[Avodah] Vay'chi

[Richard Wolberg]

There’s an interesting medrash the k’li yakar brings down. It doesn’t say Vayik’r’vu Yisroel Lamus, that Yisroel came close to die,’ rather it says: ‘Vayik’r’vu Y’MEI Yisroel lamus,’ that the DAYS of Yisroel came close to die. And the medresh says, the DAYS died, not the person.  This goes in line with Vay’chi Ya’akov, and Jacob LIVED. In other words, his body died but not he, himself.
(The question has been asked: Do you have a soul? The answer is NO, you ARE a soul with a body).
 
In the first pasuk (vs.28) the name Yaakov is used twice and then in vs.29 we see the name Yisroel used. The question is asked why does the name change from Ya’akov to Yisroel. One answer is that Yisroel symbolizes the prophecy of Ya’akov.  And that’s how he knew he was going to die because in prophecy he understood and divinely inspired, he understood that he was going to die.
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