[Avodah] : esav

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 01:32:59AM +1100, SBA wrote:
: I learned that today - listening to a CD of a Parsha Shiur which was given
: nightly by Reb Yankele zt'l, the Pshevorsker rebbe in Antwerp.
: He expresses great astonishment at this Rashbam. 
: 1) Because the Rashbam usually goes for posheter pshat, and 
: 2) What is the Rashbam's source for this? 

1- Why is the notion that Esav intended kavod, not a threat, a stretch
in the words?

2- I don't know, but I have been wondering why the group of people my
morah or rebbe told me was a violent horde were called "arba mei'os
ISH". Doesn't "ish" have positive connotation? Wouldn't there be in
implicationt that in some way, these weren't mere "anashim".

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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