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#133: A Cheater No More

#133: A Cheater No More

Rashi on Parashat Vayishlaḥ, Bereshit/Genesis 32:29

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Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606-1669. On display at the Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Gimme Some Torah #133

Bereshit/Genesis 32:29

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לֹ֤א יַעֲקֹב֙ יֵאָמֵ֥ר עוֹד֙ שִׁמְךָ֔ כִּ֖י אִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־שָׂרִ֧יתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִ֛ים וְעִם־אֲנָשִׁ֖ים וַתּוּכָֽל׃

Said he, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel…

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