Vayishlach: Healed Hip

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December 11 2016
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One of the most famous scenes in the Torah is the scene of Yaakov fighting an angel, emerging victorious albeit with an injured hip, and demanding that the angel bless him. It is here that Yaakov gets the additional name of Yisroel, meaning he who struggled with both man and God and was successful. Yaakov called the place Pniel, I have seen the face of El/God. As the sun rises for him and Yaakov walks away limping, the Torah alters the place name slightly to Pnuel.

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