Wilderness Maggid

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Yaakov in the World

B"H

This week I was thinking, how interesting that Yaakov buries Devorah under the Oak that weeps, in the hebrew it is plural and so by implication weeping for two– for Rivkah as well; then after this weeping HaShem names him Yisroel; and also states, I am El Shd-i. It occured to me that since Sarah died shortly after Yitzhak’s almost sacrifice on the mountain, Yaakov grew up without a maternal grandmother figure. Who then would have served this role? Devorah, the intimate figure in Rivkah’s life would have been his grandmotherly figure, so to lose both at the same time, what a loss, what a grieving. And yet, it is the growing point necessary for Yaakov to finally mature into himself, to walk the Yashar, the straight path to G-d (sometimes)(when he’s not still being Yaakov) and to warrent the addtional name Yisroel that is conferred on him. He is ready now to inherit and pass along the spiritual lineage of the people, but he is also on his own. Or is he? HaShem reminds him– I am El Shad-i, the nurturer, the sustainer, through me will you be held and cared for in the world.

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