[Avodah] Taryag Mitzvos Shamarti

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I gave this Dvar Torah at the Teaneck Carlebach Minyan parshas Vayishlach

I'm Lavan garti

Rashi:
V'Saryag mitzvos Shamarti

Q: HUH?! Was Ya'akov Avinu a koehein gadol? A Yabbam? How could he
possibly have observed 613 Mitzvos?

A: (bekitzur). Ya'akov-Yisroel was the last of the avos the last to be
"kolel" the entire nation
IE he included every one of the eventual am Yisroel

Once the shevatim separated Levi'I'm and kohanim had separate mitzos
from others. There would never again be one individual who would
encompass all 613. It would take not a village but a nation!

And so this point was most applicable davka to Ya'akov avinu, viz.
That he preserve all 613 mitzvos

GS
-RRW
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