלַ֔י כִּֽי־יָלַ֥דְתִּי ל֖וֹ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמ֖וֹ לֵוִֽי׃
Again she conceived and bore a son and declared, “This time my husband will become attached to me, for I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi.
וַתַּ֨הַר ע֜וֹד וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֗ן וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַפַּ֙עַם֙ אוֹדֶ֣ה אֶת־יְהֹוָ֔ה עַל־כֵּ֛ן קָרְאָ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד מִלֶּֽדֶת׃
She conceived again and bore a son, and declared, “This time I will praise יהוה.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing.
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וַתֵּ֣רֶא רָחֵ֗ל כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָֽלְדָה֙ לְיַעֲקֹ֔ב וַתְּקַנֵּ֥א רָחֵ֖ל בַּאֲחֹתָ֑הּ וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹב֙ הָֽבָה־לִּ֣י בָנִ֔ים וְאִם־אַ֖יִן מֵתָ֥ה אָנֹֽכִי׃
When Rachel saw that she had borne Jacob no children, she became envious of her sister; and Rachel said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die.”
וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף יַעֲקֹ֖ב בְּרָחֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֲתַ֤חַת אֱלֹהִים֙ אָנֹ֔כִי אֲשֶׁר־מָנַ֥ע מִמֵּ֖ךְ פְּרִי־בָֽטֶן׃
Jacob was incensed at Rachel, and said, “Can I take the place of God, who has denied you fruit of the womb?”
וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛ה אֲמָתִ֥י בִלְהָ֖ה בֹּ֣א אֵלֶ֑יהָ וְתֵלֵד֙ עַל־בִּרְכַּ֔י וְאִבָּנֶ֥ה גַם־אָנֹכִ֖י מִמֶּֽנָּה׃
She said, “Here is my maid Bilhah. Consort with her, that she may bear on my knees and that through her I too may have children.”
וַתִּתֶּן־ל֛וֹ אֶת־בִּלְהָ֥ה שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖יהָ יַעֲקֹֽב׃
So she gave him her maid Bilhah as concubine, and Jacob cohabited with her.
וַתַּ֣הַר בִּלְהָ֔ה וַתֵּ֥לֶד לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב בֵּֽן׃
Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר רָחֵל֙ דָּנַ֣נִּי אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְגַם֙ שָׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֔י וַיִּתֶּן־לִ֖י בֵּ֑ן עַל־כֵּ֛ן קָרְאָ֥ה שְׁמ֖וֹ דָּֽן׃
And Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; indeed, [God] has heeded my plea and given me a son.” Therefore she named him Dan.
וַתַּ֣הַר ע֔וֹד וַתֵּ֕לֶד בִּלְהָ֖ה שִׁפְחַ֣ת רָחֵ֑ל בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
Rachel’s maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר רָחֵ֗ל נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי עִם־אֲחֹתִ֖י גַּם־יָכֹ֑לְתִּי וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ נַפְתָּלִֽי׃
And Rachel said, “A fateful contest I waged with my sister; yes, and I have prevailed.” So she named him Naphtali.
וַתֵּ֣רֶא לֵאָ֔ה כִּ֥י עָמְדָ֖ה מִלֶּ֑דֶת וַתִּקַּח֙ אֶת־זִלְפָּ֣ה שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ וַתִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛הּ לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing children, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as concubine.
וַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּ֛ה שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה לְיַעֲקֹ֥ב בֵּֽן׃
And when Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son,
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר לֵאָ֖ה (בגד) [בָּ֣א גָ֑ד] וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ גָּֽד׃
Leah said, “What luck!” So she named him Gad.
וַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּה֙ שִׁפְחַ֣ת לֵאָ֔ה בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
When Leah’s maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֔ה בְּאׇשְׁרִ֕י כִּ֥י אִשְּׁר֖וּנִי בָּנ֑וֹת וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ אָשֵֽׁר׃
Leah declared, “What fortune!” meaning, “Women will deem me fortunate.” So she named him Asher.
Onkelos Genesis 29:1-30:13
Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]
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Targum Onkelos is the official eastern (Babylonian) targum (Aramaic translation) to the Torah. However, its early origins may have been western, in Israel. Some identify this translation as the work of Aquila of Sinope in an Aramaic translation (Zvi Hirsch Chajes), or believe that the name "Onkelos" originally referred to Aquila but was applied in error to the Aramaic instead of the Greek translation. The translator is unique in that he avoids any type of personification. Samuel D. Luzzatto suggests that the translation was originally meant for the "simple people". This view was strongly rebutted by Nathan Marcus Adler in his introduction to Netinah La-Ger. In talmudic times, and to this day in Yemenite Jewish communities, Targum Onkelos was recited by heart as a verse-by-verse translation alternately with the Hebrew verses of the Torah in the synagogue. The Talmud states that "a person should complete his portions of Scripture along with the community, reading the Scripture twice and the targum once (shnayim mikra ve-echad targum)." This passage is taken by many to refer to Targum Onkelos.
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Yaakov [then] lifted his feet and went toward the land of the people of the East.
He looked and [saw] a well in the field; and behold there were three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for from that well the flocks are watered. There was a large stone over the mouth of the well.
When all the flocks would gather, [the shepherds] would roll the stone from the well’s mouth, and water the sheep. They would [then] return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
Yaakov said to them, My brothers, from where do you come? They said, We are from Charan.
He said to them, Do you know Lavan, the son of Nachor? They said, We know him.
He said to them, Is he doing well? They said, He is doing well. Behold Rochel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.
He said to them, The day is yet long, it is not yet time for the sheep to be gathered, water the sheep and go pasture them.
