Chapter 37: The Life of Jacob

Amos: Yaakov flees from a lion (Lavan) & encounters a bear (Eisav) / Arami Oved Avi = Laban tries to destroy the Jewish people / Jacob fights the angel sent to save him from Esau / The angel blesses Yaakov & gives him the name Yisrael / An angel's name tells us its job / The prohibition of Gid HaNashe / Michael-Metatron is the Kohen Gadol in the Heavens & patron of the Jewish nation / Yaakov gives maaser (tithe) of his animals to Eisav / Jacob gives 1/10 of his sons to HaShem (Levi) / The 4 Firstborns are already holy (Reuven, Dan, Gad, & Yosef) / Levi is chosen because he was born third to his mother / Importance of the third born (third-born calf, Moshe Rabbeinu) / The number 3 represents tiferes/emes as the perfect balance of chesed & gevurah / Eisav the blood-sucking vampire / Flattering the wicked to make peace