[Avodah] eisav

[harveybenton at yahoo.com]

1. eisav soneh es yaakov: i have oftern heard that this is a >> halacha??? q: what does that mean?? that they must hate us??? they have "no choice" in the matter??? [are they allowed to go agianst the halacha? and Not hate us???]
2. yaakov was called an "ish tam..." ; does an ish tam steal a brother's brachos and/or deceive his father (if not outright lie to him??]
3. acc 2 rashi, the tube explanation of why yaakov >really deserved the brachos< makes no sense to me, because if that were true, why wouldn't that be the halacha afterwards (and before?) in all cases where twins are born?  [and at least one
 of the twins is a male].
4: was it directly yaakov's fault that b/cause of his deception and the resultant tears that eisav (acc 2 the medrash) shed (2 out of 3 actually dropped) led to our lengthened (and perhaps more arduous exile). 
4a. if so, what should yaakov's punishment be? if any???


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