Vol 15.32 - Vayetze 2

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Summary

(5737) "not like Abraham, in connection with whom "mountain" is written etc But like Jacob, who called it "home". (Tal. Pesachim 88a)

Explanation of the verse (Yeshayahu 2:3) "And many peoples shall go, and they shall say, "Come, let us go up to the L-rd's mount, to the house of the G-d of Jacob, and let Him teach us of His ways, and we will go in His paths," for out of Zion shall the Torah come forth, and the word of the L-rd from Jerusalem."

Translation

Talmud Pesachim 88a

R. Eleazar also said, What is meant by the verse, And many people shall go and say: ‘Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the L-rd, To the house of the G-d of Jacob’, the G-d of Jacob, but not the G-d of Abraham and Isaac? But [[the meaning is this: we will] not [[be] like Abraham, in connection with whom ‘mountain’ is written, as it is said, As it is said to this day, ‘In the mountain where the L-rd is seen.’ Nor like Isaac, in connection with whom 'field' is written, as it is said, "And Isaac when out to meditate in the field at eventide." But [[let us be] like Jacob, who called it ‘home’, as it is said, ‘And he called the name of that place Beth-El