They said, We cannot [do so] until all the flocks have gathered and [the shepherds] roll the stone from the mouth of the well. Then we can water the sheep.
While he was still speaking with them, Rochel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
When Yaakov saw Rochel, the daughter of Lavan, his mother’s brother, with the sheep of Lavan, his mother’s brother, he stepped near and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well. He then watered the sheep of Lavan, his mother’s brother.
Yaakov kissed Rochel and cried in a loud voice.
Yaakov told Rochel that he was a relative of her father [the son of her father’s sister], that he was the son of Rivkah. She ran and told her father.
When Lavan heard the news of Yaakov, his sister’s son, he ran to greet him. He embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. [Yaakov] told Lavan all that had happened.
Lavan said to him, Nevertheless, you are my bone [relative] and flesh. [Yaakov] lived with him for a month.
Lavan said to Yaakov, Just because you are my relative, must you work for me without pay? Tell me, [what should] your wages [be]?
Lavan had two daughters. The name of the older one was Leah, and the name of the younger one was Rochel.
The eyes of Leah were tender [beautiful]. Rochel was of beautiful form and of beautiful appearance.
Yaakov loved Rochel. and he said, I will work for you seven years for Rochel, your younger daughter.
Lavan said, Better that I give her to you than I should give her to another man. [Remain] living with me.
Yaakov worked seven years for Rochel, but they seemed to him like a few days, so much did he love her.
Yaakov said to Lavan, Give me my wife, for my term [of labor] is completed; and thus I will consummate the marriage with her.
Lavan gathered all the local people and he made a [wedding] feast.
When it was evening, he took Leah, his daughter, and brought her to him [Yaakov]. He consummated the marriage with her.
Lavan gave Zilpah, his servant to her, to Leah, his daughter as a handmaid.
When it was morning, behold it was Leah! He [Yaakov] said to Lavan, What have you done to me? Did I not work with you for Rochel? Why did you deceive me?
Lavan said, It is not done so in our place, to give the younger [daughter in marriage] before the firstborn.
Complete the [marriage] week for this one. We will then give you the other also—in return for the work that you will do with me for another seven years.
Yaakov did so, and he completed the [marriage] week for this one [Leah]. He [Lavan] then gave Rochel, his daughter to him as a wife.
To his daughter, Rochel, Lavan gave his servant Bilhah, to be her handmaid.
He [Yaakov] also consummated his marriage with Rochel. He loved Rochel more than Leah, and he worked with [Lavan] additionally, another seven years.
Adonoy saw that Leah was the hated one, and He opened her womb [allowed her to conceive]. Rochel remained barren.
Leah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuvein, as she said, Adonoy has seen my affliction [was revealed before Adonoy]; for now my husband will love me.
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, Since Adonoy [it was] heard [before Adonoy] that I am the hated one, He also gave me this one, and she named him Shimon.
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, This time my husband will become attached to me, for I have born him three sons. He therefore named him Leivi.
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, This time I will [give] praise [before] Adonoy. She therefore named him Yehudah. She then stopped giving birth.
Rochel saw that she was not bearing children to Yaakov. Rochel became jealous of her sister, and she said to Yaakov, Give me children; if not I am [considered] dead.
Yaakov became very angry with Rochel, and he said, Am I in God’s place? [Are you asking me? Is it not from before God that you should ask?] [It is He] who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb.
She said, Here is my handmaid, Bilhah, consummate a marriage with her. Let her give birth upon my knees [and I will rear them], and I too will have a son [be built up] through her.
She gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, as a wife and Yaakov consummated the marriage with her.
Bilhah conceived and bore Yaakov a son.
Rochel said, Elohim has judged me. He has also heard my voice [accepted my prayer], and has given me a son. She therefore named him Don.
She conceived again, and Bilhah, Rochel’s handmaid, bore a second son to Yaakov.
Rochel said, With Elohim’s bonds, I have been joined to my sister, and I have also prevailed [Elohim accepted my request, when I pleaded in my prayer, I desired that I would have offspring like my sister, it was also given to me]. She [therefore] called him Naftali.
Leah realized that she was no longer bearing children. She [therefore] took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Yaakov as a wife.
Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Yaakov a son.
Leah said, Unexpected success has come, and she named him Gad.
Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid bore a second son to Yaakov.
Leah said, It is in my good fortune that daughters [women] will consider me fortunate. [Praise is mine, because women will praise me from now.] She named him Asher.
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Chapter 29
וּנְטַל יַעֲקֹב רַגְלוֹהִי (נ"א רִיגְלוֹהִי) וַאֲזַל לַאֲרַע בְּנֵי מָדִינְחָא:
Yaakov [then] lifted his feet and went toward the land of the people of the East.
וַחֲזָא וְהָא בֵירָא בְחַקְלָא וְהָא תַמָּן תְּלָתָא עֶדְרִין דְּעָן רְבִיעִין עֲלַהּ אֲרֵי מִן בֵּירָא הַהִיא מַשְׁקָן עֲדָרַיָּא וְאַבְנָא רַבְּתָא עַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא:
He looked and [saw] a well in the field; and behold there were three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for from that well the flocks are watered. There was a large stone over the mouth of the well.
וּמִתְכַּנְּשִׁין לְתַמָּן כָּל עֲדָרַיָּא וּמְגַנְדְּרִין יָת אַבְנָא מֵעַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא וּמַשְׁקָן יָת עָנָא וּמְתִיבִין יָת אַבְנָא עַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא לְאַתְרַהּ:
When all the flocks would gather, [the shepherds] would roll the stone from the well’s mouth, and water the sheep. They would [then] return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן יַעֲקֹב אַחַי מְנָן אַתּוּן וַאֲמָרוּ מֵחָרָן אֲנָחְנָא:
Yaakov said to them, My brothers, from where do you come? They said, We are from Charan.
וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן הַיְדַעְתּוּן יָת לָבָן בַּר נָחוֹר וַאֲמָרוּ יְדַעְנָן:
He said to them, Do you know Lavan, the son of Nachor? They said, We know him.
וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן הַשְׁלַם לֵיהּ וַאֲמָרוּ שְׁלַם וְהָא רָחֵל בְּרַתֵּיהּ אָתְיָא עִם עָנָא:
He said to them, Is he doing well? They said, He is doing well. Behold Rochel, his daughter, is coming with the sheep.
וַאֲמַר הָא עוֹד יוֹמָא סַגִּי לָא עִדַּן לְמִכְנַשׁ בְּעִיר אַשְׁקוּ עָנָא וְאִזִּילוּ רְעוּ:
He said to them, The day is yet long, it is not yet time for the sheep to be gathered, water the sheep and go pasture them.
וַאֲמָרוּ לָא נִכּוּל עַד דִּי מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין כָּל עֲדָרַיָּא וִיגַנְדְּרוּן יָת אַבְנָא מֵעַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא וְנַשְׁקֵי עָנָא:
They said, We cannot [do so] until all the flocks have gathered and [the shepherds] roll the stone from the mouth of the well. Then we can water the sheep.
עַד דְּהוּא מְמַלֵּל עִמְּהוֹן וְרָחֵל אָתַת עִם עָנָא דִּי לַאֲבוּהָ אֲרֵי רָעִיתָא הִיא:
While he was still speaking with them, Rochel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
וַהֲוָה כַּד חֲזָא יַעֲקֹב יָת רָחֵל בַּת לָבָן אֲחוּהָא דְאִמֵּיהּ וְיָת עָנָא דְלָבָן אֲחוּהָא דְאִמֵּיהּ וּקְרֵב יַעֲקֹב וְגַנְדַּר יָת אַבְנָא מֵעַל פּוּמָא דְבֵירָא וְאַשְׁקֵי יָת עָנָא דְלָבָן אֲחוּהָא דְאִמֵּיהּ:
When Yaakov saw Rochel, the daughter of Lavan, his mother’s brother, with the sheep of Lavan, his mother’s brother, he stepped near and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well. He then watered the sheep of Lavan, his mother’s brother.
וּנְשַׁק יַעֲקֹב לְרָחֵל וַאֲרֵם יָת קָלֵיהּ וּבְכָא:
Yaakov kissed Rochel and cried in a loud voice.
וְחַוִּי יַעֲקֹב לְרָחֵל אֲרֵי בַר אֲחָה דְאָבוּהָ הוּא וַאֲרֵי בַר רִבְקָה הוּא וּרְהָטַת וְחַוִּיאַת לְאָבוּהָ:
Yaakov told Rochel that he was a relative of her father [the son of her father’s sister], that he was the son of Rivkah. She ran and told her father.
וַהֲוָה כַּד שְׁמַע לָבָן יָת שֵׁמַע יַעֲקֹב בַּר אֲחָתֵיהּ וּרְהַט לְקַדָּמוּתֵיהּ וְגַפֵּף לֵיהּ וְנַשִּׁיק לֵיהּ וְאַעֲלֵיהּ לְבֵיתֵיהּ וְאִשְׁתָּעִי לְלָבָן יָת כָּל פִּתְגָּמַיָּא הָאִלֵּין:
When Lavan heard the news of Yaakov, his sister’s son, he ran to greet him. He embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. [Yaakov] told Lavan all that had happened.
וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ לָבָן בְּרַם קָרִיבִי וּבִשְׂרִי אָתְּ וִיתֵיב עִמֵּיהּ יְרַח יוֹמִין:
Lavan said to him, Nevertheless, you are my bone [relative] and flesh. [Yaakov] lived with him for a month.
וַאֲמַר לָבָן לְיַעֲקֹב הֲמִדְּאָחִי אַתְּ וְתִפְלְחִנַּנִי מַגָּן חַוִּי לִי מָה אַגְרָךְ:
Lavan said to Yaakov, Just because you are my relative, must you work for me without pay? Tell me, [what should] your wages [be]?
וּלְלָבָן תַּרְתֵּין בְּנָן שׁוּם רַבְּתָא לֵאָה וְשׁוּם זְעֶרְתָּא רָחֵל:
Lavan had two daughters. The name of the older one was Leah, and the name of the younger one was Rochel.
וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה יָאֲיָן וְרָחֵל הֲוַת שַׁפִּירָא בְרֵיוָא וְיָאֲיָא בְחֶזְוָא:
The eyes of Leah were tender [beautiful]. Rochel was of beautiful form and of beautiful appearance.
וּרְחֵם יַעֲקֹב יָת רָחֵל וַאֲמַר אֶפְלְחִנָּךְ שְׁבַע שְׁנִין בְּרָחֵל בְּרַתָּךְ זְעֶרְתָּא:
Yaakov loved Rochel. and he said, I will work for you seven years for Rochel, your younger daughter.
וַאֲמַר לָבָן טַב דְּאֶתֵּן יָתַהּ לָךְ מִדְּאֶתֵּן יָתַהּ לִגְבַר אָחֳרָן תִּיב עִמִּי:
Lavan said, Better that I give her to you than I should give her to another man. [Remain] living with me.
וּפְלַח יַעֲקֹב בְּרָחֵל שְׁבַע שְׁנִין וַהֲווֹ בְעֵינוֹהִי כְּיוֹמִין זְעִירִין כַּד רְחֵים יָתַהּ:
Yaakov worked seven years for Rochel, but they seemed to him like a few days, so much did he love her.
