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		<title>Ron at 08:35, 4 December 2009</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, the approach of the Midrash is difficult to understand: to what end did the Torah juxtapose Rachel&amp;#039;s beauty and Leah&amp;#039;s sobbing?  Jeremiah the prophet wrote: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|Jer 31:14}}.  Rachel as well is crying bitterly -- and like her sister, in order to nullify an evil decree (by the way, it is interesting that the usage of the specific Hebrew word &amp;quot;weeping&amp;quot; in this verse is also unique in the Tanach).  The prophet continues and tells us that indeed, she was answered: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. And there is hope for thy future, saith the LORD; and thy children shall return to their own border&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|ibid 15,16}}.  Our verse comes to compare the two sisters: just as Rachel was beautiful, so too was Leah -- and just as Leah successfully cancelled an evil decree, so too did Rachel.  May it be His will we merit to see the completion of the return of their sons to their own border!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, the approach of the Midrash is difficult to understand: to what end did the Torah juxtapose Rachel&amp;#039;s beauty and Leah&amp;#039;s sobbing?  Jeremiah the prophet wrote: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|Jer 31:14}}.  Rachel as well is crying bitterly -- and like her sister, in order to nullify an evil decree (by the way, it is interesting that the usage of the specific Hebrew word &amp;quot;weeping&amp;quot; in this verse is also unique in the Tanach).  The prophet continues and tells us that indeed, she was answered: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. And there is hope for thy future, saith the LORD; and thy children shall return to their own border&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|ibid 15,16}}.  Our verse comes to compare the two sisters: just as Rachel was beautiful, so too was Leah -- and just as Leah successfully cancelled an evil decree, so too did Rachel.  May it be His will we merit to see the completion of the return of their sons to their own border!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Ron at 08:56, 27 November 2009</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|רש&amp;quot;י מביא את לשון המדרש רבה (גם מובא בצורה שונה המסכת בבא בתרא קטז:): &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;סבורה לעלות בגורלו של עשו ובוכה…&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. לפי הגישה הזאת, נודע ללאה שהיא עתידה להתחתן עם עשיו אחי יעקב.  היא חקרה ומצאה שהוא רשע, והתחילה לבכות מרות על גורלה, ולהתפלל לה&amp;#039; לבטל את הגזירה. וכמו שכתוב שם במדרש: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;קשה היא התפלה שבטלה את הגזירה&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  מכאן ניתן ללמוד שתפילה מתוך בכי תמרורים יכולה לבטל גזירה רעה.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|רש&amp;quot;י מביא את לשון המדרש רבה (גם מובא בצורה שונה המסכת בבא בתרא קטז:): &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;סבורה לעלות בגורלו של עשו ובוכה…&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. לפי הגישה הזאת, נודע ללאה שהיא עתידה להתחתן עם עשיו אחי יעקב.  היא חקרה ומצאה שהוא רשע, והתחילה לבכות מרות על גורלה, ולהתפלל לה&amp;#039; לבטל את הגזירה. וכמו שכתוב שם במדרש: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;קשה היא התפלה שבטלה את הגזירה&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  מכאן ניתן ללמוד שתפילה מתוך בכי תמרורים יכולה לבטל גזירה רעה.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|רס&amp;quot;ג מסביר ש&amp;quot;רכות&amp;quot; היינו &amp;quot;נאות, עדינות&amp;quot;.  לפי ההבנה הזאת, לאה הייתה יפה במיוחד רק בעיניים, ולעומתה אחותה הייתה כלילת יופי.  כלומר שכאשר רואים את שתיהן ביחד, העין נמשכת להביט ברחל ולא בלאה -- שהיא תמיד תמצא את עצמה פחות רצויה למי שמתעניין בתואר הגוף בלבד. הגישה הזאת &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;מסבירה &lt;/del&gt;היטב את &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;סמיכות הקטעים&lt;/del&gt;, ומתיישבת יפה עם המשך הסיפור.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|רס&amp;quot;ג מסביר ש&amp;quot;רכות&amp;quot; היינו &amp;quot;נאות, עדינות&amp;quot;.  לפי ההבנה הזאת, לאה הייתה יפה במיוחד רק בעיניים, ולעומתה אחותה הייתה כלילת יופי.  כלומר שכאשר רואים את שתיהן ביחד, העין נמשכת להביט ברחל ולא בלאה -- שהיא תמיד תמצא את עצמה פחות רצויה למי שמתעניין בתואר הגוף בלבד. הגישה הזאת &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;מיישבת &lt;/ins&gt;היטב את &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ראש הפסוק עם סופו&lt;/ins&gt;, ומתיישבת יפה עם המשך הסיפור.