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size=2>Prof. Levine wrote:<BR><BR>> This morning someone in shul pointed out
to me that the Or HaChaim<BR>> writes about Yaakov learning to
cook.<BR><BR>From: Zev Sero <A
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size=2>>>The OHC doesn't say anything about his learning to cook.
What it<BR>says is that he decided that since Yitzchak loved Esav, Esav must
be<BR>doing something right and he should copy him, so he decided to
cook<BR>food as Esav did.<BR><BR>In any event, we see that his culinary skill
wasn't so great, because<BR>he only essayed a simple pot of lentils; when it
came to cooking goat<BR>"mat'ammim" he relied on his
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size=2>When the angels came to Avraham he had Sarah bake cake and had "the
na'ar" -- Yishmael -- cook the meat. Ber. 18:6-8</DIV>
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