[Avodah] Boys Being Taught How to Cook

[Zev Sero]

Prof. Levine wrote:

> This morning someone in shul pointed out to me that the Or HaChaim
> writes about Yaakov learning to cook.

The OHC doesn't say anything about his learning to cook.  What it
says is that he decided that since Yitzchak loved Esav, Esav must be
doing something right and he should copy him, so he decided to cook
food as Esav did.

In any event, we see that his culinary skill wasn't so great, because
he only essayed a simple pot of lentils; when it came to cooking goat
"mat'ammim" he relied on his mother.

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