Parashas Vayishlach

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Vayishlach.
In this Parsha,Yaakov 'Vayishlach,' sends angels to his brother Eisav .This is just before the meeting between Yaakov and Eisav after so many years of being away.Our sages have differing opinions as to whether these were real angels, or human messengers , for the word 'Malach,' can refer to both, as an angel is also a messenger of HaShem. Rashi says that they were real angels, which shows the stature and holiness of this very holy Yaakov,that he would have the right to request angels to do something for him. HaShem Wants us to be partners with Him in Creation and to work with all that is Created, to ensure a Holy World for HaShem so HaShem allowed Yaakov, a most righteous and holy man,to command angels, as HaShem Does,for the good of holiness.It also shows that a person who walks in HaShem's ways is a messenger of HaShem to carry HaShem's Words and Laws to the World.
Yaakov takes different measures to ensure the safety of the camp,by splitting his camp so that should Eisav and the four hundred men,he was on the way with, should attack one of Yaakov's camps, the other camp can escape.Yaakov also prays to HaShem for help.Yaakov sends Eisav a tribute to try appease him though Eisav refused the tribute showing that even within the most evil, is still a small spark of good.Yaakov sends a message to Eisav that Yaakov had sojourned with Lavan, a known powerful evil man and HaShem had kept him safe and that Yaakov had overcome Lavan so, Eisav should be wary too.
When Yaakov reached the Ford of the Yabbok, he sent his wives over the stream and his possessions too , by making a number of crossings of the stream. When Yaakov returned to take the last of his jars, a man appeared , who asked him to help with the man's possessions,which Yaakov kindly did. When Yaakov returned, he saw the man's possessions had gone back to the side of the stream where he,Yaakov, had carried them from .So again Yaakov took them over for the man, only to find that the same thing kept happening. Yaakov repeatedly kept taking the man's possessions over and they kept returning.When Yaakov questioned the man and what kind of a spiritual being he was to do such magic, a fight broke out and Yaakov realized that he was facing more than a man.This was the angel Samael, who was the protective angel of Amalek, the Jew's enemy and this angel was the same one that tempted Chava in the beginning, in Gan Eiden .
The fight raged through-out the night and Yaakov again showed his superior strength,even against the might of one of the most powerful of angels.Samael knew he was beaten and managed to damage Yaakov in the socket of his hip and because of this,Jews do not eat this part of Basar to this day,called the Gid HaNasheh.This shows that , though through time, Amalek and the enemies of the Jews will hurt us, they will not overcome us, but we will overcome and destroy them in the end, those who harm us.
The angel of Eisav Amalek Edom begged Yaakov to release him so he could go and sing Shira (Songs of Holiness) to HaShem on the one time he was given the opportunity to do so, but Yaakov would not let him go till the angel of Eisav would bless him,thus ratifying the Blessings taken from Eisav and given to the rightful Yaakov.It Is here that Yaakov's Name becomes Yisrael, which means 'Prince of G-D,' as well as 'Yeisher El,' which means 'To walk in the straightness of G-D ,' a message of who Israel is to be,a people that walks in the straightness of the One True G-D HaShem ,teaching all to do so.
HaShem caused the Sun to be hotter to help heal Yaakov.
It was then , that Yaakov faced Eisav and they parted in a semi-form of peace.Yet Yaakov hid his daughter Dinah from Eisav, lest Eisav cast his eyes upon her and it was this that led to the incident of Shechem and her abduction. 
Dinah went out from Yaakov's surroundings to look upon the daughters of the land and Shechem the son of Chamor the Hivvite took her and lay with her and forcibly raped her, holding her and asking his father Chamor to speak to Yaakov ,so he could take her as a wife. 
