Parshas Vayishlach
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum ויירא יעקב מאד ויצר לו (פרק לב פסוק ח) Our Parsha begins with Yaakov preparing to greet his brother Eisav who is approaching with plans of killing him. The פסוק describes Yaakov as being afraid of Eisav but this doesn’t seem compatible with what we know about Yaakov Avinu. […]
Parshas Vayishlach: The Power of Truth
Print PDF By Rabbi Naftoly Bier After having taken his family across the “ford of Yabbok,” Yaakov Avinu “was left alone and he struggled with a being (the angel of Esau).” (Genesis 32:25) Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch explains in the following manner: “As he had already passed all his people and all his possessions to […]
