(10) And Yacob went out from Be'er-sheva, and went toward Haran.
Why does the verse say ''Vayetzei - and he exited'' instead of the standard ''Vayelech - and he went''?
מבאר שבע - ר' יודן ור' הונא, ר' יודן אמר: מבארה של שבועה. אמר: שלא יעמוד עלי אבימלך, ויאמר השבעה לי, כשם שנשבע לי זקינך! נמצאתי משהה בשמחת בני, שבעה דורות.
From Be'er Sheva - From the yoke of the oath. He(Ya'akov) said(to himself) (I shall leave) so that Avimelech wont force me to enter into a covenant with him as he did with my Grandfather did. Which will push away the happiness of my children by seven generations.
There were seven generations between Avraham and moshe
There were seven generations between Yitzchak and Yehoshua
Why weren't Avraham and Yitzchak concerned with entering the covenant with Avimelech?
And if they weren't concerned why was Ya'akov concerned?
(ה) ולמה נאמר באברהם וביצחק אף, ולא נאמר ביעקב אף? ע"י שהיתה מטתו שלימה לפניו. אברהם יצא ממנו ישמעאל, וכל בני קטורה. יצחק יצא ממנו עשו וכל אלופי אדום. אבל יעקב מטתו שלימה כל בניו הדא הוא דכתיב: וזכרתי את בריתי יעקב וגו' והארץ אזכור:
Regarding Avraham it is stated And Yishmael etc. "emerged-came out" from him.
Concerning Yitschak it is stated Eisav etc. "emerged-came out" from him
However regarding Ya'akov it is stated his bed is complete.
Question: Why weren't Avraham and yitschak successful in reaching all of their children while Ya'kov was?
Avraham's service: Vayikrah sham b'shem Kel Olam....
Discovery
Story: Zusha and Elimelech and the Toilet
Yitschak's Service: Well digger
Uncovering truth from underneath the "dirt"
Ya'akov's Service: Vayelech Charana...charon af shel Makom
Transforming this world
(ה) וַיְצַ֤ו אֹתָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כֹּ֣ה תֹאמְר֔וּן לַֽאדוּן לְעֵשָׂ֑ו כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ יַעֲקֹ֔ב עִם־לָבָ֣ן גַּ֔רְתִּי וָאֵחַ֖ר עַד־עָֽתָּה׃
(5) And he commanded them, saying: ‘so you shall say unto my lord Esau: so said your servant Ya'akov: I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now.
גרתי... גרתי בגימטריא תרי"ג, כלומר עם לבן הרשע גרתי ותרי"ג מצות שמרתי ולא למדתי ממעשיו הרעים:
Garti גרתי is numerically equivalent to תרי"ג-613. In other words, I lived with the evil Lavan and kept the 613 mitsvot. And I didn't learn from his wicked ways.
Two types of services that lead to transforming the world:
Itkafya:
Hit'hapacha:
It wasn't the shevua that held Bnei Yisrael out of Eretz Yisrael.
Rather the fact the evil was still rampant and the lack of readiness of the world
held us back from entering eretz Yisrael.
Story of Adolph Eichmann's answer at his trial "I was just following orders..."
and Stanley Milgram's experiments
Story: A sukkah in Auschwitz
(ג) וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ אֱלֹקִים֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֹת֑וֹ כִּ֣י ב֤וֹ שָׁבַת֙ מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָ֥א אֱלֹקִ֖ים לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ (פ)
(3) And G_d blessed the seventh day, and Sacnctified it; because that in it He rested from all His work which Hashem Created to do
Cold Dark and Clammy Sure... but the Opportunity!!!!
There’s a story about a man who was lowered down a deep shaft, lower and lower, until the darkness was so dark he could touch it with his fingers, the damp cold so damp and cold it seeped through his bones and made them shiver.
Finally, without warning, he hit the hard rock bottom.
When they pulled him back up, they asked, “So what did you find down there?”
“It was cold,” he answered.
“What else?”
“It was dark,” he answered.
“What else?”
“What else do you want?” he answered. “I hit rock bottom and it was cold, dark and full of dirt!”
“We know it’s full of dirt!” they responded. “It’s a mine! Now, where are the diamonds?”