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|אבל גישת המדרש קשה להבין: לשם מה הסמיכה התורה את יופייה של רחל עם בכי לאה? ירמיהו הנביא כתב: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים -- רָחֵל, מְבַכָּה עַל-בָּנֶיהָ; מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל-בָּנֶיהָ, כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|ירמיהו לא:יד}}.  רחל גם היא בוכה בכי תמרורים -- וכמו אחותה, לבטל גזירה קשה (אגב, מעניין שגם לשימוש במילה &amp;quot;מבכה&amp;quot; אין אח במקרא).  הנביא ממשיך ואומר לנו שאכן נענתה: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִבֶּכִי, וְעֵינַיִךְ, מִדִּמְעָה:  כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ נְאֻם-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יְהוָה&lt;/del&gt;, וְשָׁבוּ מֵאֶרֶץ אוֹיֵב.  וְיֵשׁ-תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ, נְאֻם-ה&amp;#039;; וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים, לִגְבוּלָם&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|שם טו,טז}}.  הפסוק שלנו באה להשוות את האחיות: כשם שרחל יפה, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כן &lt;/del&gt;לאה הייתה יפה -- וכשם שלאה הצליחה לבטל גזירה קשה, כך גם רחל. יהי רצון שנזכה לראות את השלמת שיבת בניהן לגבולן!}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|אבל גישת המדרש קשה להבין: לשם מה הסמיכה התורה את יופייה של רחל עם בכי לאה? ירמיהו הנביא כתב: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים -- רָחֵל, מְבַכָּה עַל-בָּנֶיהָ; מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל-בָּנֶיהָ, כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|ירמיהו לא:יד}}.  רחל גם היא בוכה בכי תמרורים -- וכמו אחותה, לבטל גזירה קשה (אגב, מעניין שגם לשימוש במילה &amp;quot;מבכה&amp;quot; אין אח במקרא).  הנביא ממשיך ואומר לנו שאכן נענתה: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִבֶּכִי, וְעֵינַיִךְ, מִדִּמְעָה:  כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ נְאֻם-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ה&amp;#039;&lt;/ins&gt;, וְשָׁבוּ מֵאֶרֶץ אוֹיֵב.  וְיֵשׁ-תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ, נְאֻם-ה&amp;#039;; וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים, לִגְבוּלָם&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|שם טו,טז}}.  הפסוק שלנו באה להשוות את האחיות: כשם שרחל יפה, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כך &lt;/ins&gt;לאה הייתה יפה -- וכשם שלאה הצליחה לבטל גזירה קשה, כך גם רחל. יהי רצון שנזכה לראות את השלמת שיבת בניהן לגבולן!}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l24&quot; &gt;Line 24:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rashi quotes the Midrash Rabbah (the same appears slightly differently in the Talmud Bavli Baba Batra 116b): &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;She thought she would be married to Esau, so she wept…&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  According to this approach, it was made known to Leah that she would eventually marry Esau, Jacob&amp;#039;s brother.  She investigated and found out he was an evildoer, and began to weep bitterly over her fate, and prayed to God to nullify His decree.  As it says in the Midrash: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;How powerful was the prayer which cancelled the decree!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  From this one may learn that prayer done from withing bitter crying can cancel an evil decree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rashi quotes the Midrash Rabbah (the same appears slightly differently in the Talmud Bavli Baba Batra 116b): &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;She thought she would be married to Esau, so she wept…&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  According to this approach, it was made known to Leah that she would eventually marry Esau, Jacob&amp;#039;s brother.  She investigated and found out he was an evildoer, and began to weep bitterly over her fate, and prayed to God to nullify His decree.  As it says in the Midrash: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;How powerful was the prayer which cancelled the decree!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  From this one may learn that prayer done from withing bitter crying can cancel an evil decree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saadia Gaon explains that &amp;quot;weak&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;attractive, delicate&amp;quot;.  According to this understanding, Leah was especially pretty only in her eyes, while her sister was completely beautiful.  That is, when one saw both of them together, the eye would be drawn to Rachel and not Leah -- who would always find herself less desirable to one who was interested only in physical beauty.  