[Avodah] : esav

[Saul Guberman]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 09:32, SBA <sba at sba2.com> wrote:

> rom: "Eli Turkel"
> Rashbam also takes a very positive attitude towards Esav that the 400
> men with him were an honor guard and that he was genuine in his good
> feelings towards Yaakov.
>
>
> 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?
>
> SBA
>

It seems to be the poshet pshat of the story.  Yaakov was expecting a
battle.  You should expect some sort of battle to be recorded.  Also no real
treaty (bris) is recorded.

Saul

Saul
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