What Is the Meaning of Wrestling With God?

"It's an odd thing that jacob actually seems to win this battle, right? Or at least he wins it enough so that whoever he's wrestling ... is willing to bestow a blessing on him." "I guess maybe that's a testament to his courage. Maybe it's an indication that he has paid for his sins sufficiently so that he's sort of back on the moral high ground," says Rabbi Shmuley Boteach....