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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Vayeitze: Yaakov's Struggle to Become Israel

by Rav Yehuda HaKohen, visionmag.org

Before becoming Israel, Yaakov had to first spend several years in exile learning to be more like Esav.

Site of Yaakov's dream

Listen to the audio/read the transcript here (8 min)

In order to become Israel, Yaakov had to first incorporate into himself many of his brother’s characteristics. His years in Aram working for Lavan and managing some very complicated family dynamics forced him to develop these parts of himself and learn to use them in service of the Hebrew mission.

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