1. Beraishis 45:15. Yosef and Binyamin cry on each other's shoulders. Rashi tells us this was for the destructions of the Bais Hamikdash and the Mishkan that were on their respective areas of Eretz Yisroel. (a) Why is this peshuto shel mikra - the basic premise of Rashi? (b) Were all these detructions so predetermined; how did bechira on this work?
2. Berasishis 46:1. Yaakov leaves his home on the way to Mitzrayim and on the way stops in Beer Sheva to bring korbanos to the G-d of his father Yitzchok. Seemingly his home was where Yitzchok had lived since that is where he settled. Why not bring the korbanos there? The Rashbam points out that he brought the korbanos in Beer Sheva because his father Yitzchok had also brought korbanos there. This raises an interesting question that requires additional investigation. Since two avos brought significant korbanos in Beer Sheva, what is its religious significance?
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