“And Jacob was very frightened (when hearing that his brother Esav was coming toward him with an army of 400 men) and he was distressed…” (Genesis 32:8)
The Chozeh from Lublin explained that he was afraid of Esav but was distressed by this fear, since God had previously promised him that “I will guard you wherever you will go” (Genesis 28:15).
“I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob…” (Exodus 6:3). This seems to be a very straightforward and unambiguous statement by God to Moses.
“You don’t learn by having faith. You learn by questioning, by challenging, by re-examining everything you’ve ever believed. And yet, all this is a matter
“You have enough. Circle the mountain and turn to the north” (Deuteronomy 2:3). Rabbi Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, in his commentary Kli Yakar, spins this verse
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I am most impressed by God’s promise to Jacob to guard him “wherever ” he would go.