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<DIV>In a message dated 11/24/2008, Larry.Levine@stevens.edu writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>What was
Rivkah's intention when she told Yaakov to pretend to be <BR>Esav and get the
brachos from Yitzchok?<BR><BR>RSRH gives a brilliant insight into the entire
incident. Please see
<BR>http://www.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/rivkah_brochos.pdf<BR><BR>Yitzchok
Levine <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>I wrote about this last year, quoting Hirsch. In brief, she wanted to
show Yakov how easily he could be fooled and came up with a scheme that
would prove to him that he could easily be deceived -- a simple trick that
would quickly be discovered. She was always telling him that Esav was
deceiving him but he never believed her (she knew the truth because she knew her
brother Lavan and recognized the type). Now he realized she had been
right all along -- which is why he trembled -- and immediately said, "Gam baruch
yiheyeh" -- reaffirming mida'as the bracha to Yakov which he now recognized was
rightfully Yakov's. Wisdom of Rivkah demonstrated several different ways
-- knowing her kids and knowing how to show her husband the truth as well as
getting for Yakov the bracha he really deserved and needed for his eternal
mission.</DIV>
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