In The Liturgy
The Passover Haggadah, in the concluding nirtzah section of the Seder, in a reference to Genesis 31:24, recounts how God frightened the Aramean Laban in the night.
The doubling of the Hebrew word nikhsof to express intense longing in Genesis 31:30 also appears in the 16th Century Safed Rabbi Eliezer Azikri’s kabbalistic poem Yedid Nefesh (“Soul’s Beloved”) which many congregations chant just before the Kabbalat Shabbat prayer service.
Many Jews recite Genesis 32:2–3 three times as part of the Tefilat HaDerech (Wayfarer’s Prayer) said on setting out on a journey.
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