When the Tzemach Tzedek, the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, was a child, his school teacher taught him the verse: "And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt for 17 years," explaining that our sages teach that these were the best 17 years of his life.<\/p>\n
Upon his return from school, the Tzemach Tzedek asked his grandfather, the Alter Rebbe, founder of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement: "How can it be that the best years of Jacob's life were in Egypt, the most impure of all lands?"\"<\/p>\n
The Alter Rebbe replied: "It is written: 'And he (Jacob) sent Judah before him to Joseph to explore the land of Goshen'"\"<\/p>\n
\""Rashi quotes the Midrash: Rabbi Nehemiah says that Jacob sent Judah to establish a house of study, so that the tribes could study Torah in Egypt."\"<\/p>\n
\""The word 'explore' is written 'lehorot' in the Torah. The root of the words 'lehorot' and 'Torah' are the same, which means that when a Jew studies Torah, he can have a full and happy life, even in Egypt.".<\/p>\n
Not only that, but studying Torah in Egypt, a symbol of all exiles, even the exile in which we find ourselves now, makes the diaspora shine, to make the world a better place and prepare it for swift redemption.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cuando el Tzemaj Tzedek, el tercer Rebe de Lubavitch, era un ni\u00f1o, su maestro de la escuela le ense\u00f1\u00f3 el vers\u00edculo: Y Iaacov vivi\u00f3 en la tierra de Egipto por 17 a\u00f1os\", explic\u00e1ndole que nuestros sabios ense\u00f1an que estos fueron los mejores 17 a\u00f1os de su vida. A su regreso de la escuela, el Tzemaj… Read More \u00bbFull life<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,23],"tags":[956,1025,997,954,974,942],"series":[],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-para-chicos","category-vaieji","tag-estudio","tag-iaacov","tag-iosef","tag-judio","tag-redencion","tag-tora"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Estudiar.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/avatar1400.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"castbox":{"key":"castbox","url":"","label":"CastBox","class":"castbox","icon":"castbox.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/tuviaserber.com\/en\/feed\/podcast\/rabino-tuvia-serber","embedCode":"Vida plena<\/a><\/blockquote>