Vayishlach

 

TORAH BY PARSHA

By MyJewishLearning.com Staff, republished with permission 

Genesis 32:3-36:43

In this Torah portion, God tells Jacob to return home. Jacob is worried that his brother Esau will kill him, so he separates his clan into two camps, so at least some will survive in case of a fight. Jacob sleeps alone in the desert and is awoken by an angel who wrestles him through the night. Jacob survives and is blessed by the angel and renamed Israel. Jacob meets his brother, and surprisingly, Esau kisses his neck and they embrace. Dinah, Jacob’s daughter, is raped by Shekhem, who then proposes to Jacob that he marry her. Shimeon and Levi murder Shekhem and his clan. Rachel has another child, whom they name Benjamin.

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