Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class Three.The first Zohar: Eisav’s Malach (angel) cannot find a way to hurt Ya’akov, so choses to hit what is already his domain: the thighs, which are mystically the NeH”I (that are his in the meantime).But this hurts Ya’akov and his descendants.We compared it to the idea of Azazel.

Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class Two.The Rabbeinu Bechayey’s take on Gid HaNasheh, that we should live higher more meaningful and sublime lives rather than lower and cruder lives.Involvement in lowly things will make us low (and forgetful) while involvement in lofty things raises us.

Gid HaNasheh (Yeshivah 5781/ 2020), Class One.The Sefer HaChinuch’s take on the Mitzvah of Gid HaNasheh, it reminds us that (even when it appears to be the case) that we are never forgotten and will eventually be redeemed.