December 3, 2022; 9 Kisleiv, 5783
Parsha
The Midrash (Bereishis Rabbah 68:2) tells us that Yaakov Avinu, when he left Be’er Sheva to head to Lavan’s house in Charan, recited Tehillim (Psalms) 121.
[Note: The italics that follow are the Midrashic commentary on the Tehillim that Yaakov recited]:
“I will lift my eyes up to the mountains” – to those who instructed me and conceived me...