Two National Identity

Isaac and Rebekah were childless for the first 20 years of their marriage, and when their prayers were finally answered and Rebekah conceived, she suffered great pain during the pregnancy.

God (through Shem) told her that she was carrying twins who were complete opposites not only physically but morally.

That each one’s success in life would come at the expense of the other’s success.

In Genesis 25:23 “God said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb; two powers will be different from each other. The superiority will pass from one power to the other.’”

Metaphorically, Jacob and Esau represent the two souls (and diametrically opposed drives) that exist within each of us.

We each have an inner Jacob, our Godly soul with its Godly drive, and an inner Esau, our soul with its selfish drive.

When we strengthen the Godly soul, it weakens the materialistic soul, and the Godly soul overcomes the materialistic soul in the same way that Light overcomes darkness.

Light does not have to actively work to dispel darkness—darkness simply disappears in the presence of light, and so, too, as soon as we allow the purity and goodness of our Divine souls to shine through in the study of Torah. By obeying God’s rules for us Bnei Noah, the selfish nature of our materialistic souls will disappear.

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