The Torah tells us that Rachel was beautiful but that Leah had “bleary eyes”? On a deeper level, this describes two personality types—the conventional spiritual beauty of the perfect tzadik and the unconventional spiritual beauty of the struggling penitent. It is the latter who has a special power to take on the spiritual darkness of this world and refine it. Rabbi Shais Taub explains with a story about a young man who wanted more than anything to remain in yeshiva but his Rebbe sent him to drive a tractor. (Based on Likkutei Sichos vol. 35, pp. 152-154.)
Vayeitzei — Unconventionally Beautiful from SoulWords.
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I am a Leah but could not see going back alone to where i came from to make balei tshuva. There is a danger of being pulled back in as i once was and had to become a bal tshuvah again. Its not everyone who could marry an esau to bring him back. I see why Leah refused