פרשת וישלח תשי"ט - יעקב ועשו + הפטרה

Rashi says, these are the angels who minister in the Land of Israel came to meet him. מחנים, the two camps that were outside the land came with him until then, and from Eretz Yisroel they came to meet him. I am astounded at this. Indeed, Yaakov had not even gotten to the land, he was from from it, and he sent angels to Esau from far away, as it says in (Gen. 32:23) it says that he crossed the ford of Yabbuk, which was the stream of Yabbuk , which is on the border of the sons of Ammon. (Deut. 3:16), which is south east of Eretz Yisroel. And he hadn't crossed the border of the sons of Ammon or Moab, and after that is the land of Edom. The first instance of his entrance into Shechem was when it says in (Gen. 33:18), that Jacob came whole (or safely) to Shechem that is in Eretz Canaan. But this was shown to Yaakov when he came to the border of his enemy to announce to them that he had many with him, so they would be content. They called the place Machanayim because this was the path in Shemos or Machanayim their camps or the supreme camp, we learn because the camps in the land are like the camps of the angels. they are all Gds camps. We should bless them and give praise to them an bless his name forever, even if this Parsha was eliminated.

Keep a space. See Rashi. According to the Midrash this was a prayer that Hashem would put spaces between the sorrows that were to befall his descendants.

But thou shouldest not have gazed on the day of thy brother In the day of his disaster, Neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; Neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly In the day of distress.

כי במקלי FOR WITH MY STAFF — I had with me neither silver nor gold nor cattle — only this staff of mine. The Midrashic explanation is, that he had placed his staff in the Jordan and Jordan had divided for him to pass over.