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face=Arial>From: Zev Sero <zev@sero.name><BR>Subject: Re: In this week's
parsha in the parsha of the akaida AA says "venashuva
alaichem."<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>On 11/11/2011 10:56 AM, hankman wrote:<BR>>> This is slightly
problematic. A novie knows what he is prophesizing<<<BR><BR>What makes you
say that? "Niba, velo yada ma niba".<BR><BR>-- <BR>Zev
Sero
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<DIV>That is correct, niba velo yada ma niba, but what did he /think/ he was
saying? He said "nashuva aleichem" but with the intention of coming back
alone. </DIV>
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<DIV>Maybe he thought he would come back carrying Yitzchak's bones or ashes for
burial? Or maybe "nashuva" was the royal we? Or maybe he was
thinking of a far distant future?</DIV>
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<DIV>This question reminds me of the passage where Yakov and Esav meet after
many years, and then part. Esav says, "Come with me to Seir" and Yakov
answers, "You go on ahead, I have to go slow because of the kinderlach, I'll
catch up with you later. Ani esnahalah le'itti...ad asher avo el adoni
Seirah (Ber 33:14)."</DIV>
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<DIV>Rashi says that Yakov had no intention of catching up to Esav, not knowing
if he would be greeted with friendship or hostility. "Vehu lo halach,
ve'eimasai yelech? Beyemei haMoshiach." Yakov never did go to Seir,
and when will he go? When Moshiach comes.</DIV>
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<DIV>Maybe Avraham had some such thought in mind, "We will return to you, alive
again, when Moshiach comes."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR>================</STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2
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