Parashas Vayishlach : - The Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Vayishlach . This Parsha Speaks starts with a ' Vav ' as ' Va, ' which means ' And , ' showing , as so many Parshas in the Holy Torah do , that each Parsha continues from the preceding Parsha , for The Holy Torah continues eternally from Creation to the End of Days and beyond eternally .The Haftorah for this Sedra , is to be found in Obadiah 1 : 1 - 21 and the Prophet Obadiah , is Blessed By HaShem To Be Given Prophecies of the future of Edom , which most certainly relates to the Parsha , for the Parsha also speaks of Eisav Edom . Obadiah himself was originally from Edom and this holy prophet became a very righteous proselyte to Judaism and a very holy man . Those who come to HaShem , are HaShem's Special Jewels and Treasures . May the whole World come to HaShem , and shine and sparkle , bringing Creation back to HaShem's Beautiful Light . The Shabbos Sedra starts with Yaakov returning home and preparing to face Eisav , his brother . Yaakov sends Malachim - Angels , to Eisav his brother with a message to tell Eisav that Yaakov had stayed with Lavan , a swindler and an evil man filled with Tum'a Impurity and that Yaakov had overcome Lavan . This was therefore to be a hint to Eisav that he , Yaakov , could overcome Eisav . The gifts Yaakov was sending to Eisav was a show of Peace . So very Holy was Yaakov That HaShem Had Given Yaakov power to command Malachim - Angels . The Malachim returned to Yaakov to tell him that Eisav was headed to meet Yaakov with four hundred men , thus suggesting that Eisav was not intending peace . Some of our holy Rabbonim suggest that Eisav did intend a peaceful meeting with Yaakov . Yaakov prepared in three different ways to meet this possible threat , which was by Tefillah Prayer , Appeasement of the enemy and failing appeasement , Yaakov prepared for War . Yaakov leading in front , separated the droves , putting Bilhah and Zilpah and their children of his , in front , walking behind him , then Leah and her children with him next and Rachel , shielded by the holy Spirituality of Yosef last . Each of them carried under their cloak a sword . Yaakov separated each drove so should Eisav smite one drove Chas Ve Shalom , the others could escape . They reached the ford of the Jabbok and Yaakov had his family go over , and then his animals and his possessions . When he returned back over the Jabbok to get the rest of his things ( our Rabbis tell us that he had returned for some of jugs ) , a man was there with flocks . The man asked Yaakov to help him with his things and that the man would also help Yaakov , even though there were just a few jugs left for Yaakov , but kind Yaakov offered help and took some of the man's things across . When Yaakov came back to help the man with the rest , those things that Yaakov had already carried over , had returned . And so , Yaakov carried on through the night carrying the man's things , just to have some of them return and more appear . Yaakov asked the man if he was a magician or an evil spirit and a fight broke out . The man attacked Yaakov and they fought till dawn , with dust rising from Earth to Heaven . Yaakov being extremely strong , over-powered and beat the man , but Yaakov himself was injured on his hip-socket , for this Angel in the guise of a man just simply touched Yaakov on this area of his hip socket and this caused a complete dislocation of Yaakov's hip bone socket from the pelvis joint , and so today , we remove this part when eating basar , this part being called the Gid Hanashe . This is indicative of our history , that through time , the nations try to harm us , but we will always survive , though we will be hurt and injured and suffer through the generations . The man was an Angel . The Angel Samael , the Angel of Eisav and the Angel of Amalek , the Angel who tempted Chava in Gan Eiden . Yaakov prevailed , as will we , at the End of Days . When dawn broke , it became one of the Time - Watches that Malachim Angels sing Shira - Songs to HaShem , and it became this Angel's time and first opportunity to sing Shira and so , the Angel asked Yaakov to let him go . Yaakov said he would only let him go if the Angel Blessed him , thus an acknowledgement of the Blessing given by Yitzchak to Yaakov over his brother Eisav . The Angel did so and so was Yaakov then called Yisrael . The Angel , obviously unable to get back up in time , started to sing Shira from the Earth . Yaakov called the Place " Peniel . " HaShem Caused the " Sun To Rise " as it says , which means That HaShem Sent a Special Light From the Beginning of Creation To Help Heal Yaakov . Yaakov and his family continued on their way and so , met up with Eisav and his four hundred men . Yaakov hid his daughter Dinah , which our Rabbis say was wrong as she , being so holy , might have had an effect on Eisav and so , was one of the reasons for what happened to her in this Parsha with Shechem . Yaakov bowed seven times to the ground , in actuality , bowing not directly to his brother , but to HaShem's Shechinah and allowed himself to call his brother master and " adoni , " and because of this , HaShem , Who Did Not Want us to humble ourselves to Edom , made sure that Eisav would have that many rulers in number to the amount of times Yaakov called his brother by that title before Israel as a nation had a king . The Midrash describes how Eisav tried to keep overcoming his brother , but the meeting between the two ended up peacefully . Yaakov said he would meet Eisav at a later date at Seir , and our Rabbonim take this as a future prophecy . Seir belongs to Eisav . There