Parshas Vayishlach
Print PDF By Rabbi Shloimie Lindenbaum וישלח יעקב מלאכים לפניו (פרק לב פסוק ד) The Parsha begins with Yaakov sending מלאכים to his brother Eisav, trying to preempt Eisav’s attack with a generous gift. Rashi immediately tells us that the usage of the term מלאכים here is literal, that Yaakov sent actual angels, as opposed […]
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 […]
