Shnayim Yomi - Vayishlach - Sheni - #2 - Rabbi David Tawil - You Can't Escape

Good morning. In this aliyah, we read about how is left alone and he struggles with the mal with the ish the unidentified man in the dead of night. The puk says that was left alone and the rabbis wonder why is alone? Why is he by himself? Why did he even get up in the middle of the night at all? that Ashb mentions that Yakov got scared. He got nervous even after preparing his prayer, his gift, all of the things that he did to make sure that he was ready for Isav. He still had fear and he still got up and had hoped to escape and to flee. That brings proof that he crossed the same way David did when he was trying to run away and escape from those who were pursuing him. Yakov is trying to run away. But here, Hashem sends the man to block him, to stop him from running away, to tell Yakov, you cannot run away forever. You can try to skirt around this and that, but at some point, you're going to have to confront your issues head on. And that is what he has to do. And eventually, he's successful. Hashem gives him the confidence and the strength, and he's able to withstand and his mal. And as a result, he gets the new name Israel, yash, that he can go straight and attack his problems head on without having to rely on deceptive tactics. We see that sometimes a person tries to to avoid confronting his issues and to try to go away from it. But in the end of the day, going head-on and confronting with the help of Hashem will get the person to the other side to where he truly wants to be. Have a great day.