Category: Parshat Vayishlach
Dealing with difficult relationships | Parshah Vayishlach This portion from in Gen 32 we discover a pattern for healing destructive relationships. Jacob was able to normalize his relationship with Esaw after carefully managing his...
Vayishlach (וַיִּשְׁלַח — Hebrew for “and he sent,” the first word of the parashah) is the eighth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. It constitutes Genesis 32:4–36:43. The parashah has the most verses of any weekly Torah portion in the book of Genesis (but...
VAYISHLACH Torah reading: Gen. 32.4-36.43 Further materials by Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum relating to this and the ensuing parshahs about Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, can be found in EARTH & SPIRIT THE ENCOUNTER WITH ESAU...
Discover the connection to the Noahide and the Purification of Edom. In this weeks Parashat we have Esau and Yaakov meeting. Nahmanides saw Exile and Redemption as being reflected in this story. By this, he...
Discover the connection of Yaakov’s struggle with the angel to our struggle with our inner self.
What is in a name: Jacob Vs Israel, presents a fascinating concept on the human condition and one who seeks clossness to G-D. In the present parshah, VAYISHLACH, we see Jacob struggling with the...