This approach explains well the juxtaposition of the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;two phrases&lt;/del&gt;, and also works well with the rest of the story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saadia Gaon explains that &amp;quot;weak&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;attractive, delicate&amp;quot;.  According to this understanding, Leah was especially pretty only in her eyes, while her sister was completely beautiful.  That is, when one saw both of them together, the eye would be drawn to Rachel and not Leah -- who would always find herself less desirable to one who was interested only in physical beauty.  This approach explains well the juxtaposition of the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;first and last part of the verse&lt;/ins&gt;, and also works well with the rest of the story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, the approach of the Midrash is difficult to understand: to what end did the Torah juxtapose Rachel&amp;#039;s beauty and Leah&amp;#039;s sobbing?  Jeremiah the prophet wrote: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|Jer 31:14}}.  Rachel as well is crying bitterly -- and like her sister, in order to nullify an evil decree (by the way, it is interesting that the usage of the specific Hebrew word &amp;quot;weeping&amp;quot; in this verse is also unique in the Tanach).  The prophet continues and tells us that indeed, she was answered: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. And there is hope for thy future, saith the LORD; and thy children shall return to their own border&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|ibid 15,16}}.  Our verse comes to compare the two sisters: just as Rachel was beautiful, so too was Leah -- and just as Leah successfully cancelled an evil decree, so too did Rachel.  May it be His will we merit to see the completion of the return of their sons to their own border!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;However, the approach of the Midrash is difficult to understand: to what end did the Torah juxtapose Rachel&amp;#039;s beauty and Leah&amp;#039;s sobbing?  Jeremiah the prophet wrote: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|Jer 31:14}}.  Rachel as well is crying bitterly -- and like her sister, in order to nullify an evil decree (by the way, it is interesting that the usage of the specific Hebrew word &amp;quot;weeping&amp;quot; in this verse is also unique in the Tanach).  The prophet continues and tells us that indeed, she was answered: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. And there is hope for thy future, saith the LORD; and thy children shall return to their own border&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|ibid 15,16}}.  Our verse comes to compare the two sisters: just as Rachel was beautiful, so too was Leah -- and just as Leah successfully cancelled an evil decree, so too did Rachel.  May it be His will we merit to see the completion of the return of their sons to their own border!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l22&quot; &gt;Line 22:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In this verse, the two daughters of Lavan the Aramaean are presented to us one against the other.  The older had &amp;quot;weak eyes&amp;quot; and the younger was beautiful.  The expression &amp;quot;weak eyes&amp;quot; is unique in the Tanach, and we need to understand why the Torah chooses to describe Leah in this manner.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In this verse, the two daughters of Lavan the Aramaean are presented to us one against the other.  The older had &amp;quot;weak eyes&amp;quot; and the younger was beautiful.  The expression &amp;quot;weak eyes&amp;quot; is unique in the Tanach, and we need to understand why the Torah chooses to describe Leah in this manner.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rashi quotes the Midrash Rabbah (the same appears slightly &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;different &lt;/del&gt;in the Talmud Bavli Baba Batra 116b): &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;She thought she would be married to Esau, so she wept…&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  According to this approach, it was made known to Leah that she would eventually marry Esau, Jacob&amp;#039;s brother.  She investigated and found out he was an evildoer, and began to weep bitterly over her fate, and prayed to God to nullify His decree.  As it says in the Midrash: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;How powerful was the prayer which cancelled the decree!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  From this one may learn that prayer done from bitter crying can cancel an evil decree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rashi quotes the Midrash Rabbah (the same appears slightly &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;differently &lt;/ins&gt;in the Talmud Bavli Baba Batra 116b): &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;She thought she would be married to Esau, so she wept…&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  According to this approach, it was made known to Leah that she would eventually marry Esau, Jacob&amp;#039;s brother.  She investigated and found out he was an evildoer, and began to weep bitterly over her fate, and prayed to God to nullify His decree.  As it says in the Midrash: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;How powerful was the prayer which cancelled the decree!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  From this one may learn that prayer done from &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;withing &lt;/ins&gt;bitter crying can cancel an evil decree.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saadia Gaon explains that &amp;quot;weak&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;attractive, delicate&amp;quot;.  According to this understanding, Leah was especially pretty only in her eyes, while her sister was completely beautiful.  That is, when one saw both of them together, the eye would be drawn to Rachel and not Leah -- who would always find herself less desirable to one who was interested only in physical beauty.  This approach explains well the juxtaposition of the two phrases, and also works well with the rest of the story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saadia Gaon explains that &amp;quot;weak&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;attractive, delicate&amp;quot;.  According to this understanding, Leah was especially pretty only in her eyes, while her sister was completely beautiful.  That is, when one saw both of them together, the eye would be drawn to Rachel and not Leah -- who would always find herself less desirable to one who was interested only in physical beauty.  This approach explains well the juxtaposition of the two phrases, and also works well with the rest of the story.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|אבל גישת המדרש קשה להבין: לשם מה הסמיכה התורה את יופייה של רחל עם בכי לאה? ירמיהו הנביא כתב: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים -- רָחֵל, מְבַכָּה עַל-בָּנֶיהָ; מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל-בָּנֶיהָ, כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|ירמיהו לא:יד}}.  רחל גם היא בוכה בכי תמרורים -- וכמו אחותה, לבטל גזירה קשה.  &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;והנביא &lt;/del&gt;ממשיך ואומר לנו שאכן נענתה: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִבֶּכִי, וְעֵינַיִךְ, מִדִּמְעָה:  כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ נְאֻם-יְהוָה, וְשָׁבוּ מֵאֶרֶץ אוֹיֵב.  וְיֵשׁ-תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ, נְאֻם-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יְהוָה&lt;/del&gt;; וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים, לִגְבוּלָם&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|שם טו,טז}}.  הפסוק שלנו באה להשוות את האחיות: כשם שרחל יפה, כן לאה הייתה יפה -- וכשם שלאה הצליחה לבטל גזירה קשה, כך גם רחל. &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|אבל גישת המדרש קשה להבין: לשם מה הסמיכה התורה את יופייה של רחל עם בכי לאה? ירמיהו הנביא כתב: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים -- רָחֵל, מְבַכָּה עַל-בָּנֶיהָ; מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל-בָּנֶיהָ, כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|ירמיהו לא:יד}}.  רחל גם היא בוכה בכי תמרורים -- וכמו אחותה, לבטל גזירה קשה &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;(אגב, מעניין שגם לשימוש במילה &amp;quot;מבכה&amp;quot; אין אח במקרא)&lt;/ins&gt;.  &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;הנביא &lt;/ins&gt;ממשיך ואומר לנו שאכן נענתה: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִבֶּכִי, וְעֵינַיִךְ, מִדִּמְעָה:  כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ נְאֻם-יְהוָה, וְשָׁבוּ מֵאֶרֶץ אוֹיֵב.  וְיֵשׁ-תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ, נְאֻם-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ה&amp;#039;&lt;/ins&gt;; וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים, לִגְבוּלָם&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|שם טו,טז}}.  הפסוק שלנו באה להשוות את האחיות: כשם שרחל יפה, כן לאה הייתה יפה -- וכשם שלאה הצליחה לבטל גזירה קשה, כך גם רחל. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יהי רצון שנזכה לראות את השלמת שיבת בניהן לגבולן!