![]() ![]() Maybe that is part of the hidden agenda of the War of Gog and Magog. Then we unify and become stronger.” Two people running for their lives quickly become allies. ![]() But if you want us to band together, then attack us. We’ll do it for you through our own in-fighting. It has been said that a Jew once told an enemy, “If you want to destroy us, just go home. Somehow people would all have to be of the same opinion, or close to it. That’s a lot of opinions, especially if many of them oppose one another. Two million Jews, three million opinions, etc. What would it take to make achdus a reality for the Jewish people? Well, what stands in the way of it? That’s easy, two Jews, three opinions. Let’s approach that question from a different direction. But how many think about it so far in advance? Clearly it had been Ya’akov’s intention to build more than family, but what? True, every parent wants their children to get along with each other, and gets pleasure from seeing it happen. Then he said for some reason, “If these stones become one, then I will know that nothing bad will come out of me.” And miraculously, they did become one.Ĭlearly the unity of Ya’akov’s family was on his mind even before he married. He placed 12 stones, obviously one for each of the future tribes, around his head as kind of a security measure. We first get wind of the importance of unity when Ya’akov is lying down to sleep the night he dreams of the ladder. This is the parsha of the reunion of the entire family after turning around from the brink of collapse. You can register at any time by writing to THE BIG PICTURE Zoominar continues this Tuesday, b”H. ![]()
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