This Week’s Torah Portion: Vayeitzei – וַיֵּצֵא (Genesis 28:10−32:3)
“Surely יהוה is present in this place, and I did not know it!” (Genesis 28:16). We can only learn and acquire knowledge when we realize we do not know. When we think we are smart and know it all, we are ignorant and not very smart.
Parsha Vayeitzei – וַיֵּצֵא Torah Summary:
Jacob dreams of angels going up and down a ladder. God blesses him. Jacob names the place Bethel. (28:10-22)
Jacob works seven years in order to marry Rachel, but Laban tricks Jacob into marrying Leah, Rachel’s older sister. (29:16-25)
Jacob marries Rachel but only after having to commit himself to seven more years of working for Laban. (29:26-30)
Leah, Rachel, and their maidservants, Bilhah and Zilpah, give birth to eleven sons and one daughter. (29:31-30:24)
Jacob and his family leave Laban’s household with great wealth. (31:1-32:3)
Vayeitzei – וַיֵּצֵא
“Surely יהוה is present in this place, and I did not know it!” (Genesis 28:16). We can only learn and acquire knowledge when we realize we do not know. When we think we are smart and know it all, we are ignorant and not very smart.