Berachos 64a § 3
Continuing to Complete the Task
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The Lord will answer you
on the day of distress.
The name of the God of
Jacob set you upon high.
Is God specifically the God of Jacob
and not the God of Abraham and Isaac?
Rather, we learn a general principle:
One who owns a beam should approach
carrying the thick portion of the beam.
A builder, carrying a beam in order to
affix it in a building, must calibrate it
and measure carefully so that the thick
part of the beam fits in its place.
So too must Jacob, who fathered and raised
the children who would become the people
of Israel, continue to pray for them
and complete the task of nation-building.
on the day of distress.
The name of the God of
Jacob set you upon high.
Is God specifically the God of Jacob
and not the God of Abraham and Isaac?
Rather, we learn a general principle:
One who owns a beam should approach
carrying the thick portion of the beam.
A builder, carrying a beam in order to
affix it in a building, must calibrate it
and measure carefully so that the thick
part of the beam fits in its place.
So too must Jacob, who fathered and raised
the children who would become the people
of Israel, continue to pray for them
and complete the task of nation-building.