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Why did Yaakov go back to get the flasks of oil? He was tremendously
wealthy and should not have put himself into danger for simple monetary
reasons.
Yaakov taught us that we remain Jews when we dwell ‘alone’ and do not
mingle with non-Jews, as it says, “A nation that will dwell in solitude.”
The nations of the world try to harm us or influence us, but Hashem gives
us the ‘Upper Hand.’
Yaakov kept flasks of oil to anoint the altar he planned on building. We
