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\u201c<\/b>Esau ran to greet him. He embraced him and, falling on his neck, he kissed him; and they wept\u201d (verse 4). In the text, the word \u201che kissed him\/<\/span>vayishakehu<\/span><\/em>\u201d has small dots over each letter. The midrash notes that the Torah is conveying a hidden intention here. When Esau fell on Jacob\u2019s neck to kiss him, he really wanted to bite Jacob\u2019s neck, but the neck became hard as marble (or Esau\u2019s teeth became soft like wax). The implication here is that Esau meant to harm Jacob, but God intervened. Esau had an army of 400 people with him and weapons. He could have tried to stab Jacob or strangle him. Biting his neck seems odd. Why did Esau want to bite Jacob\u2019s neck?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When I was in college, I spent Shabbat with friends at YU. We attended one of the many side minyanim in a classroom across from the main beit midrash. During davening, I noticed a student paper sitting on the desk entitled \u201cWas Esau the First Vampire?\u201d The paper pulled a few examples from the Esau story to argue that he was the inspiration for the vampire character. The main source was this incident mentioned in the midrash, Esau trying to bite Jacob\u2019s neck. The paper also brought up a few other examples. Esau was always associated with the color red and hunting. His association with red was not just for his skin color but also, by linking with hunting, his association with blood. When Esau returns from hunting in chapter 25, he pleads with Jacob to feed him. \u201cPlease give me a swallow of this red, for I am exhausted. He was therefore named Edom [Red]\u201d(25:30). Jacob is in the process of cooking this stew. Esau wants the \u201cred\u201d because the stew is bloody and raw. Without the blood, he will die.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The next example is the mysterious wrestling match with Jacob in chapter 32. The mysterious figure wrestles with Jacob, but suddenly it is dawn. \u201cThen he said, \u2018Let me go, for dawn is breaking\u2026\u2019\u201d(32:7). Rashi believes that this mysterious person was Esau\u2019s guardian angel. But the paper postulated that this was Esau himself. The fear of dawn is linked to the deadly results of the exposure of a vampire to sunlight. Esau needs to leave before the sun rises and he is burned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Of course there are many reasons why this theory of Esau being a vampire does not work. However, it certainly was an interesting and entertaining read that shabbat morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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As an identical twin, it\u2019s difficult for me to read the reunion of twins Jacob and Esau without personalizing their reconciliation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The kiss they share in Genesis 33:4 was interpreted by the sages as likely violent; it was surmised that Esau <\/span>bit<\/span><\/i> Jacob instead of kissed him. \u00a0The kiss is suspect thanks to the Torah\u2019s unusual dots above the word \u201cva-yisha-kehu<\/em>\u201d (\u201che kissed him\u201d). These markings signal something jarring or amiss. An alternative rabbinic take is that Esau did indeed kiss his brother, but the dots convey it wasn\u2019t done \u201cwholeheartedly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Having seen first-hand the unmatched intimacy of twinship\u2014 the effortless shorthand between those of us who started life together in cramped darkness \u2014 I believe this biblical reunion is loving, not vindictive. \u00a0Despite the twins\u2019 estrangement, or maybe because of it, there is relief in seeing each other again after 20 years apart.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cEsau ran to greet him. He embraced him and, falling on his neck, he kissed him; and they wept.\u201d (Genesis 33:4)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When I was researching my second book, \u201cOne and the Same,\u201d about every aspect of twin science and psychology, I interviewed a physician who specializes in photographing twins. \u00a0Dr. David Teplica described standing over a bassinet waiting to capture newborns in their earliest moments \u2014reunited after the brief separation of delivery. Their first, instantaneous, impulsive act was to suck each other\u2019s faces. \u00a0Like intuitive magnets, they latched on as soon as they could.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jacob had betrayed Esau and worried he\u2019d arrived to take revenge. \u00a0But instead, his brother runs to touch him as if it\u2019s all he\u2019s been waiting for. Twins ultimately forgive.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The sages viewed the encounter between Jacob and Esau as a guidebook to dealing with our enemies. Three major lessons that are emphasized are the need for: prayer; gifts; and preparedness for battle. \u00a0I would humbly like to add one more lesson: be aware of the ambiguity of motivation.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"And Esau ran to greet him. And he embraced him and he fell upon his neck and kissed him and they cried\" (33:3).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When reading from a Sefer Torah one sees that the word for \u201cand he kissed him\u201d has dots over all six of its letters. Rashi quotes a midrash from the Sifrei that there is a disagreement regarding the proper interpretation of the dots. Some say that it means Esau did not kiss Jacob with all of his heart\u2014i.e. he still retained a certain amount of hatred towards his brother. Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai said: It is a fact (the word <\/span>halakha<\/span><\/i> is used in the Hebrew) that Esau hates Jacob, but his compassion was aroused at that moment and he kissed him with all of his heart.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In other words, are the dots meant as emphasis\u2014he <\/span>really <\/b>kissed him; or as scare quotes\u2014he \u201ckissed\u201d him. Emphasis, or irony? This lack of certainty regarding the message of the scribal technique perhaps mirrors the uncertainty of Jacob. Is Esau sincere, or is he putting on a show? It also reflects a deep uncertainty the reader has regarding Esau.