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"Hey Yaacov, Someone’s Calling your Name!" "If it isn’t Yisrael, I’m not Home." (Parashat Vayishlach)

December 12, 2008 | By Zvi Bellin

Media Type(s): Torah Commentary

Textual Source: Genesis

Torah Portion: Vayishlach

This resource is part of the Torah Queeries collection.

The author explores why Jacob was renamed twice in this Torah portion, and argues that each one of us has an ideal vision of who we want to be and how we wish to be perceived in our communities.

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"Hey Yaacov, Someone’s Calling your Name!" "If it isn’t Yisrael, I’m not Home." (Parashat Vayishlach)

December 12, 2008 | By Zvi Bellin

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