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It did not promote Yaakov to preeminence or add prestige to his name.
By keeping the mitzvot of Hashem and being steadfast in one’s religiosity,
one can be worthy of Divine berachah.
Some mistakenly think that money is the sole measuring-rod of success.
One who has money is considered to be fortunate. After a person dies,
though, he leaves all of his possessions behind. What purpose then is the
endless ‘treadmill’ of work or the enslaved pursuit of money? Only the
Torah that a person learns can ascend Above and speak on his behalf.
We should treasure Torah and hoard it just as we pursue money. It should
be no less a pillar of our lives, without which we cannot survive.

“Then Yaakov sent angels ahead of him to
Eisav his brother to the land of Seir, the field of
Edom. He charged them, saying ‘Thus shall you
say: To my lord, to Eisav, so said your servant
Yaakov: I have sojourned with Lavan and have
lingered until now. I have acquired oxen and
donkeys, flocks, servants, and maidservants and
I am sending to tell my lord to find favor in your
eyes’”

(Bereishit 32:4-6)