Tag: Parashat Vayetze

This Torah portion, the name of which means “he went out, covers Gen. 28:10-32:2.

Rachel vs. Leah and the names of the 12 sons of Israel (Genesis 30)

Post author By Richard
Post date August 8, 2009

Rachel v. Leah: The names of the 12 Sons of Israel

Rachel envied her sister, Leah, and Leah hated Rachel because Ya’akov (Jacob) loved her. The names of the his 12 sons reflect this tug of war between the sisters and contain prophecies to be fulfilled hundreds of years later.

Tags 12 tribes, Asher, Bilhah, Dan, Diana, Genesis, Issachar, Jacob/Yaakov, Joseph/Yosef, Judah/Yehudah, Laban, Leah, Levi, mandrakes, Naphtali, Parashat Vayetze, Rachel, Simeon/Shimon, Zebulun, Zilpah

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Ya’akov finds God then Rachel (Genesis 28-29)

Post author By Richard
Post date August 1, 2009

Ya’akov (Jacob) is sent away to find a wife and finds God first at the bottom of a ladder to Heaven. Then he finds Rachel and ends up with her sister and two slave women. There seems to be something prophetic about Rachel.