November 25, 2023; 13 Kisleiv, 5784 Sponsored anonymously L’Ilui Nishmas Sara Eidel Bas Mordechai
And Yaakov left Be’er Sheva and he went to Charan.”(Bereishis 28:10)
The Midrash (Bereishis Rabbah 68:7) cites Rabbi Brachya who says that when Yaakov left Be’er Sheva he left the wellspring of blessings. Yaakov Avinu said to himself, “I should leave [Be’er Sheva] so that Eisav will not confront me and say to me, ‘This is how you deceived me!’ and [by intimidating me] he will take away my blessings [by forcing me to recant the blessings and transfer them to him]...