Parsha Vayishlach

פרשת וישלח עם לבן גרתי | בראשית ל”ב, ה’ I have sojourned with Lovon

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פרשת וישלח
 
עם לבן גרתי | בראשית ל"ב, ה'
 
I have sojourned with Lovon
 
Rashi explains that the letters גרתי can be rearranged to spell תרי'ג – which alludes to the 613 mizvos that Yaakov kept in the house of Lovon. 
 
The question asked by many meforshim is why did Yaakov feel it important to inform Eisav that he had kept all the mizvos in the house of Lovon?
 
HaGoan Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l suggests that the underlying message Yaakov wishes to convey was that although Yaakov wished to reconcile with Eisav, he wanted to make it very clear that he was not going to comprise his performance of mizvos to achieve this goal.
 

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About the Author: Rabbi Yisroel Meir Rubinfeld

Rabbi Rubinfeld has been in the field of Torah education for over 3 decades and serves as an Executive School Consultant for Torah Umesorah. He provides an array of services to schools across North America, including teacher and principal mentorship, school and curricula evaluations, professional development and parent education.

Rabbi Rubinfeld's expertise includes classroom management and discipline, effective instruction, bullying, cultivating sensitivity in the classroom, impulse disorders (such as ADHD and ODD), and balancing the educational needs of mainstream and special needs children in the classroom.

Rabbi Rubinfeld is the also the founder and director of Torah Umesorah's Lilmod U'Lilamed department which provides professional development for teachers and principals throughout the year.

Rabbi Rubinfeld is a talmid of the distinguished Yeshivos of Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, the Mirrer Yeshiva in Yerushalayim and Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood.

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