[Avodah] truth

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:37:39AM -0500, via Avodah wrote:
: From: Zev Sero via Avodah  <avodah at lists.aishdas.org>
:>> he doesn't know that Esav is  really evil [...] Rivka had always
:>> warned him about Esav "ki tzayid  befiv" but he never believed her.[--TK]

:> He did believe her, and he knew what Esav was really like. He warned
:> Esav not to bring him stolen meat or neveilah, and when Yaacov addressed
:> him politely he grew suspicious...

: He knew that his sons were different but he did not know that Esav was a 
: rasha and he certainly did not know that Esav had sold the bechora...

Just that he was a ganav, an okhel neveilos and a liar who spoke crassly?

Rashi (25:29) says that Avraham died 5 years early to spare him the
sight of Esav doing AZ. Is that consistent with saying Yitzchaq missed it?

I only want to point out the berakhos Yitzchaq gave out. When he
thought he was blessing Esav (27:27), Yitzchaq notes that his son
smells like the field which Hashem blessed, vayiten lekha haE-lokim..."
All gashmius. When he knew he was blessing Yaaqov (28:2), he invokes
Keil Shakkai, as in Avraham's berakhah and explicitly gives him Avraham's
berakhah and EY.

It would seem that Yitzchaq knew which was the better son. However, he
thought that Esav would grow to harness his physical gifts to support
his brother. Rivqa was told "ushenei le'umim meimei'ayikh yipareidu",
but apparently no one told Yitzchaq.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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