Kabbalah su Genesi 29:78
Zohar
We learned that Rabbi Shimon said, It is deceitful, and from a deceitful world, namely, from Paddan-Aram. Also, deceitful is the Evil Inclination. This is the meaning of the verse, "the daughter of Betu'el the Arammian," who is the deceitful bone of the spine. The words, "of Paddan-Aram," which means that he came from a deceitful (Heb. ramai) world, represent two deceivers, as we have learned that Paddana means a 'couple'. The two deceivers are "the sister of Laban," the sister of the deceitful Evil Inclination. At first, when it was corrupted by sins in this world, it was called 'Lot'. In the future, when it will no longer be as corrupted, as someone who has washed and was cleansed of his impurities, and it will be called 'Laban' (lit. 'white'). Nevertheless, the Evil Inclination is not eliminated from the world. Come and hearken, we learned from the Mishnah that the two daughters of Lot symbolize the two forces of the body that arouse the Evil Inclination. Because it has bathed and is no longer so impure, it is called 'Laban'. And the two daughters are not completely negated, as it is written, "And Laban had two daughters" (Gen. 29:16).
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Zohar
When she first appears to Moses (Zohar I:113b), she is called "Angel" (Exodus 3). She did not appear to Jacob as such, except within the figure of Rachel, as it is written, "and Rachel was coming" (Genesis 29:9). This is the form of another (supernal) Rachel, as it is written, "Thus said the Lord, a cry is heard in Ramah...Rachel weeping for her children" (Jeremiah 31:15). "And Rachel was coming"--,"with her flock"--her echelons. "Of her Father"--certainly! And all are counted and accounted for in her hand. "For she was a shepherdess," she leads them, and is accountable for them.
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Shaarei Orah
And sometimes the name Adona"y is called by the nickname Even [Stone], because it is the basis [yesod] for all the buildings of the world and all that is found in the world support themselves with it and need it. And it is called Head Stone (Zechariah 4:7) because from it came out all the multitudes from High and Low during Creation. And it is called Sapphire Stone (see Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:1, note linguistic connection with Sefirot) because it receives all the nuances from all the other levels above it, and acts on the creatures both a thing and its opposite, sometimes for good and sometimes for bad, to make live and to make die, to make sick and to heal, to make poor and to make rich, and so on. And the hint of this: "See, now, that I, I am the One, and there is no power alongside Me, I make die and I make live, I separated and I heal (Deuteronomy 32:39). Moreover, this aspect absorbs the strength of the Sefirot and draws to itself all types of emanation and blessing, and after it has drawn from the blessings above it returns and gives sustenance and food to all found below it, to each as it is fitting. And regarding it, it is written: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the head cornerstone. " (Psalms 118:22) - that, behold! Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya'akov took their places above it, in the upper sefirot above it, until David came and held strongly to it, and took it as his aspect, and he is the one that said "became the head cornerstone [pinah]", since all faces of all the created, both upper and lower, turn to it [ponim], whether in the levels above or below it. Above it, the turn to it to continue their strength, flow, goodness and blessings; below it they turn to it to ask from it their sustenance, food and maintenance. And this is the secret of "to the head cornerstone", and it is the secret of "or who set its cornerstone" (Job 38:6). And this is what sustains Israel, and your sign [that this is true is] "from there the Shepherd Stone of Yisrael" (Genesis 49:24). And this stone desires, wants and tends towards another stone above it, and from it [that other stone] will come to it [the Stone] all types of emanations and those two precious stones are for Israel, and your sign [that this is true is] : "and you shall take two stones of lazuli and engrave on them the names of the Children of Israel (Exodus 28:9). and this is the secret of "Adona"y YHV"H what will you give to me?" (Genesis 15:2). The Shechinah attracts from Upper to Lower and is attracted from Lower to Upper. And corresponding to this Stone there is another Stone called the Great Stone, and when it is sitting on the Well, Israel are enslaved under it, until comes the one who has Mishpat [Judgment] and your sign [that this is true is] "And Ya'akov approached and rolled the stone on the mouth of the well" (Genesis 29:10), and this is the secret of the potion "and Ya'akov traveled towards Sukkot" (Genesis 33:17) and of the portion "behold the day of Y"Y arrives" (Zecharia 14:1).
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Idra Zuta
The companions spoke the truth when they explained the words, “And Yaakov told Rachel that he was her father’s brother” (Bereshit 29:12). It has been explained that “told” refers to Chochmah, that is, to the flow of Chochmah that is called telling. “…and that he was Rivka’s son” (Ibid.) – Rivka’s son rather than Yitzchak’s son. This is an allusion, everything alludes to Chochmah.
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