[Avodah] Rivkah's Intention

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Yitzchok Levine
<Larry.Levine at stevens.edu>wrote:

> What was Rivkah's intention when she told Yaakov to pretend to be Esav and
> get the brachos from Yitzchok?
>
> RSRH gives a brilliant insight into the entire incident. Please see
> http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/rivkah_brochos.pdf
>
> Yitzchok Levine
>


TWO tangents [or answering 2 questions with the same derech]

   1. Who gave Yaakov permission to "lie"
   2. Who gave Eliezer permission to use Nichush to find a wife for
   Yitzchak?

The common answeris the hora'as hsa'ah of a navi..

Re: Ya'alkov Rivka received a prophecy that was destiny.  "vayomer hashem
lah"  This goes agaisnt Rashi's drush on the passuk and takes the statemtn
as literal.  Hashem Told Rivka the destinby and as a nevi'ah Rivka had
permission to set aside halachah in a temporary case.

Re: Eliezer, Avarahm told Eliezer that a "mal'ach" would acompany him.
Thus, his nichush was predicated upon the words of a navi.  Thus the G'mara
could BOTH say that this is absolute nichush IN GENERAL but that Eliezer did
no wrong because he had dispensation from a navi.


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