Daily Chumash & Rashi Parshas Vayishlach Shelishi – Yaakov meets Eisav

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Shelishi

  • Yaakov called that place Peniyail, as he saw the face of an angel and was saved.
  • Yaakov’s injury: Yaakov was limping after the above encounter.
  • The sciatic nerve: We do not eat from the sciatic nerve of an animal until this day due to this injury that Yaakov sustained in the battle.

 

  1. Yaakov meets Eisav:
  • Yaakov raised his eyes and saw Eisav and his 400 men coming to greet him.
  • The setup of Yaakov’s family: Yaakov separated the children with Rochel and Leah. The maids and their children were placed first, and Rachel and Yosef last.
  • Hugging, kissing and crying: Yaakov bowed seven times until he reached his brother. Eisav ran towards him, and hugged him and kissed him. He fell on his neck and they both cried. Eisav lifted his eyes and saw Yaakov’s family and asked who they are. Yaakov replied that they are the children which Hashem has granted “your servant.”

Bereshit 32–33 – Q&A Study Guide (Rashi)

Peni’el and the Limp

  1. Why did Yaakov name the place “Peni’el”?

Because he said, “I saw an angel of God face to face, yet my life was spared.”

 

  1. What does “וַיִּזְרַח־לוֹ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ” mean?

“The sun rose for him”—Rashi explains it rose early for his benefit, to heal his limp, compensating for the earlier sunset when he left Be’er Sheva.

 

  1. Why do Israelites not eat the Gid HaNasheh?

Because the angel touched Yaakov’s hip joint, dislocating the nerve, which sprang away from its position.

 

Meeting Esav

  1. Why did Yaakov divide his family into groups?

To protect them—placing the bondwomen first, Leah next, and Rachel last, showing Rachel was most beloved.

 

  1. Why did Yaakov go ahead and bow seven times?

He said: “If Esav attacks, let him fight me first.” His humility and courage were evident.

 

  1. What is the meaning of the dots over “וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ” (he kissed him)?

There is a debate: some say Esav did not kiss wholeheartedly; Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says his compassion was genuinely aroused at that moment, though fleeting.

 

  1. What did Yaakov answer when Esav asked, ‘Who are these to you?’

“These are the children whom God graciously gave your servant.”

About The Author

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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