&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|And Leah&amp;#039;s eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon|p/pt/pt0129.htm#17|Gen 29:17}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|And Leah&amp;#039;s eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon|p/pt/pt0129.htm#17|Gen 29:17}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In this verse, the two daughters of Lavan the Aramaean are presented to us one against the other.  The older had &amp;quot;weak eyes&amp;quot; and the younger was beautiful.  The expression &amp;quot;weak eyes&amp;quot; is unique in the Tanach, and we need to understand why the Torah chooses to describe Leah in this manner.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rashi quotes the Midrash Rabbah (the same appears slightly different in the Talmud Bavli Baba Batra 116b): &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;She thought she would be married to Esau, so she wept…&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  According to this approach, it was made known to Leah that she would eventually marry Esau, Jacob&amp;#039;s brother.  She investigated and found out he was an evildoer, and began to weep bitterly over her fate, and prayed to God to nullify His decree.  As it says in the Midrash: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;How powerful was the prayer which cancelled the decree!&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  From this one may learn that prayer done from bitter crying can cancel an evil decree.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Saadia Gaon explains that &amp;quot;weak&amp;quot; means &amp;quot;attractive, delicate&amp;quot;.  According to this understanding, Leah was especially pretty only in her eyes, while her sister was completely beautiful.  That is, when one saw both of them together, the eye would be drawn to Rachel and not Leah -- who would always find herself less desirable to one who was interested only in physical beauty.  This approach explains well the juxtaposition of the two phrases, and also works well with the rest of the story.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;However, the approach of the Midrash is difficult to understand: to what end did the Torah juxtapose Rachel&amp;#039;s beauty and Leah&amp;#039;s sobbing?  Jeremiah the prophet wrote: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children; she refuseth to be comforted for her children, because they are not&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|Jer 31:14}}.  Rachel as well is crying bitterly -- and like her sister, in order to nullify an evil decree (by the way, it is interesting that the usage of the specific Hebrew word &amp;quot;weeping&amp;quot; in this verse is also unique in the Tanach).  The prophet continues and tells us that indeed, she was answered: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thus saith the LORD: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come back from the land of the enemy. And there is hope for thy future, saith the LORD; and thy children shall return to their own border&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|ibid 15,16}}.  Our verse comes to compare the two sisters: just as Rachel was beautiful, so too was Leah -- and just as Leah successfully cancelled an evil decree, so too did Rachel.  May it be His will we merit to see the completion of the return of their sons to their own border!&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5770/Toldot|Toldot||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5770/Toldot|Toldot||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Ron at 08:29, 27 November 2009</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l9&quot; &gt;Line 9:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה, רַכּוֹת; וְרָחֵל, הָיְתָה, יְפַת-תֹּאַר, וִיפַת מַרְאֶה|p/pt/pt0129.htm#17|בראשית כט:יז}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה, רַכּוֹת; וְרָחֵל, הָיְתָה, יְפַת-תֹּאַר, וִיפַת מַרְאֶה|p/pt/pt0129.htm#17|בראשית כט:יז}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|בפסוק הזה שתי בנות לבן הארמי מוצגות לנו זו לעומת זו.  לגדולה &amp;quot;עיניים רכות&amp;quot;, ולקטנה מראה נאה.  לביטוי &amp;quot;עיניים רכות&amp;quot; אין אח במקרא, וצריך להבין למה התורה מתארת את לאה במלים אלו.}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|רש&amp;quot;י מביא את לשון המדרש רבה (גם מובא בצורה שונה המסכת בבא בתרא קטז:): &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;סבורה לעלות בגורלו של עשו ובוכה…&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. לפי הגישה הזאת, נודע ללאה שהיא עתידה להתחתן עם עשיו אחי יעקב.  