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Shabbat Parashat Vayeitzei | 5771

Vayeitzei | 6 Kislev 5771 | 13/11/2010

Parashat Hashavuah: Two for the Road

Yaakov had two introductions to life before arriving at Lavan’s home: 14 years studying in the yeshiva of Shem and Ever and the dream of the ladder. These two “foods for the road” enabled him to eventually return home in peace and prosperity. Although Yaakov was already promised the blessings of material success, he did not want to rely on his preparedness for the task.

Ask the Rabbi: Should a mezzuza be affixed on the door of a restaurant run by non-Jews but owned by a Jew.

If a Jew owns a restaurant that is run by non-Jews (the Jewish owner walks in only occasionally) and is in a non-Jewish area, must he affix mezuzot to its doorposts?

Ein Ayah: The Value of Divine Revenge

[The previous gemara had said that wisdom and the Beit Hamikdash are special because they appear in Tanach in between two Names of Hashem.] If that is so, then nekama (revenge) is great because it is found in between two Names of Hashem, as the pasuk says: “A G-d of revenges is Hashem, the G-d of revenges appeared” (Tehillim 94:1)...

P’ninat Mishpat: Forcing a Neighbor to Allow an Appliance Delivery Through His House

Reuven awaited a refrigerator delivery, which could only be done through Shimon’s balcony. Shimon objected, without providing a good reason, unless Reuven pays him. Can Shimon be forced to do the favor for free?

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Hemdat Yamim
is dedicated in memory
of Shirley, Sara Rivka
bat Yaakov Tzvi HaCohen z”l.

This edition of
Hemdat Yamim
is dedicated
to the memory of
George Weinstein,

Gershon ben
Yehudah Mayer,
a lover of the Jewish Nation Torah and Land

and
R' Meir ben
Yechezkel Shraga
Brachfeld
o.b.m

Hemdat Yamim is endowed by
Les & Ethel Sutker of Chicago, Illinois in loving memory of
Max and Mary Sutker and
Louis and Lillian Klein, z”l.

This week’s Hemdat Yamim
is dedicated in loving memoryof
Jack Levin –
Chaim Yaakov
ben shlomo Yitzchak Halevi

-by his family

A weekly divrei Torah leaflet: A Glimpse at the Parasha, Ask the Rabbi, From the writings of Harav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, zt”l, Pninat Mishpat (Jewish Monetary Law).