[Avodah] Rivkah's Intention

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In a message dated 11/24/2008, Larry.Levine at stevens.edu writes:

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 



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I wrote about this last year, quoting Hirsch.  In brief, she wanted to  show 
Yakov how easily he could be fooled and came up with a scheme that  would 
prove to him that he could easily be deceived -- a simple trick that  would 
quickly be discovered.  She was always telling him that Esav was  deceiving him but 
he never believed her (she knew the truth because she knew her  brother Lavan 
and recognized the type).  Now he realized she had been  right all along -- 
which is why he trembled -- and immediately said, "Gam baruch  yiheyeh" -- 
reaffirming mida'as the bracha to Yakov which he now recognized was  rightfully 
Yakov's.  Wisdom of Rivkah demonstrated several different ways  -- knowing her 
kids and knowing how to show her husband the truth as well as  getting for Yakov 
the bracha he really deserved and needed for his eternal  mission.
 


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