Vayetze | Yaakov's Years in Haran

Vayetze | Yaakov's Years in Haran, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom

Parashat Vayetze, from beginning to end, details Yaakov's years "on the run", all of which are in Haran. How long was he there? Yaakov tells us - "I was in your house for 20 years..."; however, limiting Yaakov's years there to 20 raises numerous challenges, both within the text and with "realia". In this shiur, we propose a different chronology which serves to respond to these challenges.

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