וַיִּקְרָ֥א יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב אֶל־בָּנָ֑יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙ וְאַגִּ֣ידָה לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּאַֽחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִֽים " Jacob called for his sons and said, "Gather and I will tell you what will happen to you at the end of days. " (Bereishis 49:1) The Gemara in Pesachim (56a) teaches that Yaakov Avinu wanted to reveal to his children the what would occur at the end of days but the Shechinah withdrew from him and he began to say other things. Yaakov Avinu thought that he was unable to prophesize because one of his descendants was unfit (just as Avraham fathered Yishmael and Yitzchak fathered Eisav) but his children recited Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad, Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. Just as there is only one God in your heart, so too there is only one God in our hearts. At that moment Yaakov responded, Baruch Shem Kevod Malchuso LiOlam Vaed, Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever. This indicated that all of the children of Yaakov were righteous. The Medrash Tanchuma similarly teaches: And Yaakov called to his sons. This is what the pasuk refers to when it states (Iyov 12:20): “[HaShem] removes [speech from] the lips of the loyal; and the reason of the elderly [i.e. the wise] he will take away.” The pasuk speaks of Yitzchak and Yaakov who wanted to reveal the secrets of Hakadosh Baruch Hu; Yitzchak, concerning whom it says “And he called over his son Esav”; Yitzchak wanted to reveal the “end of days,” but
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