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	The Parshah in a Nutshell Vayishlach - Genesis 32:4-36:43 Jacob’s confrontation with Esau, the long journey to Seir, the abduction of Dinah, Reuben’s sin, the eight primordial kings of Edom—and what it all means according to sages and mystics from Moses to today.
	Why Does Esau Hate Jacob? By Yanki Tauber Evil exists because it is so much more powerful than good. Is there lover in the world who loves with the intensity that a hater hates? Is there a light as bright as darkness is black? Has there ever been an act of kindness unleashed with the force and ferocity contained in an act of cruelty?
	Gift, Prayer and Battle By Tali Loewenthal
	Actual Angels By Dovi Scheiner
	Jacob's Lament By Yossy Goldman Jacob's declaration -- "I sojourned with Laban, but did not learn from his evil ways" -- should not be understood as a boast but rather as a lament. Jacob is bemoaning the fact that he did not learn to do good the way Laban did evil...
	Outgoing Woman Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe The classical interpretation is that Leah and Dinah’s behavior is being condemned as unbecoming the Jewish woman’s virtue of “innerness.” But a careful analysis of the source texts shows the very opposite to be the case . . .

[G-d's promise to Abraham] has stood by our fathers and us. For not just [Pharaoh] alone has risen against us to destroy us, but in every generation they rise against us to destroy us; and the Holy One, blessed be He, saves us from their hand

— Passover Haggadah

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