UPS man? No he did not bring things for ME but I accepted for others …HOWEVER we TALKED A BIT

 

and I told him what Max and I learned in Talmud Brachot just a minute before he came

 

(and Max who will celebrate his bar mitzva next week got the message) - about Blessing each other - AND

 

About even saying Hello  back when somebody says Hello (if not you are almost "stealing" from them - the grace we are here to share! )

 

And... What has that to do with Portion Va Yeh Chee? 

 

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach says - `be a Yakov person and NOT a Lavan person`? So what does that mean? And all of this?

 

One idea from AISH.com this week (by Yoram and Meira Raanan) explains the portion as such:

 

Jacob called for his sons and said, " Gather and hear, sons of Jacob, and listen to your father Israel ... 

All these are the twelve tribes of Israel... He gave each one his own special blessing. (Genesis: 49:1-2, 28) ...

Jacob is on his deathbed, and his children gather around for his final words. 

That;: Light seeps out of the darkness (my note: the despair of death of Jacob - and) Jacob lifts his hands to bless his sons, the twelve tribes of Israel. 

He bestows upon them blessings which foretell the destiny of the Jewish People.   The light of these blessings illuminates the darkness ...

SO Back to the portion: these AISH words on Aish.com are poetic and beautiful … but - Huh?

So It's like  we (me and Max and Mr UPS)  learned - The end of the First Book of the Five of Moses shows us :

It's all about blessing each other - that's why the Almighty created us and the world!