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refraining from eating the gid hanasheh, Yaakov completed his Torahbereshit
observance and rectified his spiritual source of good.
The Avot kept the Torah even before it was given. At first, this mitzvah
was deemed a chok and was kept without reason. However, with the
assault of the angel, it became a mitzvah whose reason is understood. The
angel’s actions brought this mitzvah to a new level and gave Yaakov the
opportunity to observe it completely.
Hashem sends messengers to man in order that we should serve Him with
greater understanding. We should deepen our understanding of all the
mitzvot.
“Yaakov was left alone and a man wrestled with
him until the break of dawn”
(Bereishit 32:25)
17 “Therefore the Children of Israel are not to eat
the displaced sinew on the hip-socket to this day,
because he struck Yaakov’s hip-socket on the
displaced sinew”
(ibid. 32:33)
