Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi

Portrait of Hacham Shimon Agassi
Portrait of Hacham Agassi painted by Mrs Ruth Gila, Beit Meir , Israel

Monday, July 21, 2014

Rashi comments  (Beraishit 32.5) that Jacob “sojourned” with Laban but managed to observe the 613 commandments of the Torah:


עם לבן רשע גרתי ותרי"ג מצות שמרתי

4690+7 words=26=8
(final letters)


In fact the sole reason why Jacob survived and was able to defeat Laban was due to the fact that he observed the 613 commandments of Torah. By doing so it placed him in the Eighth Sphira where he received Divine Protection.

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