[Avodah] yaakov comes home

[saul newman via Avodah]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 02:52:53PM -0800, saul newman wrote:
>: and any ways, i  have less problem with the punishment for the last 8
>: than the 1st 14, wherein he was following the command of his father....

> The Sefas Emes asks that question. He compares Yaaqov's exile to an
> ir miqlat -- the sin was criminal negligence, not willfull sinning. He
> should have treated Eisav differently, and he wouldn't have ended up in
> a situation where he couldn't honor his parents.

meaning, he should have refused to his mom's ruse to steal the bracha,
or should have answered 'hakol kol' by saying 'it's me, yaakov' ?

or meaning  he should have given the soup with no strings attatched?