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A modern Midrash:<\/span><\/p>\n

Life has not been kind to me. I am old in years and nearly blind. I have two very different sons, Jacob and Esau, who are constantly at odds. Discord between brothers is prevalent in my family, and I fear that I am going to play that out again. I love Esau dearly and there\u2019s but one blessing to give.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am blind. I know my two children in ways sighted parents cannot imagine. They have not walked a moment in my shoes. Is it the fear of overwhelming narrowness and constriction that blocks them?<\/span><\/p>\n

I am sensing that Rebecca is plotting. She believes I love Esau and not Jacob. And truthfully, I do love Esau more. I yearn for that which Esau has – strength, and his sense of self. But, I\u2019ve been around long enough to know that Esau cannot move his family in the necessary direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

I will use my blindness as a cover. Make it appear that I have no idea what is going on when Jacob disguises himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

I call Esau into my tent and ask him to prepare game. Rebecca, overhearing, devises the elaborate disguise, despite Jacob\u2019s protestations, to mask his smooth-skin.<\/span><\/p>\n

I will make it appear as if I am confused. I ask which son is here? The voice is the voice of Jacob but the hands are the hands of Esau. He doesn\u2019t try to disguise his voice. The blind are often teased, taunted by people disguising their voices, knowing that they are embarrassing and humiliating the visually impaired. Our tradition would later teach that to embarrass someone in public is akin to bloodshed.<\/span><\/p>\n

I ask him to approach so I can feel him, there\u2019s always that lingering feeling\u2014am I being given all of the information? I believe it\u2019s Jacob and not Esau. I am using all of the tools at my disposal, I know Jacob must ultimately be blessed. It is Jacob who is in front of me, he will receive the blessing, just as I secretly planned. And yet, I come off looking foolish, and incompetent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will everyone think that blind people are foolish? Blind does mean foolish, after all. How much pain have people endured because that word, blind, is thrown around so casually to mean stupid, ignorant? What a horrible spiritual and emotional burden to carry. Did my actions and the way I am portrayed contribute to that? What consequences have my choices created?<\/span><\/p>\n

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