Vayetzei 28:22 – ‘And this stone… the house of God…’

Posted: January 18, 2018

‘And this stone… the house of God…’ Yaakov makes a deal with Hashem and (according to RaShI) sets six conditions and offers one (or two) in return: The class begins with Rashi and other Rishonim but works its way towards two different explanations (according to Chassidus) to this idea of what the stone is 1) Malchus of Atzilus, 2) Asiya being raised up to the highest levels.