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In this week’s parsha, an emissary of God changes Jacob’s name to Israel – what is the deeper meaning of this change? To understand this, Rabbi Fohrman brings us back to Jacob’s original naming and compares the fascinating parallels between the two stories.

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Rabbi David Fohrman
Rabbi David Fohrman is the dean of Aleph Beta Academy. He has taught at Johns Hopkins University, and was a lead writer and editor for ArtScroll's Talmud translation project. Aleph Beta creates videos to help people experience Torah in way that is relevant and meaningful to them. for more videos, visit: alephbeta.org.