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face=Arial>From: Zev Sero via Avodah
<avodah@lists.aishdas.org><BR><BR>>>he doesn't know that Esav is
really evil [...] Rivka had always<BR>>> warned him about Esav "ki tzayid
befiv" but he never believed her.[--TK]<BR><BR>He did believe her, and he knew
what Esav was really like. He warned<BR>Esav not to bring him stolen meat
or neveilah, and when Yaacov addressed<BR>him politely he grew suspicious.
So he knew exactly what sort of son<BR>he was dealing with, but he thought the
power of the brachos would bring<BR>Esav back. Rivka knew
otherwise.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Zev
Sero
<BR>zev@sero.name <BR>
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<DIV>He knew that his sons were different but he did not know that Esav was a
rasha and he certainly did not know that Esav had sold the bechora -- in fact,
despised the bechora. When you see the brachos he gave Yakov (what
he had originally intended to give Esav) you see that they are all blessings for
material wealth. He knew that Esav was not the scholarly type but he
thought his two sons would have a Yisachar-Zevulun relationship, that Esav would
be wealthy and would support his brother, the scholar, who would spend his whole
life learning. Rivka knew that Yakov needed material wealth as well as
intellectual and spiritual blessings, because she knew that Esav would not
support Yakov and Yakov would be destitute if he had to depend on Esav.
She knew that Esav was systematically deceiving his father as to his true
character. She tried to tell Yitzchak but he didn't believe her.
Yes, Yitzchak knew his sons had different personalities but Rivka understood her
sons far more deeply than Yitzchak did. </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR>t613k@aol.com</STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#ffffff size=2
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