Episode 72: Chapter 36a - The Life of Jacob

Yaakov reaches the local well in Charan / Meeting young women at the well is a segulah for a successful journey (Eliezer, Jacob, Moses, Saul) / Young women are free from sin / Why was Rachel a shepherd (because most of Lavan's sheep died in a plague of pestilence or because Lavan had no sons)? / Jacob's "foot" blesses Laban's household / A nephew is called a brother / How would yibum apply to an avunculate relationship? / Grandchildren are tantamount to children / Jacob married Lavan's 4 daughters (Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah)