When Jacob came to Haran he met Rachel and it was love at first sight ❤️. He had to work seven years for his wicked father in law Laban.
When he was finally able to marry Rachel his father in law tricked him and instead of putting Rachel in the Chuppah he smuggled Leah. Without knowing Jacob married the wrong wife.
Eventually he was able to marry Rachel promising Laban seven more years of work.
Leah began conceiving children instantly bringing six of the twelve tribes into the world. Rachel was barren like her grandmother Sarah and aunt Rivka and decided to give Bilhah her maidservant to Jacob so he could continue bringing children to the world. When Leah saw this act of selflessness from Rachel she decided to do the same thing and gave Jacob her maidservant Zilpah. Eventually Rachel mothered Joseph and Benjamin giving her the merit of also being part of the creation of The Jewish people.
Sometimes we read this very enigmatic accounts of our history which don’t make sense, but our sages teach that when very lofty souls are coming into the world, H”S has to sometimes use very strange tactics and disguise the holiness in acts that would seem completely the opposite so the negative forces of the world are fooled and H”S plan can be achieved.
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