More to the Story with Lea Rubashkin
Join host Lea Rubashkin as she seeks the sacred in the everyday and dares to ask the questions we often leave unspoken. Rooted in Jewish thought and spiritual curiosity, More to the Story is a space for bold conversation, tender reflection, and personal excavation.
Each episode invites listeners into deep inquiry through solo teachings, intimate roundtable sessions, and conversations with guests navigating life’s complexities with authenticity and faith. Whether exploring themes of identity, pain, belief, or healing, Lea offers a lens that’s both deeply personal and universally resonant.
This is a podcast for those who crave depth, who live between questions, and who know there’s always more to the story.
More to the Story with Lea Rubashkin
Vayetzei: The Power to Rewrite Destiny
In this week’s episode, we follow Yaakov as he leaves the holiness of his parents’ home and enters the world of Lavan, a place of concealment, deception, and spiritual challenge. I explore Yaakov’s preparation, his years of learning, the dream at Har HaMoriah, and the spiritual descent that becomes the foundation of the Jewish future.
I focus on Leah, the sister whose tears, prayers, and hidden world reshape her destiny and ours. We look at how our sages describe her as “destined” for Esav, and how through relentless tefillah she becomes the mother of most of the tribes. I also explore the quiet courage of sisterhood between Rachel and Leah: the signs under the chuppah, the willingness to spare a sister humiliation, and later, Leah’s willingness to give up another tribe that Rachel could merit a child. Together, they open the portal through which the Jewish people are born.
Leah teaches us that pain doesn’t disqualify us from greatness; it can become the very place we meet Hashem. Her journey, from tears to gratitude, from “hated” to the mother of Yehuda and Mashiach, offers a map for anyone longing to believe that their story can still be rewritten.
Lea
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