Hananiah Harari, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1936, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.52
Our forefather Ya’akov, alone and afraid, wrestles all night. Come daybreak, he demands a blessing. The one he wrestled with responds, “Your name will ...
This week's parsha begins with Ya'akov (Jacob) leaving home in a big rush, fleeing his murderous brother Esau. He's alone in the middle of nowhere, and as if this weren't bad enough, the midrash adds that Esau's son, Eliphaz, has recently relieved him of all his worldly possessions.
The sun fal...
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