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For the "suggestion box": more Parasha, more Midrash. This leftist-rightist showdown is getting repetitive.
And these weeks, what a controversial discussion can come out! Does Esav have a legitimate complaint against Yaakov, is trying to kill him the right way to deal with it, (for the Open Orthodox: did these guys exist at all, and if not, what's the story about), all the fascinating midrashim on these stories (did Esav really serve his father roast dog? Ewwww...
Um, Roast Dog? Who can elaborate?
Further reading...
Nov 20, 2009 - Pasha Notes: Toldos 2009. by DovBear at 9:00 AM. What everyone should know. Our midrashim lament Jacob's theft of the brochot, and ..
Search for more information about ### at4torah.comAnd these weeks, what a controversial discussion can come out! Does Esav have a legitimate complaint against Yaakov, is trying to kill him the right way to deal with it, (for the Open Orthodox: did these guys exist at all, and if not, what's the story about), all the fascinating midrashim on these stories (did Esav really serve his father roast dog? Ewwww...
Um, Roast Dog? Who can elaborate?
Further reading...
DOVBEAR: Pasha Notes: Toldos 2009
dovbear.blogspot.com/2009/11/pasha-notes-toldos-2009.html
DOVBEAR: Sforno and the mythical schoolhouse of Shem ...
dovbear.blogspot.com/.../sforno-and-mythical-schoolhouse-of-shem.htm...Nov 23, 2011 - Sforno's interpretation Jacob had two different tents. One was his shepherd tent, where he lived while he was with the flocks; the other was a ...
DOVBEAR: The Esav Enigma
dovbear.blogspot.com/2007/11/esav-enigma.htmlNov 28, 2007 - Elsewhere, my friend Chaim is attempting to tell us that Esav was the epitomy of evil, and he's using midrashic matrial to defend his point.DOVBEAR: Esav and Rome
dovbear.blogspot.com/2009/07/esav-and-rome.htmlJul 30, 2009 - A few years back, Bray, some others, and I, argued for months across multiple posts and comments about Esav and Rome. I don't remember ...DOVBEAR: Esav and the Salt and Straw: What the midrash ...
dovbear.blogspot.com/2010/.../esav-and-salt-and-straw-what-midrash.ht...Nov 5, 2010 - When school teachers wish to prove that Esav was a dishonest sneak, they usually reference the famous Rashi (based on an older midrash) ...DOVBEAR: In which I provide additional evidence that Esav ...
dovbear.blogspot.com/2008/.../in-which-i-provide-additional-evidence.h...Nov 3, 2008 - Long time readers know, that its my belief that Esau, first son of Issac, was the victim of a rabininc smear job. [In previous posts I have argued ...DOVBEAR: Parsha Vocabulary
dovbear.blogspot.com/2007/11/parsha-vocabulary.htmlNov 13, 2007 - Analysis of Ya'akov's deal with Esav (lentils for birthright) has to include consideration of Esav's physical state at the time of the deal.DOVBEAR: Misunderstanding the Midrash
dovbear.blogspot.com/2006/11/misunderstanding-midrash.htmlNov 26, 2006 - Gen 25:28 reads: "And Issac loved Esav because of the game in his mouth." (tzayid b'fiv) This is a hebrew idiom, which suggests Esav as either a kind of lion bringing home food in his mouth, or as a mother bird dropping worms into her chick's gapping beak. In either case, it's a material and, therefore, . DOVBEAR: Why was Isaac blind?
dovbear.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-was-isaac-blind.htmlNov 15, 2007 - The answer to this question is a wonderful illustration of Rashi's way with midrashim, and also an indictment of how our children are taught in the typical Yeshiva. ... Explaining this midrash is beyond the scope of this post (also, ...We're told Issac was blind immediately before the blessing story begins. Why? DOVBEAR: IN WHICH I EXPLAIN A MIDRASH (The ...
dovbear.blogspot.com/.../in-which-i-explain-midrash-blindness-of.htmlNov 1, 2013 - Five reasons are given for Isaac's blindness. Perhaps the best known one is cited by Rashi on Gen 27:1 "Another explanation: When Isaac was ..
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