The Place Of Connection

ויבא יעקב שלם עיר שכם אשר בארץ כנען בבאו מפדן ארם ויחן את פני העיר.  The Gemarah Shabbat (33b) says אמר רב מטבע תיקן להם ושמואל אמר שווקים תיקן להם ור' יוחנן אמר מרחצאות תיקן להם.  Why was this the first thing Yaakov did after his fight?  

Rashi Vayetze (28:17) says the ladder that Yaakov saw hit in the middle opposite Yerushalayim.  Why is that the point that is the middle of the ladder?  The Maharal explains that the Mikdash is the meeting place between the gashmi and the ruchani.  The Mikdash is a physical place for the most intense spirituality in the world to rest.  It is the meeting place of gashmi and ruchani in this world.  Yaakov is given a message that the gashmiut and ruchniut of Yaakov go hand in hand.  His pursuit of marriage is not separate from that of his years in Yeshiva but they go together.  

The angel of Esav thought he had an opening to attack Yaakov because of the wealth and possessions he accumulated.  He thought that the gashmi of Yaakov was a contradiction to the ruchani of Yaakov and hence he could attack (see Kli Yakar.)  However, for Yaakov the gashmi was יש לי כל, it was what Hashem gave him to complete his mission.  Therefore, after the battle, Yaakov demonstrates that the gashmi needs of the city can go together with his spiritual state and תיקן להם, he made a תיקון for their gashmi needs as well.  Rav Kook says this was בדיוק in שכם for Shechem is the place of the split form malchut Beit David.  Rav Kook views that as a split from the Beit David way, the Torah law, to create a social law and Yaakov was setting up the tikkun for this by combining the two.     

The first Shem Mishmuel in Vayetze says it is Yaakov that established arvit for the kaparah of the korban is in the blood which is an avodah which must be done in the day.  The blood atones for the  nefesh כי הדם הוא הנפש.  The other parts of the animal correspond to the guf so there was no tefillah of arvit where they may be burnt.  Only Yaakov raised himself that even his guf, his geshem, is ruchani and established the prayer of arvit.