Friday, December 1, 2017

Parashah 8: Vayislach (He sent) Genesis 32:4 through 36:43

Shabbat shalom, everyone! A synopsis of this week's Torah study can be found on our website. In the previous Torah portion we saw Ya'akov (Jacob) fleeing from his father-in-law Lavan as he heads back to his homeland and his own father. Unfortunately, he still needed to face his twin brother, Esav (Esau), who squandered his his birthright in exchange for a bowl of lentil soup (Genesis 25), and later, getting his father Yitz'chak (Isaac, the second Patriarch) into giving him (Ya'akov) the blessing of the firstborn (Genesis 27).

Please read Genesis 32:4 - 22 to get a feel for Ya'akov's anxiety and frustration about meeting Esav for the first time in more than 20 years.

This week's parashah is exciting on several levels because we get to see YHWH's "grand plan" in birthing Israel as a people and a nation! To see how it all unfolded, please read our synopsis AND the actual Torah portions, etc. mentioned in our article.

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