היא חקרה ומצאה שהוא רשע, והתחילה לבכות מרות על גורלה, ולהתפלל לה&amp;#039; לבטל את הגזירה. וכמו שכתוב שם במדרש: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;קשה היא התפלה שבטלה את הגזירה&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  מכאן ניתן ללמוד שתפילה מתוך בכי תמרורים יכולה לבטל גזירה רעה.}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|רס&amp;quot;ג מסביר ש&amp;quot;רכות&amp;quot; היינו &amp;quot;נאות, עדינות&amp;quot;.  לפי ההבנה הזאת, לאה הייתה יפה במיוחד רק בעיניים, ולעומתה אחותה הייתה כלילת יופי.  כלומר שכאשר רואים את שתיהן ביחד, העין נמשכת להביט ברחל ולא בלאה -- שהיא תמיד תמצא את עצמה פחות רצויה למי שמתעניין בתואר הגוף בלבד. הגישה הזאת מסבירה היטב את סמיכות הקטעים, ומתיישבת יפה עם המשך הסיפור.}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|אבל גישת המדרש קשה להבין: לשם מה הסמיכה התורה את יופייה של רחל עם בכי לאה? ירמיהו הנביא כתב: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים -- רָחֵל, מְבַכָּה עַל-בָּנֶיהָ; מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל-בָּנֶיהָ, כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#14|ירמיהו לא:יד}}.  רחל גם היא בוכה בכי תמרורים -- וכמו אחותה, לבטל גזירה קשה.  והנביא ממשיך ואומר לנו שאכן נענתה: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;כֹּה אָמַר ה&amp;#039;, מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִבֶּכִי, וְעֵינַיִךְ, מִדִּמְעָה:  כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ נְאֻם-יְהוָה, וְשָׁבוּ מֵאֶרֶץ אוֹיֵב.  וְיֵשׁ-תִּקְוָה לְאַחֲרִיתֵךְ, נְאֻם-יְהוָה; וְשָׁבוּ בָנִים, לִגְבוּלָם&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|pt1131.htm#15|שם טו,טז}}.  הפסוק שלנו באה להשוות את האחיות: כשם שרחל יפה, כן לאה הייתה יפה -- וכשם שלאה הצליחה לבטל גזירה קשה, כך גם רחל.  }}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Ron at 06:20, 26 November 2009</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{hebrew}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{hebrew}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וַיְהִי-לוֹ מִקְנֵה-צֹאן וּמִקְנֵה בָקָר&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וַעֲבֻדָּה רַבָּה&lt;/del&gt;; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וַיְקַנְאוּ אֹתוֹ&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;פְּלִשְׁתִּים&lt;/del&gt;|p/pt/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0126&lt;/del&gt;.htm#&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;14&lt;/del&gt;|בראשית &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כו&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יד&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;רַכּוֹת&lt;/ins&gt;; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וְרָחֵל, הָיְתָה, יְפַת-תֹּאַר&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וִיפַת מַרְאֶה&lt;/ins&gt;|p/pt/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0129&lt;/ins&gt;.htm#&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;17&lt;/ins&gt;|בראשית &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כט&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יז&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|And &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;he had possessions &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the Philistines envied him&lt;/del&gt;|p/pt/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0126&lt;/del&gt;.htm#&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;14&lt;/del&gt;|Gen &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;26&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;14&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|And &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Leah&amp;#039;s eyes were weak; but Rachel was &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;beautiful form &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;fair to look upon&lt;/ins&gt;|p/pt/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0129&lt;/ins&gt;.htm#&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;17&lt;/ins&gt;|Gen &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;29&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;17&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5770/Toldot|Toldot||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5770/Toldot|Toldot||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Ron at 05:35, 26 November 2009</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l4&quot; &gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{bismilla}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{bismilla}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{header|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Toldot &lt;/del&gt;5770|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;תולדות &lt;/del&gt;תש&amp;quot;ע}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{header|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Vayetzei &lt;/ins&gt;5770|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ויצא &lt;/ins&gt;תש&amp;quot;ע}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{hebrew}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{hebrew}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|וַיְהִי-לוֹ מִקְנֵה-צֹאן וּמִקְנֵה בָקָר, וַעֲבֻדָּה רַבָּה; וַיְקַנְאוּ אֹתוֹ, פְּלִשְׁתִּים|p/pt/pt0126.htm#14|בראשית כו:יד}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|וַיְהִי-לוֹ מִקְנֵה-צֹאן וּמִקְנֵה בָקָר, וַעֲבֻדָּה רַבָּה; וַיְקַנְאוּ אֹתוֹ, פְּלִשְׁתִּים|p/pt/pt0126.htm#14|בראשית כו:יד}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|אמר שלמה בחכמתו: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;מַה-שֶּׁהָיָה, הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה, וּמַה-שֶּׁנַּעֲשָׂה, הוּא שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂה; וְאֵין כָּל-חָדָשׁ, תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt3101.htm#9|קהלת א:ט}}. על מה קינאוהו פלשתים? על הצלחתו.  ירד לגור בגרר עקב מצוקה גדולה -- רק הוא ואנשיו וביתו.  ובבוא הזמן, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;וַיִּגְדַּל, הָאִישׁ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0126.htm#13|בראשית כו:יג}}.  לא די שהצליח בעסקיו, אלא שאשתו &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;טוֹבַת מַרְאֶה&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, ואבימלך לא הצליח לקחתה ממנו.}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|וכן לדורות.  כשהיהודים החלו לחזור לנחלתם לפני מעט יותר ממאה שנה, הארץ הייתה שממה ועזובה.  שעליה אמר הסופר האמריקאי מארק טוויין בשנת תרכ&amp;quot;ח: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;שממה… לא ראינו אף בן אדם אחד בכל הדרך&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. אף שליט מוסלמי אחד לא שם ירושלים בירתו.  והארץ הקדושה נשארה בידי גויים ערלי-הלב, שלא חפצו בה ולא השגיחו עליה כלל.  אך כאשר בניה שבו אט אט לגבולם, פרחה וצמחה -- והיא הפכה שוב לארץ חפץ, גם לצוררי ישראל.}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|חשוב לכל יהודי לדעת ולהבין שאין קינאת חלק ניכר מן הגויים ושנאתם כלפינו נובעים רק מהצלחתנו ומלבם הרעה.  אלא ה&amp;#039; בחמלתו עלינו נתן להם את התפקיד הזה. למען לא נתור אחרי טעויותיהם ולמען נשאר עם בדד יישב. כי ככל שלוחצים עלינו יותר, ערפנו מתקשה כלפיהם, וחוזרים אליו יתברך שמו, ומבקשים רחמים מלפניו.}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him|p/pt/pt0126.htm#14|Gen 26:14}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him|p/pt/pt0126.htm#14|Gen 26:14}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Solomon in his wisdom stated: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;That which hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt3101.htm#9|Ecc 1:9}}. What did the Philistines envy him for? For his success.  He descended to dwell in Gerar because of great hardship -- just he, his men and his household.  And with the passage of time, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;the man waxed great&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0126.htm#13|Gen 26:13}}.  Not only did he succeed in his business endeavors, but his wife was &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;fair to look upon&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and Avimelech was unable to take her away.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5770/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Toldot&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Toldot&lt;/ins&gt;||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;And so through the generations.  When the Jews started returning to their inheritance somewhat more than a hundred years ago, the Land was desolate and deserted.  The American author Mark Twain wrote about it in 1867: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a desolation… we never saw a human being on the whole route&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  Not one Muslim ruler made Jerusalem his capital.  And the Holy Land remained in the hands of the hard-hearted Gentiles, who did not desire her nor pay her any attention.  But when her sons began slowly to return to their borders, she blossomed and grew -- and she once more became a desirable Land, even to the enemies of the Jews.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;It is important for every Jew to know and to understand that the jealousy and hatred of a substantial portion of the Gentiles towards us does not only derive from our success and from their evil hearts.  Rather God in His mercy upon us gave them that job.  This, in order that we not stray after their erroneous ways, and in order that we remain a nation which dwells alone.  For the more they oppress us, the more stiff-necked we become towards them; and the more we return to Him may He be blessed, and plead for mercy from Him.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5770/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Chayei Sarah&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Chayei Sarah&lt;/del&gt;||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
