Being in constant war is tiring. The downfalls, the guilt, the feeling that I'm not good enough, the struggle with the thoughts that bring me down.
Why does everyone seem so calm and peaceful - and yet such a war is happening in my own home? Will it ever end? Am I even truly serving God, or am I just faking it?
In a lesson on Parashat Yaishlach, Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Jacobson reveals a completely different approach to this struggle. An approach that does not eliminate the difficulty, but changes its entire meaning.
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The two names - Yaakov and Israel - explain why the struggle occurs, why fatigue is part of the process, and how to feel good and right even without succeeding all the time. A lesson that is a hug for the soul.