Yaakov's sons responded(not wanting to allow such an outrage for a daughter of Israel and so, told Chamor ,who was trying to trick Yaakov by offering their daughters and women to intermarry with Israel,just so they could steal Yaakov's possessions and also they had a plan of attack ,to try and wipe out Yaakov's whole family, so Yaakov's sons answered with cleverness and intimated that only those circumcised could even think of coming near Israel,so this is what Chamor got his people to do , their plan being to wipe us out completely Chas Ve Shalom . On the third day, Yaakov's two sons Simeon and Levi who were still very young at the time , came upon the city, to decimate it and save their sister.Yaakov was upset at their anger and this action brought a number of battles down on Yaakov's head, one of the battles, was against the Emorites.The two sons of Yaakov felt they were correct in their actions as Shechem had broken the Noachide Laws of theft by kidnapping Dinah and also not judging the wrong action they did in setting up a court of Law to judge the wrong.
Yaakov journeyed onto Beth-El and then onto Luz in the area of Yerushalaim and it was at this time that Rivka his Mother and her wet-nurse Devorah passed away - may they both rest in peace in Gan Eiden .
When Yaakov moved on to Beth-el , his beloved Rachel went into Labor and as her son Ben-Oni (which means 'son of my sorrow' ) was being born, she died in childbirth.Yaakov buried her on the road to Ephrath and changed this new son's name to be 'Binyamin' - which means 'Son of my right hand.' Yaakov had made his permanent couch with Rachel and after she passed away, he moved his couch into Bilhah's tent who was Rachel's helper and sister and Mother of some of Yaakov's children.This upset Reuvain the first-born who felt Yaakov should have made his permanent place now with his Mother Leah and so, Reuvain disarranged his Father's couch. Not that he directly lay with Bilhah, but the word 'Vayishkav,' means that he lay down on the couch moving it into his Mother Leah's tent,even though it was in Bilhah's tent and was his Father's, thus disarranging it .The couch was called the place where Yaakov lay with Bilhah and so, Reuvain's action of moving it was disarranging his Father's choice. 
Reuvain never forgave himself for this action of slighting his Father and would , every day go outside and pray most of the day under the trees. HaShem shows us in the Torah that he , Reuvain was still holy and didn't literally lie with his Father's wife, by stating in the next verse the holiness that still remained with Yaakov's sons by saying,' Vayiheyu V'Nei Yaakov Shneim Asar,' - ' And the sons of Jacob were twelve,'still worthy of being the holy sons of Yaakov, all of them .
Yaakov returns home and reunites with his Father Yitzchak and sadly Yitzchak passes away.
The Sedra ends with the sons of Eisav and if one looks closely at the family of Eisav, one sees that within his family down those generations, mothers and fathers had children with their own children and parents , thus the family of Eisav ended up to be filled with children of incest.
Yaakov and Eisav agree to separate and Yaakov, referring to the End of Days, assures Eisav they will meet again, when the Jews will vanquish our enemies.
Parashas Vayishlach refers to the act of 'Sending, where it starts with Yaakov sending Malachim - Angels to his brother and ends, with the unholiness of Eisav and Eisav's line.
Again, here we have two opposite paths - one that leads to holiness and the other, to negativity. Following G-D and His Laws leads to Holiness, but following the opposite, leads to destruction . 
The beginning of this Sedra,it says 'Vayishlach Yaakov Malachim Lefanaiv el Eisav Achiv Artzah Seir,' which can be read in a deeper way, for it also translates as ,' And He , G-D , sent Angels before Yaakov to Eisav his brother to his brother Eisav's land to Seir,(where the word Se'ir with the root 'S'ar means 'To fear or make afraid,') to make Eisav - S'ar' afraid.' And here is the secret of the path to safe living. If we keep HaShem's Commandments and follow all G-D's Laws, HaShem will send Angels before us to keep us safe from all those who would do harm, be they physical or otherwise . HaShem always protects the righteous followers and will in the End of Days, make an end to them, making them fear the righteous , in their very own homes and land no matter who they are . 
HaShem uses many emissaries to Work His Way and will always watch over those who follow Him Faithfully . 
HaShem walks with the righteous hand in hand and carries us even from what we don't know would have hurt us.
It is time that we returned the love to Him , by 'Vayishlach' sending HaShem our full selves and with every breath we take, make each breath a breath for G-D .
With love to HaShem I wish HaShem with love, a beautiful sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love and to all, a beautiful sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love.