All of Israel Folded Up Beneath the Sleeping Jacob

Midrash Aggadah, Genesis 28:13

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·May 29, 2026

"The land that you are laying upon." What is it (the land) not larger than this, than the four cubits that he was laying upon?! Rather it teaches us that all of the land of Israel folded up underneath him.

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Genesis 28:13

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