Parshacast Jacob fights with an angel and wins, but he retains an injury and the angel names him israel. shechem assaults dina, and her brothers kill the entire city. rachel dies in childbirth and is laid to rest on the roadside. Vayishlach (biblical hebrew: וַיִּשְׁלַח, romanized: wayyišlaḥ, lit. 'and he sent', the first word of the weekly torah portion) is the eighth weekly torah portion in the annual jewish cycle of torah reading. in the parashah, jacob reconciles with esau after wrestling with a "man.".
Parshacast Parashat vayishlach (genesis 32:4 36:43). read on 28 november 2026 18 kislev 5787 in the diaspora. torah reading, haftarah, links to audio and commentary. Read rabbi jonathan sacks’ torah reflections on parshat vayishlach. Learn about this week's torah portion: parshas vayishlach looking for a different parsha? view all torah portions >>. Vayishlach torah portion: genesis 32:4–36:43. parshat vayishlach continues the genesis tradition of drama between the descendants of abraham. the torah portion begins with jacob sending a message to esav, that he had been staying with lavan and that he had become rich!.
Parshacast Learn about this week's torah portion: parshas vayishlach looking for a different parsha? view all torah portions >>. Vayishlach torah portion: genesis 32:4–36:43. parshat vayishlach continues the genesis tradition of drama between the descendants of abraham. the torah portion begins with jacob sending a message to esav, that he had been staying with lavan and that he had become rich!. Last week's parashah (vayetzei) told how jacob escaped his brother esau's wrath by fleeing to his relatives in haran. on his way there, god appeared to him in a dream of a ladder (סֻלָּם) reaching from the ground to the sky, with the angels of god climbing up and down, and there renewed the covenant of abraham with him. A 12th century derasha on parashat vayishlach: reconstructing the speaker’s notes “god seeks the pursued”: a midrashic text from the genizah compares esau’s pursuit of jacob with saul’s pursuit of david using a panoply of biblical verses and mishnaic halakhot. Rabbi hayim herring parashat vayishlach: facing fear after loss jacob’s courage shows that by facing our fears, we can overcome them and move forward. 8 jacob was very frightened and distressed. he divided the people who were with him—along with the flocks, cattle, and camels—into two camps.
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