[Avodah] Ahab

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

According to R' Hutner (Pachad Yitzchaq, Chanukah #5), Yishmael had to
opt in, but Esav actually was born in and opted out.

H/T RYGB @ https://youtu.be/rjcRNTbtCpc

I argued that intermarriage was about Beris Sinai, and therefore not
applicable. If you argued that it was about Beris Avos, it would seem
RYH would inist that since Yaaqov's generation you can be born in,
and the question is only which parent.

BTW, this fits the understanding of Esav as a failed partner in the
venture, the side that was supposed to provide the material resources
while Yaaqov povided the spirituality. And that's why Yitzchaq, despite
actually knowing that Esav was the hunter who married into the local
tribe, wanted to bless him with "mital hashamayim umishmani ha'aretz".

Esav opted out of all that, but it was indeed who he was supposed to
be.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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