[Avodah] on not telling the truth

[Eli Turkel]

Looking at parshat Toldot Yaakov does not tell his blind father
the real truth that he is Yaakov and not Esau. This is followed
in coming parshiot with Leah not revealing that she is Leah and not
Rachel to Yaakov, with Yaakov's game with the sheep,
with Rachel deceiving her father about the idols she stole and most
famously with the brothers not telling the truth to Yaakov about Yosef.

Though each case can be justified there seems to be a trend of one
leading to the other.

The medrash states that even though they held no personal culpability
ultimately G-d displays justice (eno vatran) when Mordecai cries
over the actions of Haman (a descendent of Esau)

-- 
Eli Turkel