Parashat Vayishlach

Prayer & Preparation for War!

The Ancient War Crime of Rape!

Wrestling With Our Creator!

Wrestling with G-d, with ourselves and with our fellow man has been a way of life for the children of Israel from the days of Yaakov who wrestled with an angel. How are we to respond to the rape of our daughters? By diplomacy, as Yaakov attempted? Or by the sword, as Shimon and Levi did, killing each and every man of Shechem, making certain they could not repeat the crime?

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