The way the Bible describes Jacob’s love for her shows just how smitten he was ... Even Jacob struggled with this for most of his life, and it was only toward the end of his life that he realised God ...
What message do they bring? What lesson do they teach? Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, zt”l, offers this idea: the angels are showing Jacob, and by extension, his descendents, that even when G-d makes you a ...
Israelis are living life without a security blanket. It is frightening. But like Jacob, they still dream of something better.
In the Torah portions that follow, Jacob does seem to receive punishment for his crime. He lives in fear, he wrestles with inner demons, he flees for his life from his vengeance-minded brother. This ...