“Yaakov settled in the area where his father had lived in the land of Canaan.”
(Bereishis 37:1)
At the beginning of the parshah Rashi quotes Chazal’s teaching: “Yaakov tried to live in tranquility and the anger of Eisav immediately befell him. The righteous wish to live in tranquility but Hashem says ‘The righteous are not satisfied with what is waiting for them in the World to Come that they seek to live in tranquility in This World?’ ”
We must understand this. What sin did the righteous commit that they shouldn’t be able to have tranquility in This World? After all Hashem is certainly capable of letting them inherit both Worlds — This and the Next. And the righteous would certainly grow in their service of Hashem if they were able to live in This World with much comfort and tranquility. Why doesn’t Hashem desire this? (Rav Yaakov Neiman Darkei Mussar)
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