	</entry>
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{{pasuqh|וַיְהִי-לוֹ מִקְנֵה-צֹאן וּמִקְנֵה בָקָר, וַעֲבֻדָּה רַבָּה; וַיְקַנְאוּ אֹתוֹ, פְּלִשְׁתִּים|p/pt/pt0126.htm#14|בראשית כו:יד}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{heb|אמר שלמה בחכמתו: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;מַה-שֶּׁהָיָה, הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה, וּמַה-שֶּׁנַּעֲשָׂה, הוּא שֶׁיֵּעָשֶׂה; וְאֵין כָּל-חָדָשׁ, תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt3101.htm#9|קהלת א:ט}}. על מה קינאוהו פלשתים? על הצלחתו.  ירד לגור בגרר עקב מצוקה גדולה -- רק הוא ואנשיו וביתו.  ובבוא הזמן, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;וַיִּגְדַּל, הָאִישׁ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0126.htm#13|בראשית כו:יג}}.  לא די שהצליח בעסקיו, אלא שאשתו &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;טוֹבַת מַרְאֶה&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, ואבימלך לא הצליח לקחתה ממנו.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{heb|וכן לדורות.  כשהיהודים החלו לחזור לנחלתם לפני מעט יותר ממאה שנה, הארץ הייתה שממה ועזובה.  שעליה אמר הסופר האמריקאי מארק טוויין בשנת תרכ&amp;quot;ח: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;שממה… לא ראינו אף בן אדם אחד בכל הדרך&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;. אף שליט מוסלמי אחד לא שם ירושלים בירתו.  והארץ הקדושה נשארה בידי גויים ערלי-הלב, שלא חפצו בה ולא השגיחו עליה כלל.  אך כאשר בניה שבו אט אט לגבולם, פרחה וצמחה -- והיא הפכה שוב לארץ חפץ, גם לצוררי ישראל.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{heb|חשוב לכל יהודי לדעת ולהבין שאין קינאת חלק ניכר מן הגויים ושנאתם כלפינו נובעים רק מהצלחתנו ומלבם הרעה.  אלא ה&amp;#039; בחמלתו עלינו נתן להם את התפקיד הזה. למען לא נתור אחרי טעויותיהם ולמען נשאר עם בדד יישב. כי ככל שלוחצים עלינו יותר, ערפנו מתקשה כלפיהם, וחוזרים אליו יתברך שמו, ומבקשים רחמים מלפניו.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{pasuq|And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him|p/pt/pt0126.htm#14|Gen 26:14}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Solomon in his wisdom stated: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;That which hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt3101.htm#9|Ecc 1:9}}. What did the Philistines envy him for? For his success.  He descended to dwell in Gerar because of great hardship -- just he, his men and his household.  And with the passage of time, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;the man waxed great&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0126.htm#13|Gen 26:13}}.  Not only did he succeed in his business endeavors, but his wife was &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;fair to look upon&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, and Avimelech was unable to take her away.&lt;br /&gt;
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And so through the generations.  When the Jews started returning to their inheritance somewhat more than a hundred years ago, the Land was desolate and deserted.  The American author Mark Twain wrote about it in 1867: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;a desolation… we never saw a human being on the whole route&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  Not one Muslim ruler made Jerusalem his capital.  And the Holy Land remained in the hands of the hard-hearted Gentiles, who did not desire her nor pay her any attention.  But when her sons began slowly to return to their borders, she blossomed and grew -- and she once more became a desirable Land, even to the enemies of the Jews.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is important for every Jew to know and to understand that the jealousy and hatred of a substantial portion of the Gentiles towards us does not only derive from our success and from their evil hearts.  Rather God in His mercy upon us gave them that job.  This, in order that we not stray after their erroneous ways, and in order that we remain a nation which dwells alone.  For the more they oppress us, the more stiff-necked we become towards them; and the more we return to Him may He be blessed, and plead for mercy from Him.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5770/Chayei Sarah|Chayei Sarah||}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
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