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Parshas Vayeitzei 5786: Daven for Others - Creating Keys to Unlock the Chests

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  Torah Parallels   Parshas   Toldos   לעילוי   נשמת   האדא   בת   מרדכי   Daven for Others  – Creating Keys to Unlock the Chests     The  Torah ( 30:20-21)  relates that  after   Leah had  giv en  birth to six of the  shevatim  and Bilhah and Zilpah each ha d  two  shevatim ,   Leah was pregnant with yet another child . She gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah. Rashi writes based on  C hazal that Leah named her Dinah ,  from the root word “judgement ” ,  because of the judgement  she made for herself.  She knew from Ruach  HaKodesh  that 1 2  shevatim  were destined to be born to Yaakov .  Originally, it was assumed that the distribution would be equal across Rachel, Leah,  Bilhah  and Zilpah , but at this point with Leah already having six and each of the  maidservants  having two, that only lef...