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YouParsha Vayetzei http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T9SqbVtGto. The Difference Between the Patriarchs.
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Parshas Vayetzei, Genesis 28:10 - 32:2, features Yaakov's famous dream of angels ascending and descending the ladder. In that dream, the Almighty promised Yaakov that he would inherit the land upon which he was lying. The Kozhnitzer Maagid explains, "that you are lying upon," to mean that land for which you have self-sacrifice. The Jews have sacrificed their lives for the preservation of the land of Israel. This would explain why Yaakov took a stone from that place and put it around his head (while he slept). The Jewish people have thrown not only their emotions into the preservation of Israel, but also their intellects. Jews have always made the extra step for Israel. It is for this reason that we merit to possess the holy land.
This promise was given to Yaakov specifically while he was asleep. Even while asleep in this protracted exile, Jews have yearned to be in Israel. Until recently, people went to Israel to be buried (sleep). Now, however, in the days prior to Moshiach's imminent arrival, we see the land of Israel is no longer a land that "buries its dead," but a land of life.
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I heard the following story from Rabbi Shalom Ber Gordon, A"H who heard it from his father-in-law, Rabbi Elya Simpson, A"H.
While living in Poland, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitschok Schneerson, would ask a certain fellow of the day's news. The man would tell the Rebbe the stories he had read in the newspaper. One day, the man asked the Rebbe, "Rebbe, if you are so interested in the news, why don't you buy a newspaper and read it?"
The Rebbe smiled and explained, "In this city there is a chimney sweep who goes from house to house cleaning chimneys. Why should people ask this person to do a job that only takes five minutes?" The man answered, "Because that way, only one person gets dirty." "That," replied the Rebbe, "Is why I ask you about the news."
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