<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">patterns of favoritism: </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">we all know the damage that yaakov did by favoritising joseph. </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">q1. was this done by ruach hakodesh other intentful purpose (</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">q1a what did the coat of many colors represent and if it had to </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">be given tohim, why not give it b'zina)?</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">q2. why did yaakov make a similar mistake by favoritising </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"></SPAN><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">certain wives and families, versus </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">others (when meeting up with his brother Eisava???)</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">3. if he really wanted rachel all along, why din't he just cancel the</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">whole thing off after the ruse was revealed the next morning?</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">(on the grounds that it was a mekach taot)..... </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">instead, he favors rochels children, and throughout the ages, we </SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">end up paying for it.......(eg, he bowed down to eisav, etc, <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div></div></body></html>