וַאֲמַר יַעֲקֹב לְלָבָן הַב יָת אִתְּתִי אֲרֵי אַשְׁלֵמִית יוֹמֵי פָלְחָנִי וְאֵעוֹל לְוָתַהּ:
Yaakov said to Lavan, Give me my wife, for my term [of labor] is completed; and thus I will consummate the marriage with her.
וּכְנַשׁ לָבָן יָת כָּל אֲנָשֵׁי אַתְרָא וַעֲבַד מִשְׁתְּיָא:
Lavan gathered all the local people and he made a [wedding] feast.
וַהֲוָה בְרַמְשָׁא וּדְבַר יָת לֵאָה בְרַתֵּיהּ וְאָעֵיל יָתַהּ לְוָתֵיהּ וְעַל לְוָתַהּ:
When it was evening, he took Leah, his daughter, and brought her to him [Yaakov]. He consummated the marriage with her.
וִיהַב לָבָן לַהּ יָת זִלְפָּה אַמְתֵיהּ לְלֵאָה בְרַתֵּיהּ לְאַמְהוּ:
Lavan gave Zilpah, his servant to her, to Leah, his daughter as a handmaid.
וַהֲוָה בְצַפְרָא וְהָא הִיא לֵאָה וַאֲמַר לְלָבָן מָה דָא עֲבַדְתָּ לִּי הֲלָא בְרָחֵל פְּלָחִית עִמָּךְ וּלְמָא שַׁקַּרְתָּ בִּי:
When it was morning, behold it was Leah! He [Yaakov] said to Lavan, What have you done to me? Did I not work with you for Rochel? Why did you deceive me?
וַאֲמַר לָבָן לָא אִתְעֲבֵד כְּדֵין בְּאַתְרָנָא לְמִתַּן זְעֶרְתָּא קֳדָם רַבְּתָא:
Lavan said, It is not done so in our place, to give the younger [daughter in marriage] before the firstborn.
אַשְׁלִים שְׁבוּעֲתָא דְדָא וְנִתֵּן לָךְ אַף יָת דָּא בְּפָלְחָנָא דִּי תִפְלַח עִמִּי עוֹד שְׁבַע שְׁנִין אָחֳרָנִין:
Complete the [marriage] week for this one. We will then give you the other also—in return for the work that you will do with me for another seven years.
וַעֲבַד יַעֲקֹב כֵּן וְאַשְׁלֵים שְׁבוּעֲתָא דְדָא וִיהַב לֵיהּ יָת רָחֵל בְּרַתֵּיהּ לֵיהּ לְאִנְתּוּ:
Yaakov did so, and he completed the [marriage] week for this one [Leah]. He [Lavan] then gave Rochel, his daughter to him as a wife.
וִיהַב לָבָן לְרָחֵל בְּרַתֵּיהּ יָת בִּלְהָה אַמְתֵיהּ לַהּ לְאַמְהוּ:
To his daughter, Rochel, Lavan gave his servant Bilhah, to be her handmaid.
וְעַל אַף לְוַת רָחֵל וּרְחֵים אַף יָת רָחֵל מִלֵּאָה וּפְלַח עִמֵּיהּ עוֹד שְׁבַע שְׁנִין אָחֳרָנִין:
He [Yaakov] also consummated his marriage with Rochel. He loved Rochel more than Leah, and he worked with [Lavan] additionally, another seven years.
וַחֲזָא יְיָ אֲרֵי שְׂנִיאֲתָא לֵאָה וִיהַב לַהּ עִדּוּי וְרָחֵל עַקְרָא:
Adonoy saw that Leah was the hated one, and He opened her womb [allowed her to conceive]. Rochel remained barren.
וְעַדִּיאַת לֵאָה וִילִידַת בָּר וּקְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ רְאוּבֵן אֲרֵי אֲמֶרֶת אֲרֵי גְלִי קֳדָם יְיָ עֻלְבּוֹנִי אֲרֵי כְעַן יִרְחֲמִנַּנִי בַעְלִי:
Leah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuvein, as she said, Adonoy has seen my affliction [was revealed before Adonoy]; for now my husband will love me.
וְעַדִּיאַת עוֹד וִילִידַת בָּר וַאֲמֶרֶת אֲרֵי שְׁמִיעַ קֳדָם יְיָ אֲרֵי שְׂנִיאֲתָא אֲנָא וִיהַב לִי אַף יָת דֵּין וּקְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ שִׁמְעוֹן:
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, Since Adonoy [it was] heard [before Adonoy] that I am the hated one, He also gave me this one, and she named him Shimon.
וְעַדִּיאַת עוֹד וִילִידַת בָּר וַאֲמֶרֶת הָדָא זִמְנָא יִתְחַבַּר לִי בַעְלִי אֲרֵי יְלֵידִית לֵיהּ תְּלָתָא בְנִין עַל כֵּן קְרָא שְׁמֵיהּ לֵוִי:
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, This time my husband will become attached to me, for I have born him three sons. He therefore named him Leivi.
וְעַדִּיאַת עוֹד וִילִידַת בָּר וַאֲמֶרֶת הָדָא זִמְנָא אוֹדֶה קֳדָם יְיָ עַל כֵּן קְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ יְהוּדָה וְקָמַת מִלְּמֵילַד:
She conceived again and gave birth to a son. She said, This time I will [give] praise [before] Adonoy. She therefore named him Yehudah. She then stopped giving birth.
