Perfect Imperfection - With the “setting of the sun,” so begins Ya’akov’s first sleep in 14 years and the plunge into the dark night of his soul. This takes him to Haran on a mission to incorporate the genetic material of Terach into Yisrael in fulfillment of Avraham’s original vision. Yet, whereas Avraham saw the world from the outside, Ya’akov sees himself in the world from the outside. This new consciousness precipitates the same existential doubts suffered by Rivkah. In grappling with Lavan, the greatest of swindlers, Ya’akov probes the murkiest parts of his psyche and unearths the rama’ut so intrinsic to his own identity. In confronting his fears of the subconscious, Ya’akov discovers his “Anochi,” realizing that only with self-knowledge can he truly peer into the heart of another. Distinguishing truth from falsehood can be difficult, but Ya’akov learns that as long as his underlying drives are properly directed, he can be right even when he is “wrong.” As the patriarch who journeyed into darkness, Ya’akov is the one who institutes the Arvit tefillah. (BW)

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