Yaakov heads back down south to his mother's home town. But just as he's about to enter Charan, he realizes that he had passed a holy site without stopping there to pray. That holy site is Har Hamoriah where Avrohom brought Yitzchok to be sacrificed years ago. It is also the site of the future Beit Hamikdash. Hashemaccepts prayers more readily at this site and Yaakov has a lot to pray for. So he backtracks all the way to Har Hamoriah. Even though this is weeks worth of travel, Yaakov makes the trip in a very short time.
Yaakov arrives at the spot just as the sun is setting. So hedavens Maariv and heads for bed. Well, actually there are no beds in sight, so stones will have to do. Yaakov takes twelve stones and makes a pillow out of them on the ground. He doesn't know it, but, miraculously, all 12 stones merge into one "fluffy" rock pillow, supporting this tzadik as he sleeps.
(torahtots.com)
These represent the 12 stones merging into one soft rock.
Hope you have a wonderful Shabbos!
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