Chapter 30
וַחֲזַת רָחֵל אֲרֵי לָא יְלִידַת לְיַעֲקֹב וְקַנִּיאַת רָחֵל בַּאֲחָתַהּ וַאֲמֶרֶת לְיַעֲקֹב הַב לִי בְנִין וְאִם לָא מֵיתָא אֲנָא:
Rochel saw that she was not bearing children to Yaakov. Rochel became jealous of her sister, and she said to Yaakov, Give me children; if not I am [considered] dead.
וּתְקֵיף רוּגְזָא דְיַעֲקֹב בְּרָחֵל וַאֲמַר הָא מִנִּי אַתְּ בַּעְיָא הֲלָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ תִּבְעִין דִּי מְנַע מִנִּיךְ וַלְדָא דִמְעִין:
Yaakov became very angry with Rochel, and he said, Am I in God’s place? [Are you asking me? Is it not from before God that you should ask?] [It is He] who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb.
וַאֲמֶרֶת הָא אַמְתִי בִלְהָה עוּל לְוָתַהּ וּתְלִיד וַאֲנָא אֱרַבֵּי וְאֶתְבְּנֵי אַף אֲנָא מִנַּהּ:
She said, Here is my handmaid, Bilhah, consummate a marriage with her. Let her give birth upon my knees [and I will rear them], and I too will have a son [be built up] through her.
וִיהָבַת לֵיהּ יָת בִּלְהָה אַמְתַהּ לְאִנְתּוּ וְעַל לְוָתַהּ יַעֲקֹב:
She gave him Bilhah, her handmaid, as a wife and Yaakov consummated the marriage with her.
וְעַדִּיאַת בִּלְהָה וִילִידַת לְיַעֲקֹב בָּר:
Bilhah conceived and bore Yaakov a son.
וַאֲמֶרֶת רָחֵל דְּנַנִּי יְיָ וְאַף קַבִּיל צְלוֹתִי וִיהַב לִי בָּר עַל כֵּן קְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ דָּן:
Rochel said, Elohim has judged me. He has also heard my voice [accepted my prayer], and has given me a son. She therefore named him Don.
וְעַדִּיאַת עוֹד וִילִידַת בִּלְהָה אַמְתָא דְרָחֵל בָּר תִּנְיָן לְיַעֲקֹב:
She conceived again, and Bilhah, Rochel’s handmaid, bore a second son to Yaakov.
וַאֲמֶרֶת רָחֵל קַבִּיל יְיָ בָּעוּתִי בְּאִתְחַנָּנוּתִי בִּצְלוֹתִי חֲמֵידַת דִּיהֵי לִי וְלַד כַּאֲחָתִי אַף אִתְיְהִיב לִי וּקְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ נַפְתָּלִי:
Rochel said, With Elohim’s bonds, I have been joined to my sister, and I have also prevailed [Elohim accepted my request, when I pleaded in my prayer, I desired that I would have offspring like my sister, it was also given to me]. She [therefore] called him Naftali.
וַחֲזַת לֵאָה אֲרֵי קָמַת מִלְּמֵילַד וּדְבָרַת יָת זִלְפָּה אַמְתַהּ וִיהָבַת יָתַהּ לְיַעֲקֹב לְאִנְתּוּ:
Leah realized that she was no longer bearing children. She [therefore] took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Yaakov as a wife.
וִילִידַת זִלְפָּה אַמְתָא דְלֵאָה לְיַעֲקֹב בָּר:
Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Yaakov a son.
וַאֲמֶרֶת לֵאָה אֲתָא גָד וּקְרַת יָת שְׁמֵיהּ גָּד:
Leah said, Unexpected success has come, and she named him Gad.
וִילִידַת זִלְפָּה אַמְתָא דְלֵאָה בָּר תִּנְיָן לְיַעֲקֹב:
Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid bore a second son to Yaakov.
וַאֲמֶרֶת לֵאָה תֻּשְׁבַּחְתָּא הֲוַת לִי אֲרֵי בְכֵן יְשַׁבְּחֻנַּנִי נְשַׁיָּא וּקְרַת יָת שְׁמֵיהּ אָשֵׁר:
Leah said, It is in my good fortune that daughters [women] will consider me fortunate. [Praise is mine, because women will praise me from now.] She named him Asher.
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חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְעוֹלָמוֹ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, תּוֹרָה קִנְיָן אֶחָד, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד, אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד, יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד, בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד. תּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ח), ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז. שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה סו), כֹּה אָמַר ה' הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדֹם רַגְלָי אֵי זֶה בַיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי וְאֵי זֶה מָקוֹם מְנוּחָתִי, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים קד) מָה רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ה' כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ. אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית יד), וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ ה' עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים טז) לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל חֶפְצִי בָם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה' מִקְּדָשׁ ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים עח) וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ:
Five possessions did the Holy Blessed One, set aside as his own in this world, and these are they: The Torah, one possession; Heaven and earth, another possession; Abraham, another possession; Israel, another possession; The Temple, another possession. 1a) The Torah is one possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written, “The Lord possessed (usually translated as ‘created’) me at the beginning of his course, at the first of His works of old” (Proverbs 8:22). 2a) Heaven and earth, another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “Thus said the Lord: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool; Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode? (Isaiah 66:1) And it says: “How many are the things You have made, O Lord; You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions” (Psalms 104:24). 3a) Abraham is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “He blessed him, saying, “Blessed by Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 15:19). 4a) Israel is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “Till Your people cross over, O Lord, Till Your people whom You have possessed” (Exodus 15:16). And it says: “As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land, my whole desire (possession) is in them” (Psalms 16:3). 5a) The Temple is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “The sanctuary, O lord, which your hands have established” (Exodus 15:17”, And it says: “And He brought them to His holy realm, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed” (Psalms 78:54).
