28:10, 11 (י וַיֵּצֵא יַעֲקֹב, מִבְּאֵר שָׁבַע; וַיֵּלֶךְ, חָרָנָה יא וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם וַיָּלֶן שָׁם, כִּי-בָא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, וַיִּקַּח מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם, וַיָּשֶׂם מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו; וַיִּשְׁכַּב, בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא) Vayeitzei
Yaakov, we know that Yaakov learned in the Yeshiva of Sheim V’eiver for 14 years.
Rav Yaakov asks why he felt the need to learn there if he had learned by
Yitzchok for so many years. By Yitzchok he learned the Torah of someone who
grows up in the house of the Avois. In Yeshivas Sheim V’aiver he learned a
different aspect of Toirah. He learned the Toirah of one who is out amongst the
Goyim. Sheim V’aiver lived during the Dor Hamabul and Dor Haflaga and did not
grow up in a sheltered home. That is a different aspect of Limud Hatoirah.
Today we should also be doing
that. However, we learn from Kindergarten all the way through Kollel in a
sheltered environment. Suddenly we all go out into the world in which we
desperately need the Torah of Yeshivas Sheim V’eiver. We currently don’t have
this type of Yeshiva in existence. What did Yaakov learn from the Yeshiva Sheim
V’eiver that he did not learn from Yeshivas Yitzchok?
The only clue we are given is
the Rashi on (וישכב במקום ההוא: לשון מיעוט באותו מקום שכב, אבל ארבע עשרה שנים ששמש בבית עבר
לא שכב בלילה, שהיה עוסק בתורה)Vayishkav
Bamakoim Hahu which says that the 14 years that Yaakov learned in the Yeshiva
of Eiver he didn’t sleep on a bed because he was so busy learning. In the
Yeshiva of Yitzchok he did go to sleep in a bed at night. What changed?
When Yaakov was in Yeshiva
learning all day, he made sure to get a good night’s sleep and to be well
rested. However, in Yeshivas Sheim V’eiver where Yaakov is getting ready to go
out into the world, he was going to be busy with the Tzoin of Lavan and many
other things, he has to be trained that late at night you must push yourself to
learn later. This is the opposite of what many people do, as they stay in the
Bais Medrash until midnight while in
Yeshiva, however, while they are in middle of the working years they go to
sleep earlier. During your working years you should be learning later into the
night.
Thursday nights which is a
Leil Mishmar, especially since you know you can make up sleep over Shabbos that
is coming up soon, you should have extra Sedorim. If you have a Shabbos
Chavrusa, make it a Thursday night and Shabbos Chavrusa. That is Yeshivas Sheim
V’eiver.
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