“Yaakov awoke from his sleep … and he said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is nothing but the House of G-d, and this is the gate of the Heavens.’ ”(Bereishis 28:16)
“When Yaakov passed by the [site of the] Beis HaMikdash why did [Hashem] not stop him there? [Because] if it never entered his mind to daven in the place where his forefathers had davened should he be stopped by Heaven? … He said ‘Could it be I passed the place where my forefathers davened and did not daven there? He decided to return and went back as far as Beis E-l and the earth sprang toward him.” (Rashi)
It is interesting to note that as soon as he decided to return he was granted the miracle that shortened his journey but when he initially passed by the place Hashem did not stop him (Zahav Misheva Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapira).
She gets off the bus at 3:00. By 3:30 she’s home. At 4:10 the children come home and sit down to a meal of veggie burgers instant mashed potatoes and canned peas piping hot straight from the microwave. And there’s dessert too: ice cream cones for everyone. What a good mother!
Five minutes after lunch is over the tabletop is bare. It took less than a minute for her to fold the plastic tablecloth with the disposable dishes still inside and drop it straight into the garbage. The salt shaker was deposited on the counter and that’s it. No pots no crumbs no mess and minimum effort.
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