Monday, December 7, 2009

Vayishlach

What was the significance of Yakkov's becoming 'two camps'? They could have been split into numerous camps and they could also have been grouped as one as well?

Maran ztz"l answered that Yakkov was expressing the tremendous spiritual growth he experienced throughout his stay with Lavan. When he first crossed the Yarden, he was at a level of spiritual height appropriate for one indivdual. However, after the twenty years with Lavan, he grew in new forms of avodas Hashem that were quite distinct from his original form of avodah. In essence, he now contained within himself two very different approaches in avodah. This was signified by the fact that his followers had to divide into two groups since it was not possible for any one personality to encompass both drachim in the way that he was able to.

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