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need to keep our souls pure by securing them from the impurities of the
world. The flasks contained oil ( ) which alludes to the soul ( ).
We need to create the vessel which can house the spiritual entity of the
soul and keep its spirituality intact.
The dust from the fight with the Angel represents the dust of materialism
which darkens our vision. This is a continuous battle, just as the Angel
fought until daybreak.
When the nations of the world see that we are strong in our determination
to be ‘alone,’ they eventually leave us be.
“Yaakov was left alone and a man wrestled with
him until the break of dawn”
(Bereishit 32:25)