are other Rabbinical opinions that say that Eisav was actually very friendly and nice to his brother Yaakov at this meeting . The two separated . Yaakov arrived in Shechem and bought a parcel of land and set up an altar there . Yaakov had not tithed to HaShem yet , as he had said he would , and so is this one of the reasons for his trials and his record constantly being brought up to HaShem for scrutiny . So the next trial came upon the family . The Parsha says that Dinah , " the daughter of Leah " went out to look at a market festival of the Shechemites . We note how Dinah is mentioned here specifically as " the daughter of Leah , " for she , as her Mother Leah , liked to " Go out " as we were told , when in Torah earlier , Leah had gone out in the incident of the Dudaim . This teaches us how our men and women must be modest and keep to ourselves and not display ourselves , but have Tznius Purity and Modesty . Shechem , the son of the king in the land where they were staying saw Dinah when she ' went out ' from her family to look over the daughters of the land at the festival , which teaches us Jews to not go out to foreign festivals and mix with foreign people and foreign ways , but we are to remain quietly and modestly within our Jewish Community modestly remaining pure and not lower our spirituality by being enticed to a physical way of living that is impure . Shechem desired her and took her by coercive force and raped her . He spoke to his father and asked his father Hamor to get her for him as a wife . When Yaakov's sons heard , they were outraged . They agreed on the surface , to Hamor's request , only if the Shechemites would circumcise themselves . Yaakov's two sons Simeon and Levi at the age of thirteen , on the third day after the Shechemites had circumcised themselves , finding out that the Shechemites were planning to attack Yaakov's family , set upon the town and killed all the males and took back Dinah their sister , who by now was carrying within her a daughter , who later was born and was named Asenath , who married Yosef in Egypt . Yaakov was upset at their anger and feared reprisals , which did take place , for the nations around them got together and attacked Yaakov and his family . HaShem Saved them with massive dust storms and Yaakov and his family escaped unharmed . We are also told how , after Yaakov and Eisav parted , they did attack Yaakov and his family , but ended up dispersing , as they were beaten and Eisav was injured . HaShem Appeared To Yaakov And Told him to go to Beth-El Luz and make an Altar there and fulfill his promise of tithes . Yaakov rid themselves of all the idols that they were carrying and that they had only taken as spoils from Shechem , and they were left under the Terebinth near Shechem , in the ground . Torah then tells us that Devorah , Rivka's wet-nurse passed away . She was very close to Rivka , Yaakov's Mother , and that she was buried in a place Yaakov called Allon - Bachus. Bachus ( this word is in the plural indicating two passings ) means " Weeping . " This part is put in here to tell us that at that very moment , Rivka Yaakov's Ima had also passed away , but it is not directly mentioned here , for no one was there at the time as a close family relative to bury Rivka , except Eisav , whom Rivka would not have wanted to bury her and that all would say she mothered such a Rasha and so , she was buried quietly , for Yitzchak was blind and Yaakov was still on his way to her . This is why the word Allon - Bachus is plural , for the double weeping of Rivka and Devorah . Thus after Yaakov left so many years ago , he never got to see his Ima again , and it was Devorah who had just come to meet them as they were on their way back to see Yitzchak and Rivka . HaShem Then Renames Yaakov Yisrael and Yaakov set up a pillar Where HaShem Blessed him and called the place Where HaShem Had Spoken To him " Beth - El , " which actually means , " House of G-D . " They journeyed from there toward Ephrath and it was there that Rachel went into labor . It is at this time when a woman is in labor when Satan scrutinizes a woman's account and so was remembered Yaakov's words that whoever has the teraphim will die and so , as she was giving birth to Binyamin , whom she actually called " Ben-Oni " - " Son of my Mourning , " that she passed away and Yaakov called him " Binyamin " - " Son of my right hand , " so as to give him a positive name and destiny . Rachel was buried on the road to Ephrath Beis-Lechem , not in the Cave of Machpelah as the Fore-Fathers and Fore-Mothers were , as she would in the future , when our exiles were passing this exact place , when they were going into Bavel under Nebuchadnezzar , that she prayed for us to HaShem and HaShem Listened to her prayer , for it would be there at that exact place , that they , our exiles , would walk past on the way to Bavel . HaShem Would Acknowledge her prayer because as she was prepared to stand aside and not be angry at her sister marrying Yaakov , So Could HaShem Put Aside His Anger at some of us following Avodah Zorah worthless idols , that caused us to go into exile . Yaakov set up a monument there at her burial place which is still there to visit today . The Holy Torah then tells us how Reuvein did an Aveirah . This has to be understood in its Hebrew depth . Not that Reuvein Chas Ve Shalom , lay with his Father's wife , but that in each of his Father's Wives tents , was a Couch for the Shechinah Of HaShem , so that Yaakov would know which Tent to go into when conceiving the Twelve Tribes and that when Rachel passed away , Yaakov moved his Couch into Bilhah's tent , and Reuvein , standing up for his Mother Leah , moved it out and into his Mother Leah's tent so that his Father should not slight his Mother Leah . We know that Reuvein did not commit an aveirah with his Father's wife for the very next verse says , " The sons of Yaakov were twelve , " suggesting that they were all worthy of being part of the Twelve Tribes and were all Torah Keeping not to break Torah Laws and so this is what really happened , but seeing as Reuvein , as all the others then were Tzaddikim , the punishment for even a slight Aveirah , is great and so Reuvein lost his first born right and so , spent every moment praying to HaShem day and night for forgiveness . Even at the end of Yaakov's life , Yaakov still Blessed Reuvein as holy , so Reuvein's action was never one of taking his Father's wife , Chas Ve Shalom , but interfering with the Couch of The Shechinah and his Father's couch . Torah then tells us that Yaakov finally came to Yitzchak his Father , not Rivka , for she had passed away . We are told that Yitzchak passed away at 180 years of age , which was the same year ( according to Midrash Bereishis Says , by Rabbi Weissman ) , that Yosef was released from prison in Egypt . Yaakov and Eisav buried their Father Yitzchak in the Cave of Machpelah Chevron near Mamre . The Torah then goes into the line of Eisav and his wives . We note a lot of incest and intermarriage among Eisav's family . We also note how their arrogance had them calling themselves ' chiefs , ' and how the chiefs did not live that long as chiefs , for murder was and is rampant in Eisav's line . Out of Eliphaz , son of Eisav , came Amalek , our enemy who tries to kill us through time , among others . Magdiel , in Eisav's line that is mentioned here , is the ancestor of Rome . We are repeatedly told here how Eisav is the father of Edom . So the Parsha ends . The Sedra is called " Vayishlach , " which means " Sent , " where Yaakov sent Angels ahead of him to his brother Eisav . The whole idea of sending and being an Emissary for HaShem , Takes great Holiness . It is not always an easy path to travel , as we note with Yaakov's life and trials . We often wonder what exactly is an Angel . If one looks closely at the phrasing of the first three words of this Parsha , " Vayishlach Yaakov Mal'achim , " and we read these words in another context , it can almost appear as if saying , ' And Yaakov was sent as an angel . ' The " Vayi " part of the word " Vayishlach , " can be put also as ' And He , HaShem , Sent , ' as if to say , ' And He HaShem Sent Yaakov , as an Emissary . ' So what is an Angel ? An Emissary Of HaShem . So we all can be Emissaries Of HaShem if we choose . If we keep HaShem's Commandments In The Torah . We all can be like Angels , working For HaShem and not for ourselves . No doubt that real Angels are Spiritual Entities . Even their negative counterparts , are too . Even those spiritual negative counterparts do a job in testing our faithfulness to HaShem , to test us that we truly following of HaShem Only , above our own wants and desires . So to be like an Angel , is to be an Emissary for HaShem , working solely for HaShem and not for ourselves , just as Yaakov did his whole entire life , so no wonder Yaakov can with a little deeper interpretation be referred to as one . HaShem Sends us all out as His Angels and Emissaries , to do His Bidding and make Creation a place of Holiness where HaShem Can Dwell Among us . To make Creation a place of Holiness as intended , so each of us are HaShem's Emissaries , to use our lives in His Service to bring all around us to HaShem . We are all HaShem's Shaliachs Shluchim , like Angels , working to make all things Holy . But how do we start ? With ourselves , for the best way to teach , is through being a holy example to others and to all those around us . The Angel That HaShem Sends , is not to be asked for a name , For It Is HaShem Who Is Important And The Sender Of The Message , for we should all work for HaShem , thus the messenger is The Hand of HaShem . The same is with us . To get close to HaShem is very beautiful but not just to be done for ourselves . What is Most Important , is to be a Messenger , an Emissary Of HaShem , The One Above . This is the way to be with HaShem . To be The Hand Of HaShem's Sending , in all that we do . We are only HaShem's Emissaries . The World around us has forgotten this and so it sadly goes its own wrong way . This is why the World is in such a bad shape and is suffering so . The way to stop the suffering and change the World to the Sweet and Bright Welcoming of HaShem , is to change ourselves and do our tasks As Creations Of HaShem , as HaShem's Emissaries not working for our own way but For HaShem , following Him and doing As HaShem Tells us To Do , starting with ourselves and working outwards . This will bring the Creation to where it is supposed to be and the World will improve . So stand up right now , and say to HaShem that from now on , you will be His Emissary Angel , working only for Him , Doing All That HaShem Tells you To Do In His Torah and be His Emissary to all of HaShem's Beautiful Creation around you . Let us all make this World , HaShem's Delight As HaShem Created It , and be True and Faithful Shaliachs to and of HaShem , HaKadosh Baruch Hu , HaShem , The Holy One Blessed Be He . I wish HaShem With Utmost And Eternal Love And Faithfulness , A Truly Special And Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With So Much Eternal Love , and to all of my fellow Jews and to all of Creation , HaShem's Special Emissaries , A Truly Special and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love .