HaRav Zev Leff: Parshas Vayeitzei

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The Jewish Home: Not like Avraham who called it [the Beis Hamikdash] “mountain,” and not like Yitzchak who called it “field,” but rather like Yaukov who called it “house. . .” (Pesachim 88a). Rambam in the beginning of Hilchos Beis HaBechirah lists three functions of the Beis Hamikdash: (1) to be bayis LaHashem- literally, [...]

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