Tag: Vayishlach
And Jacob Was Left Alone… Lessons from Parshat Vayishlach
What is the hint in this week's parsha?
Aleph Beta: Vayishlach: Becoming a Person of Integrity
How do we reconcile Jacob's behavior, tricking his brother and lying to his father, with our vision of Yaakov as an ish emet, a man of truth?
The Foundation Stone: Parshas Vayishlach: Powerless Power
Jacob's power was powerless until it was used to empower his children. Talmud's great power to nurture complex thinking is powerless until it is used to empower us to think, question, and challenge
TORAH SHORTS: Parshat Vayishlach: The Darkness Will Pass
Rabbi Hirsch: "The goal of history is not that Jacob should be forced to merge into the mass of nations, but the reverse. The nations must come to understand that..."
Redeeming Relevance: Parshat Vayishlach: Who Buried Rivkah?
The actual tale of Rivkah and Esav is of a mother who continued to care and love a delinquent child who became a problematic adult, proving she will always be his mother and he will always be her son.
