Parashat Vayishlach

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To be a Jew is to be as Jacob: struggling, transforming, and inspiring to others.

Jacob views material possessions as essential and indispensable.

Jacob is surprised to learn that even with estranged family members, reconciliation is possible.

How do you keep the past alive without becoming its prisoner?

We should learn to react with humanity.

Like Jacob's struggle, each of us must recognize, confront and struggle with our darker side.

Jacob and his family's evolving relationship with God illustrates the complex struggle with faith and monotheism.

Jacob and the Jewish people have learned powerful lessons from the experience of exile.