I like to call out to all my Jewish friends:
Zechariah 8:23
23So said the Lord of Hosts: In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."
כגכֹּֽה־אָמַר֘ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔מָּה אֲשֶׁ֚ר יַֽחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל לְשֹׁנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְֽהֶחֱזִ֡יקוּ בִּכְנַף֩ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר נֵֽלְכָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים עִמָּכֶֽם:
ten men: from the seventy nations. This equals seven hundred for each corner. For the four corners of the tallith there will be two thousand and eight hundred.
עשרה אנשים: משבעים לשון הרי שבע מאות לכל כנף וכנף הרי לד' כנפי הטלית אלפים ושמונ' מאו':
That may come in fulfillment in our days:
Our souls are bearing the ‘sparks’ (divine aspects) of Messiah.It is forbidden to pray to bow down to any other (god), and/or messiah, and/or before any image or to lift up a human being as a god…… or to put any other (god), and/or messiah, and/or any image before or instead or between HaShem and us. ('It suf')“The redemption will come about only through the study of the Torah. And the essential redemption depends upon the study of the Kabbalah” According to: R. ELIYAHU, THE VILNA GAON (Evven Shelemah (a ‘complete, without defect stone’) 11:3)When Yehuda and Ephraim come to unity (again) Messiah Ben Joseph 'died' and Messiah Ben David shall be revealed and anointed by the Israeli people as the Messiah-King of Israel. As YeshaYahu is teaching:Isa 11:9 – 16 They do no evil nor destroy in all My set-apart mountain, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of Adonai as the waters cover the sea.Rashi: knowledge of the Lord: [lit.] to know the Lord.10 And on that day, there shall be a Root of Yishai, standing as a banner to the people. Unto Him the nations shall seek, and His rest shall be esteem.Rashi: as a banner for peoples: that peoples should raise a banner to gather to him.11 And it shall be in that day that Adonai sets His hand again a second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from Ashshur and from Mitsrayim, from Pathros and from Kush, from Ěylam and from Shin‛ar, from Ḥamath and from the islands of the sea.Rashi: a second time: Just as he acquired them from Egypt, when their redemption was absolute, without subjugation, but the redemption preceding the building of the Second Temple is not counted, since they were subjugated to Cyrus.and from the islands of the sea: the islands of the Kittim, the Romans, the descendants of Esau.And he shall raise a banner: Perka, perche in O.F. [i.e., the verse is literally referring to the pole upon which the banner is attached.] And it shall be for a sign to gather to him and to bring the exiles of Israel to Him as a present.12 And He shall raise a banner for the nations, and gather the outcasts of Yisra’ěl, and assemble the dispersed of Yehuḏa from the four corners of the earth.13 And the envy of Ephrayim shall turn aside, and the adversaries of Yehuḏa be cut off. Ephrayim shall not envy Yehuḏa, and Yehuḏa not trouble Ephrayim.Rashi: Ephraim shall not envy Judah: The Messiah, the son of David, and the Messiah, the son of Joseph, shall not envy each other.14 But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; together they plunder the people of the east, their hand stretching forth on Eḏom and Mo’aḇ, and the children of Ammon shall be subject to them.Rashi: And they shall fly of one accord against the Philistines in the west: Heb. בְכָתֵף. Israel will fly and run of one accord against the Philistines who are in the west of Eretz Israel and conquer their land. [כָּתֵף, lit. a shoulder, is used in this case to denote unity. The word שֶׁכֶם, also lit. a shoulder, is used in a similar sense.] Comp. (Hoshea 6:9) “They murder on the way in unison (שֶׁכְמָה) ”; (Zeph. 3:9) “One accord (שְׁכֶם אֶחָד).” And so did Jonathan rendered it: And they shall join in one accord to smite the Philistines who are in the west.and the children of Ammon shall obey them: As the Targum states: Will hearken to them. They will accept their commandments over them.15 And Adonai shall put under the ban the tongue of the Sea of Mitsrayim, and He shall wave His hand over the River with the might of His Spirit, and shall strike it in the seven streams, and shall cause men to tread it in sandals.Rashi: And… shall dry up: [lit. shall cut off] to dry it, so that the exiles of Israel will pass through it from Egypt.over the river: The Euphrates River, for the exiles from Assyria to cross.with the strength of His wind: Heb. בַּעְיָם. This is hapax legomenon in Scripture, and according to the context it can be interpreted as “with the strength of His wind.”into seven streams: into seven segments, for the aforementioned seven exiles: from Assyria and from Egypt, etc. Those from the islands of the sea are not from that side.and He shall lead: the exiles within it.with shoes: on dry land.16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of His people, those left from Ashshur, as it was for Yisra’ěl in the day when he came up from the land of Mitsrayim.Rashi: And there shall be a highway: in the midst of the water for the remnant of His people.
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חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְעוֹלָמוֹ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, תּוֹרָה קִנְיָן אֶחָד, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד, אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד, יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד, בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד. תּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ח), ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז. שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה סו), כֹּה אָמַר ה' הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדֹם רַגְלָי אֵי זֶה בַיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי וְאֵי זֶה מָקוֹם מְנוּחָתִי, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים קד) מָה רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ה' כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ. אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית יד), וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ ה' עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים טז) לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל חֶפְצִי בָם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה' מִקְּדָשׁ ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים עח) וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ:
Five possessions did the Holy Blessed One, set aside as his own in this world, and these are they: The Torah, one possession; Heaven and earth, another possession; Abraham, another possession; Israel, another possession; The Temple, another possession. 1a) The Torah is one possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written, “The Lord possessed (usually translated as ‘created’) me at the beginning of his course, at the first of His works of old” (Proverbs 8:22). 2a) Heaven and earth, another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “Thus said the Lord: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool; Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode? (Isaiah 66:1) And it says: “How many are the things You have made, O Lord; You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions” (Psalms 104:24). 3a) Abraham is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “He blessed him, saying, “Blessed by Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 15:19). 4a) Israel is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “Till Your people cross over, O Lord, Till Your people whom You have possessed” (Exodus 15:16). And it says: “As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land, my whole desire (possession) is in them” (Psalms 16:3). 5a) The Temple is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “The sanctuary, O lord, which your hands have established” (Exodus 15:17”, And it says: “And He brought them to His holy realm, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed” (Psalms 78:54).
