it the Weeping Oak," for they wept twice, for while Jacob was mourning for Deborah, the news of Rebekah's death reached him. And thus reports, "and God appeared to Jacob again . . . and blessed him," because God blessed Jacob with the mourners' blessing. A Midrash interpreted , "To the upright He shines as a light in the darkness," to apply to the Patriarchs, "the upright," who saw the Divine Presence (Shechinah) face to face (so to speak). The Midrash taught that we know this about Jacob from , which says, "God appeared to Jacob . . . and blessed him." The Tanna Devei Eliyahu taught that when God found Jacob declaring what was true, that God is God, and acknowledging this truth in his own heart, God revealed God's Self to him at once, as reports, "God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him." The Tanna Devei Eliyahu taught that this was an application of , "behold, your time was the time of love" (that was promised to those who proved their love for God). Reading the beginning of as, "And God yet (, ) appeared to Jacob," a Midrash taught that the word yet (, ) signified that God would never again unite God's Name with another person. God is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob only. Reading the beginning of , "And God appeared to Jacob again (, )," Rabbi Jose bar Rabbi Hanina taught that again implies that God appeared this time as on the first occasion in . As on the first occasion, God spoke to Jacob through an angel, so on this occasion, it was through an angel. Alternatively, Rabbi Judan taught that the word again intimated that God would once again reveal God's self to Jacob, at Beersheba, on Jacob's descent into Egypt, in . Reading , "And an ox and a ram for peace offerings . . . for today the Lord appears to you," Rabbi Levi taught that God reasoned that if God would appear to and bless a Priest who offered a ram in God's name, how much more should God appear to and bless Jacob, whose features are engraved on God's throne. Thus says, "And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him." Bar Kappara taught that whoever calls Abraham "Abram"