Yaakov wanted to dwell peacefully

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  1. Ya'akov's Last Bow - A Retrospective Look at the Life of our Patriarch

    Rabbi Elchanan Samet

    Every significant move which he makes is motivated by two separate impetuses: a practical motive on one hand and a divine motive on the other. What distinguishes these two motivations?

  2. Yaakov's Shattered Hopes for Tranquility

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  3. Tranquility vs. Challenge

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  4. Rav Amital on Yaakov's Unrequited Hopes for Tranquility

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  5. Yaakov Lives in the Land of His Father's Residence

    Rabbi David Silverberg

  6. Yaakov wanted to Dwell in Peace

    Rabbi Ezra Bick | 10 minutes

    A famous comment of Rashi cites a phrase of Hazal which said that Yaakov wanted to live in peace, but immediately suffered hardship of the troubles of Yosef. What are Hazal trying to say, and what was yYaakov thinking? Did he want to retire? If so, was that a reason to suffer? Is the Torah against tzaddikim living in prosperity?