[Avodah] In this week's parsha in the parsha of the akaida AA says "venashuva alaiche

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From: Zev Sero <zev at sero.name>
Subject: Re: In this week's  parsha in the parsha of the akaida AA says 
"venashuva  alaichem."


On 11/11/2011 10:56 AM, hankman wrote:
>> This is slightly  problematic. A novie knows what he is prophesizing<<

What makes you  say that?  "Niba, velo yada ma niba".

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Zev  Sero         
zev at sero.name   






>>>>
 
That is correct, niba velo yada ma niba, but what did he /think/ he was  
saying?  He said "nashuva aleichem" but with the intention of coming back  
alone.  
 
Maybe he thought he would come back carrying Yitzchak's bones or ashes for  
burial?  Or maybe "nashuva" was the royal we?  Or maybe he was  thinking of 
a far distant future?
 
This question reminds me of the passage where Yakov and Esav meet after  
many years, and then part.  Esav says, "Come with me to Seir" and Yakov  
answers, "You go on ahead, I have to go slow because of the kinderlach, I'll  
catch up with you later.  Ani esnahalah le'itti...ad asher avo el adoni  Seirah 
(Ber 33:14)."
 
Rashi says that Yakov had no intention of catching up to Esav, not knowing  
if he would be greeted with friendship or hostility.  "Vehu lo halach,  
ve'eimasai yelech?  Beyemei haMoshiach."  Yakov never did go to Seir,  and when 
will he go?  When Moshiach comes.
 
Maybe Avraham had some such thought in mind, "We will return to you, alive  
again, when Moshiach comes."
 
 

--Toby  Katz
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