Vayeitzei: Practical Insights from Yaakov Avinu's Neder

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Tonight (11/10/21), in our aptly named "Chumash Exploration," we attempted to understand the puzzling neder (vow) that Yaakov Avinu took the morning after his dream. After raising a number of questions, we ended up focusing on three aspects of his neder: (1) its conditionality, which made it seem like he was in doubt about whether Hashem would keep HIS promises; (2) his decision to make a neder in the first place, in light of Judaism's generally negative attitude towards nedarim; and (3) the specific clause of "if You will give me bread to eat and a garment to wear." We emerged with practical insights from each of these three topics.

Tehilim 116: Part 1 and Part 2
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מקורות:
בראשית כח:טז-כב
בראשית רבה ע:א,ד
אברבנאל - הקדמה לפרשת ויצא
רמב"ן - בראשית טו:ח; כח:כ
תוספות חולין דף ב עמוד ב ד"ה אבל אמר הרי עלי לא
רב הירש - בראשית כח:כ
רב הירש - חורב תע"א
ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם - בראשית כח:כ-כא
ר' אברהם בן הרמב"ם - המספיק לעובדי ה' פרק י
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