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Parshat Vayishlach 5782

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Topics on Vayishlach

•	The Role of Yaacov Avinu
•	Yaacov and Eisav
•	The Eternal Relationship of Eisav and Yaacov
•	Yaacov's Fear
•	Preparing to Meet Eisav
•	Yaacov's Prayer before Meeting Esav
•	Yaacov Sending the Angels to Eisav
•	The Gift that Yaacov Sent Eisav
•	Yaacov was Alone
•	The Pachim Ketanim
•	Yaacov Wrestling with the Angel
•	A Lot and Everything
•	Im Lavan Garti
•	Yaacov and Eisav Part Ways
•	The Death of Rachel
•	The Death of Rivkah and Devorah
•	The Gid Hanasheh
•	The Name of Eisav's Angel
•	Dina, Daughter of Leah
•	The Taking of Dina
•	Eisav's Lineage
•	Haftorah Shiurim
•	Halacha from the Parsha

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The Prohibition of Flattery

Was Yaakov's praise of Eisav appropriate? Is there a prohibition to give someone false compliments?

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Yaakov's Name Change

What's the deeper significance of changing Yaakov's name to Yisrael?

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Why did Shimon and Levi Destroy Shechem?

What did the people of Shechem do to deserve their punishment? Were Shimon and Levi right to do what they did?

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Vayishlach and Chanuka

How does Parshat Vayishlach and the stories within it prepare us to approach Chanuka?

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Recent Shiurim on Vayishlach

•	Rabbi Elchanan Adler: Yaakov, Yoseif, and the Significance of Chazara
•	Rabbi Azarya Berzon: How to Defeat the Angel of Eisav
•	Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander: Moving Forward - Even When It Hurts
•	Rabbi Chaim Brovender: Why Were Yaakov and Esav Twins?
•	Rabbi Robby Charnoff: Eisav and Overcoming the Yetzer HaRah
•	Rabbi Dan Cohen: Efforts, Not Results
•	Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom: The Mysterious Wrestling Match
•	Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: The Mysterious Messages of the Gid HaNasheh
•	Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: The Nature of The Mitzvot
•	Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: The Double Threat of the Reunion with Eisav
•	Rabbi Yechezkel Freundlich: Rav Hirsch on the Eternal Wrestling Match between Yaakov and Eisav
•	Rabbi Efrem Goldberg: Are You an Assimilated Observant Jew
•	Morah Stacey Goldman: Like Mother Like Daughter
•	Rabbi Yamin Goldsmith: And Yaakov Remained Silent
•	Rabbi Meir Goldwicht: The Struggle and Fight with the Angel Then and Continuing Until Today
•	Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb: Harnessing the Potent Power of Prayer
•	Rabbi Josh Grajower: Dinim for Bnei Noach
•	Rabbi Daniel Hartstein: Speak Up!
•	Rabbi Ari Kahn: The Blame Game
•	Mrs. Emma Katz: Embracing the Struggle
•	Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg: Seeing Hashem from the Small Things in Life
•	Rabbi Yoni Levin: To Be Wise is to Go to the Right
•	Rabbi Yehoshua Rubenstein: Yakov Avinu's Deep Connection to the Secret of Tefillin
•	Rabbi Avi Schneider: Money Well Spent
•	Rabbi Dani Schreiber: Yaakov Getting Dirty
•	Mrs. Shira Smiles: Selfishness and Struggle
•	Rabbi Dovid Sukenik: Yaakov Avinu and Sukkos
•	Rabbi Etan Tokayer: Yaakov Avinu and The Culture Wars
•	Rabbi Yehuda Turetsky: Did Yaakov Really Have Everything?
•	Rabbi Moshe Walter: The Issur Of Chanifah: Flattering And Praising A Sinner
•	Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg: Extracting Blessing from Our Wounds; The Burden is Upon Hashem
•	Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: The Kings Of Edom
•	Rabbi Ari Zucker: What Happened to Shimon and Levi?

Recent Articles on Vayishlach

•	Rabbi Pinchas Gelb: Rashi's Choice of Words
•	Rabbi Yosef Goldin: Davening For Our Children
•	Rabbi Steven Gotlib: The Pursuit of Happiness
•	Mrs. Michal Horowitz: Wrestling With G-d and With Man
•	Rabbi Norman Lamm: Sincerely Yours
•	Rabbi Eliyahu Safran: Envy Righteousness & Pursue It
•	Rabbi Moshe Taragin: A Little Less Confidence
•	Rabbi Simon Wolf: Justifiable Homicide

Parsha Resources

•	Leining for Vayishlach with Rabbi Jeremy Wieder
•	YUTorah Parsha in Print for Vayishlach
•	All shiurim on Vayishlach

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