Parshat Vayishlach: Why Must You Know My Name?

Applications of the Ideas Therein To My Life Right Now Are Left as an Exercise for the Reader

There is a sort of theme running through some of the parsha that I’d like to bring your attention to.

We start the parsha with Yaakov afraid of meeting Esav again, years after he fled Canaan because Esav wished to kill him. He prays to God. He prepares a gift. He divides the camp. He praises the lord and passes the ammunition, if you will. In his prayer…