I like to call out to all my Jewish friends:
Zechariah 8:23
23So said the Lord of Hosts: In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." | | כגכֹּֽה־אָמַר֘ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔מָּה אֲשֶׁ֚ר יַֽחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל לְשֹׁנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְֽהֶחֱזִ֡יקוּ בִּכְנַף֩ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר נֵֽלְכָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים עִמָּכֶֽם: |
ten men: from the seventy nations. This equals seven hundred for each corner. For the four corners of the tallith there will be two thousand and eight hundred. | | עשרה אנשים: משבעים לשון הרי שבע מאות לכל כנף וכנף הרי לד' כנפי הטלית אלפים ושמונ' מאו': |
That may come in fulfillment in our days:
Our souls are bearing the ‘sparks’ (divine aspects) of Messiah.
It is forbidden to pray to bow down to any other (god), and/or messiah, and/or before any image or to lift up a human being as a god…… or to put any other (god), and/or messiah, and/or any image before or instead or between HaShem and us. ('It suf')
“The redemption will come about only through the study of the Torah. And the essential redemption depends upon the study of the Kabbalah” According to: R. ELIYAHU, THE VILNA GAON (Evven Shelemah (a ‘complete, without defect stone’) 11:3)
When Yehuda and Ephraim come to unity (again) Messiah Ben Joseph 'died' and Messiah Ben David shall be revealed and anointed by the Israeli people as the Messiah-King of Israel. As YeshaYahu is teaching:
Isa 11:9 – 16 They do no evil nor destroy in all My set-apart mountain, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of Adonai as the waters cover the sea.
Rashi: knowledge of the Lord: [lit.] to know the Lord.
10 And on that day, there shall be a Root of Yishai, standing as a banner to the people. Unto Him the nations shall seek, and His rest shall be esteem.
Rashi: as a banner for peoples: that peoples should raise a banner to gather to him.
11 And it shall be in that day that Adonai sets His hand again a second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from Ashshur and from Mitsrayim, from Pathros and from Kush, from Ěylam and from Shin‛ar, from Ḥamath and from the islands of the sea.
Rashi: a second time: Just as he acquired them from Egypt, when their redemption was absolute, without subjugation, but the redemption preceding the building of the Second Temple is not counted, since they were subjugated to Cyrus.
and from the islands of the sea: the islands of the Kittim, the Romans, the descendants of Esau.
And he shall raise a banner: Perka, perche in O.F. [i.e., the verse is literally referring to the pole upon which the banner is attached.] And it shall be for a sign to gather to him and to bring the exiles of Israel to Him as a present.
12 And He shall raise a banner for the nations, and gather the outcasts of Yisra’ěl, and assemble the dispersed of Yehuḏa from the four corners of the earth.
13 And the envy of Ephrayim shall turn aside, and the adversaries of Yehuḏa be cut off. Ephrayim shall not envy Yehuḏa, and Yehuḏa not trouble Ephrayim.
Rashi: Ephraim shall not envy Judah: The Messiah, the son of David, and the Messiah, the son of Joseph, shall not envy each other.
14 But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; together they plunder the people of the east, their hand stretching forth on Eḏom and Mo’aḇ, and the children of Ammon shall be subject to them.
Rashi: And they shall fly of one accord against the Philistines in the west: Heb. בְכָתֵף. Israel will fly and run of one accord against the Philistines who are in the west of Eretz Israel and conquer their land. [כָּתֵף, lit. a shoulder, is used in this case to denote unity. The word שֶׁכֶם, also lit. a shoulder, is used in a similar sense.] Comp. (Hoshea 6:9) “They murder on the way in unison (שֶׁכְמָה) ”; (Zeph. 3:9) “One accord (שְׁכֶם אֶחָד).” And so did Jonathan rendered it: And they shall join in one accord to smite the Philistines who are in the west.
and the children of Ammon shall obey them: As the Targum states: Will hearken to them. They will accept their commandments over them.
15 And Adonai shall put under the ban the tongue of the Sea of Mitsrayim, and He shall wave His hand over the River with the might of His Spirit, and shall strike it in the seven streams, and shall cause men to tread it in sandals.
Rashi: And… shall dry up: [lit. shall cut off] to dry it, so that the exiles of Israel will pass through it from Egypt.
over the river: The Euphrates River, for the exiles from Assyria to cross.
with the strength of His wind: Heb. בַּעְיָם. This is hapax legomenon in Scripture, and according to the context it can be interpreted as “with the strength of His wind.”
into seven streams: into seven segments, for the aforementioned seven exiles: from Assyria and from Egypt, etc. Those from the islands of the sea are not from that side.
and He shall lead: the exiles within it.
with shoes: on dry land.
16 And there shall be a highway for the remnant of His people, those left from Ashshur, as it was for Yisra’ěl in the day when he came up from the land of Mitsrayim.
Rashi: And there shall be a highway: in the midst of the water for the remnant of His people.
