Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class Seven. The second Zohar (Part 3): The Malach of Eisav hopes to weaken Ya’akov so he can overcome the admission of כי שרית עם אלוקים ועם אנשים ותוכל; and if he would it would leave the possibility for והי’ כאשר תריד ופרקת עולו מעל צואריך but he cannot find a weakness, so he attacks the NeH”I, the weakest link that supports the Torah directly. We resist, and the symbol of that resistance is the refusal to eat (or even allow others to eat) the Gid HaNasheh, this represents a healthy NeH”I leaving Aisav to fail.
