Jacob wrestled all night and walked into dawn with a new name and a limp. Both were permanent. Names don't describe who you are — they describe who you're becoming.

The rabbis can't agree whether Noah was great or just adequate. Five months into being Jewish, that question reads differently than you'd expect.

The Torah doesn't begin with paradise. It begins with chaos. The distance between tohu vavohu and tov me'od is six days of work — and then rest.