197. Wrestling - December 5, 2020
TINW Torah Study
English - December 06, 2020 20:00 - 4 minutes - 3.23 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality jennifer jaech biblical origins torah study tara keiter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this week's Torah portion, Jacob prepares to meet with his brother, Esau, who he has not seen in 20 years. Jacob wonders if Esau still want to kill Jacob. Already anxious the night before his meeting with his brother, Jacob is confronted by a man who wrestles with Jacob all night long. As the dawn breaks, we learn that the man is really an angel who wrestled with Jacob. The angel gives Jacob a new name, Israel, which means "God is just." Maybe this story will turn out all right. Or maybe it is a way of showing how the writers personified things we might be anxious about.