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Dear Rabbi,
One of the people who had their name changed by GOD was Jacob to Israel, yet even when we davan, we still do not refer to him as Israel, only as Jacob. As well, we refer to our homeland as Israel. Of course Rabbi, my question is why?
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Posted by:
Lawrence Martasin, Sun City Center, Fl, USA
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The name Israel personifies the Jewish people as they will find themselves when the Messianic era will begin and the Galut (exile) will end. The name Jacob represents the Jewish people as they are still in exile and persecuted as we see today.The name Israel (its letters) in Hebrew spells the two words li rosh which means "my head",which the Jewish people will be when Moshiach (Messiah) comes, and all of the nations will know G-d.
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