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Podcast: Nitzotzos: Inspiration to Keep Your Spark Alive with Rav Mordechai Burg
Episode: Parshas Vayishlach - Raising Children In Pain
Description: In the final moments of her life Rachel Imeinu called her newborn son Ben Oni. In the very same passuk Yaakov calls the child Binyamin.Â
Why doesn't Yaakov call Binyamin by the name Rachel chose for him?Â
We know that Yaakov loved Rachel so deeply. Why do they spend their last moments on earth together fighting over the child's name?
Why does the Torah refer to Binyamin as Binyamin and not Ben Oni? Does Hashem somehow choose Yaakov's side over Rachel? Does Hashem ignore the wish of a dying Tzadeikes like Rachel?
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