Answer by Levi for Why is Yaakov’s name changed twice?
As a reaction to Mordecai:Gen 28:12 and 16 clearly shows Ya’akov had a prophetic dream/vision. Then in Gen 28:18 and 19 shows he set up a pillar and anointed it, while calling the place Beth-El and...
View ArticleAnswer by Mordecai for Why is Yaakov’s name changed twice?
I don't believe Yaakov's name is changed twice. In Genesis 32, Yaakov calls the place Peniel which means the face of God in a literal sense. He says for I saw Elohim face to face and yet my life was...
View ArticleAnswer by Isaac Moses for Why is Yaakov’s name changed twice?
Ramban on 35:10 notes that before assigning Yaakov his new name, God states plainly "your name is Yaakov," since it wasn't the angel's mission to change Yaakov's name.R' Samson Raphael Hirsch on 32:29...
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In the parasha of Vayishlach Yaakov’s name is changed twice. Both times his new name is Yisrael. He is morphed twice from the ‘One Who Grasps Ankles’ to ‘the One Who Wrestles with G-d.’ The first time...
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