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It should be most honest:'Israeli MK proposes dividing Temple Mount between Jews and Muslims
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'Israeli MK proposes dividing Temple Mount between Jews and Muslims
**AMIT HALEVI'S PLAN WOULD GIVE MUSLIMS CONTROL OF THE SOUTHERN END OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT COMPLEX, WHICH CONTAINS THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE, WHILE JEWS WOULD RECEIVE THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS.
(JUNE 8, 2023 / JNS)**A Likud lawmaker is proposing a plan to divide Jerusalem’s Temple Mount between Muslims and Jews and to remove Jordan’s custodial status over the holy site.Speaking to the Zman Yisrael Hebrew news site, Knesset member Amit Halevi outlined a plan whereby Muslims would control the southern end of the 37-acre complex which contains the Al-Aqsa mosque, while Jews would receive the central and northern area, where the Dome of the Rock sits.According to Halevi, the reorganization makes sense from a religious point of view because that part of the Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, where it is believed the First and Second Temples stood. The Foundation Stone at the center of the Dome of the Rock is where Jewish sources place the Holy of Holies.“This is the place of the First Temple and the place of the Second Temple built by Babylonian immigrants. No one needs to examine the stones to know that it is ours,” he said.Halevi also wants to end Israel’s agreement with the Jordanian Waqf whereby the Islamic trust controls and manages Islamic edifices on the Temple Mount.“Why not give them status in the Dizengoff Center [a large shopping mall in Tel Aviv] as well? This is a terrible mistake. This status should be abolished. I know it’s an agreement between countries, but we have to deal with it. It requires change, even if the process will take time,” he said.In addition, Halevi wants to give Jews the same access to the Temple Mount enjoyed by Muslims. Currently, the Waqf only allows Jews and non-Muslim tourists access to the Temple Mount via the Maghrebi Gate and only at certain hours when the gate is open.“We will take the northern end and pray there. The entire mountain is sacred to us, and the Dome of the Rock is the place on which the Temple stood. This should be our guideline,” he said. “Israel is leading. It will be a historical, religious and national statement. If this does not happen then you are not actually the owner of the house. You are a klutz. Why are you even going in there?”
Please let we all, Jews and all their friends, take the Har HaBayit and start building the Temple and restoring her service?כִּ֤י אִם־הֵיטֵיב֙ תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־עָשׂ֤וֹ תַֽעֲשׂוּ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֥ין רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
No, if you really mend your ways and your actions; if you execute justice between one party and another; גֵּ֣ר יָת֤וֹם וְאַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים לֹ֥א תֵלְכ֖וּ לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם׃
if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow; if you do not shed the blood of the innocent in this place; if you do not follow other gods, to your own hurt— וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לְמִן־עוֹלָ֖ם וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
then only will I let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors for all time.Ariel your Representee, Representee of Ephraim and adviser (not a rabbi but friendly adviser) of Bet Yisrael international on the Har HaBayit.
(JUNE 8, 2023 / JNS)**
A Likud lawmaker is proposing a plan to divide Jerusalem’s Temple Mount between Muslims and Jews and to remove Jordan’s custodial status over the holy site.
Speaking to the Zman Yisrael Hebrew news site, Knesset member Amit Halevi outlined a plan whereby Muslims would control the southern end of the 37-acre complex which contains the Al-Aqsa mosque, while Jews would receive the central and northern area, where the Dome of the Rock sits.
According to Halevi, the reorganization makes sense from a religious point of view because that part of the Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, where it is believed the First and Second Temples stood. The Foundation Stone at the center of the Dome of the Rock is where Jewish sources place the Holy of Holies.
“This is the place of the First Temple and the place of the Second Temple built by Babylonian immigrants. No one needs to examine the stones to know that it is ours,” he said.
Halevi also wants to end Israel’s agreement with the Jordanian Waqf whereby the Islamic trust controls and manages Islamic edifices on the Temple Mount.
“Why not give them status in the Dizengoff Center [a large shopping mall in Tel Aviv] as well? This is a terrible mistake. This status should be abolished. I know it’s an agreement between countries, but we have to deal with it. It requires change, even if the process will take time,” he said.
In addition, Halevi wants to give Jews the same access to the Temple Mount enjoyed by Muslims. Currently, the Waqf only allows Jews and non-Muslim tourists access to the Temple Mount via the Maghrebi Gate and only at certain hours when the gate is open.
“We will take the northern end and pray there. The entire mountain is sacred to us, and the Dome of the Rock is the place on which the Temple stood. This should be our guideline,” he said. “Israel is leading. It will be a historical, religious and national statement. If this does not happen then you are not actually the owner of the house. You are a klutz. Why are you even going in there?”
Please let we all, Jews and all their friends, take the Har HaBayit and start building the Temple and restoring her service?
כִּ֤י אִם־הֵיטֵיב֙ תֵּיטִ֔יבוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם וְאֶת־מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם אִם־עָשׂ֤וֹ תַֽעֲשׂוּ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בֵּ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ וּבֵ֥ין רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
No, if you really mend your ways and your actions; if you execute justice between one party and another;
גֵּ֣ר יָת֤וֹם וְאַלְמָנָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשֹׁ֔קוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְאַחֲרֵ֨י אֱלֹהִ֧ים אֲחֵרִ֛ים לֹ֥א תֵלְכ֖וּ לְרַ֥ע לָכֶֽם׃
if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, and the widow; if you do not shed the blood of the innocent in this place; if you do not follow other gods, to your own hurt—
וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה בָּאָ֕רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לְמִן־עוֹלָ֖ם וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
then only will I let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors for all time.
Ariel your Representee, Representee of Ephraim and adviser (not a rabbi but friendly adviser) of Bet Yisrael international on the Har HaBayit.
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