{"id":2307,"date":"2016-03-03T01:47:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T01:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2307"},"modified":"2017-05-15T16:39:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T16:39:59","slug":"vayishlach-5764","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=2307","title":{"rendered":"VaYishlach (5764)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for VaYishlach\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 Today I want to discuss the renaming of Jacob.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Here’s the setting: he is alone on the East Bank of the Jabbok (Ch 32, v 25). The Chazal emphasize the symbolism of Jacob being alone \u00a0— Jews have always and will always be alone in wrestling with evil.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The name change is in Ch 32, v 25-30 when he wrestles with the man\/angel. \u00a0The Torah is silent on why here and why now. Rambam says that this is a prophetic vision with a real “dream” with a real injury. \u00a0Abarbanel and Gersonides agree.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ramban disagrees. \u00a0Nehama L. is vehement about those rationalizing a non-rational experience.<\/p>\n

\u2022 There is plenty of orthodox interpretation of this event as a great psychic battle. \u00a0R. Joseph Ozarowski (Modern Orthodox) says “Perhaps the Torah is attempting to teach us that to find the ultimate source of blessing we have to look deep within ourselves. We have to find our inner strengths and weaknesses before we face the dawn of an unknown day.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 But why two renamings — also in Ch 35, v 9-10. \u00a0No reason is given.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The inner battle must always go on. \u00a0Avram going to Avraham was complete.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jacob to Israel is never complete. \u00a0He is continually wrestling with his\u00a0younger self\/his\u00a0mature selvf, spiritual aspects of life\/material aspects of life. \u00a0Lucky for us we have this role model of continual struggle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for VaYishlach\u00a0 by Marc Mangel \u2022 Today I want to discuss the renaming of Jacob. \u2022 Here’s the setting: he is alone on the East Bank of the Jabbok (Ch 32, v 25). The Chazal emphasize the symbolism of Jacob being alone \u00a0— Jews have always and will always be alone in wrestling … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2307","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2307"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2307\/revisions\/2624"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}