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Parasha 08 Vayishlach “and he sent”
Main Concept: trust and wrestling with the word.
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SYNOPSIS:
• Ya'akov prepares to meet Esav. He
wrestles with a "man," who changes Ya'akov's name to Israel. (32:4-33)
• Ya'akov and Esav meet and part peacefully, each going his separate
way. (33:1-17)
• Dinah is raped by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief
of the country. Ya'akov's sons Simeon and Levi take revenge by murdering
all the males of Shechem, and Ya'akov's other sons join them in
plundering the city. (34:1-31)
• Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin and is buried in Ephrah, which is
present-day Bethlehem. (35:16-21)
• Yitzchak dies and is buried in Hebron. Ya'akov's and Esav's progeny
are listed. (35:22-36:43)
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