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Earlier, the text says (25:28) that Isaac loved Esau \u201c<\/span>ki tzayid b\u2019piv<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/i>\u201d The literal translation is \u201cfor the game was in his mouth\u201d\u2014what Esau had trapped in his hunting excursions was in Isaac\u2019s mouth. In other words, Isaac loved Esau because of what he put in his mouth. Rashi cites a midrashic reading that the game\/trap was in Esau\u2019s mouth\u2014meaning, he would trap\/trick his father with his own mouth and deceive him. We are left wondering was Esau deceptive or sincere?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When dealing with our enemies we must resist the temptation to be swayed by overtures of affection. 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In Chapter 33, one of the rare literary phenomena in the Bible is hiding. Over one word there are several dots. This phenomenon, called by scholars \u201cPuncta extraordinaria,\u201d is found, in ten places in the Bible, one of which is in our Chapter (Genesis 33:4): \u201cEsau ran to greet him. He embraced him and, falling on his neck, he kissed him; and they wept.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Above the Hebrew word for \u201che kissed him,\u201d Torah scrolls have six dots.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This dotted word is the heart of the drama that took place in the renewed meeting between Jacob and Esau after twenty years of being disconnected from each other. Everything before this verse and this word describe Jacob's preparations for the encounter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Then comes the decisive moment. They approach slowly. Jacob bows but Esau runs toward him with a hug and a kiss full of relief. All the suspense that has accumulated breaks down into these two twins crying as they once again wrap themselves around each other in a strong embrace. However, the rabbis of the Mishnaic period looked at the dots above the Hebrew word for \u201che kissed him\u201d and understood that these dots invite the reader to take a fresh look beyond the plain sense of the words (Sifre 69, as quoted by Rashi on Genesis 33:4):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cDots are placed above the letters of the Hebrew word for \u201che kissed him\u201d...to teach that he did not kiss him wholeheartedly, whereas Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said: Is it not well-known as <\/span>halacha<\/span><\/i> (Jewish law) that Esau hated Jacob? But at that moment his pity was really aroused and he kissed him wholeheartedly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are two positions here. The first position completely undermines the relationship that reconnects the two brothers. Esau is the deceitful one, and his kiss is a deceiving kiss. In contrast to this pessimistic view, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai says that \"it is known that Esau hated Jacob\" but here in an exceptional and unique manner he kissed wholeheartedly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The argument between these rabbis focuses on the interpretation of the text, but there is no argument between them that \"Esau hates Jacob.\" It is clear that these words of the rabbis, written after the days of the destruction of Hadrian's decrees, do not speak only of the biblical Esau and Jacob, but rather and mainly of Esau and Jacob as symbols of Gentiles and Jews. This is how these words were understood throughout the generations. The hatred of the Gentiles for Jews is well established and is not going to change. This pessimistic position became a fact whose power is as fixed and complete as Jewish law, the word the midrash uses (\u201chalacha\u201d) to describe how well known Esau\u2019s hatred is of Jacob.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Scholars sought to challenge the validity of the use of the word \u201chalacha\u201d in this context by means of a philological examination of the text of the midrash. What they discovered is that in no manuscript of this midrash does the word <\/span>halacha<\/span><\/em> appear. In its place it is written as follows: \"Is it not well-known that Esau hates Jacob?\" How did this \u201chalacha\u201d find its way into the midrash? It is clear that this is a simple scribal error. The word \u201cIs it not\u201d (\u201cha-lo\u201d) can be abbreviated in such a way that only the first two Hebrew letters are used followed by an apostrophe which a hasty copier could easily mistake for begin the abbreviation for the word \u201chalacha.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This is indeed a nice point, but it does not really matter. The phrase \"Is it not well-known as halacha (Jewish law) that Esau hated Jacob? \" will not be uprooted by linguistic studies. The reality of hatred of Israel reinforces the pessimistic consciousness. 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Jacob and Esau were riven by a hatred of such intensity that there appeared no possibility of resolution. Esau's last recorded thought was murderous, <\/span>And Esau hated Jacob \u2026And Esau said to himself: 'when the days of mourning for my father arrive I will kill my brother Jacob\u2019<\/span><\/em> (27:41) However, after decades of separation the brothers were about to reunite. Perhaps there was hope.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Envoys sent by Jacob return and report, <\/span>we came to your brother Esau, and he is also coming to meet you, and four hundred men accompany him<\/span><\/em> (32:7). What the size of Esau's entourage meant, just four Hebrew words, was fraught with ambiguity. David Kimhi, siding with Rashi, interprets it ominously, as a mobilized army, a sign of Esau\u2019s lingering hatred. Conversely, Rashbam, Rashi's grandson, argues that its plain sense (<\/span>peshat<\/span><\/em>) connotes a reformed loving Esau, who, assembled an impressive delegation to greet Jacob much like honour guards greeting visiting dignitaries. Blinded to its deferential intent according to Rashbam, Jacob, anticipating combat, defensively divided his camp.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Contrasting perceptions ensue, suggested by the phrase <\/span>raising of the eyes<\/span><\/em>,<\/em> conveying internal as well as visual observations. Jacob <\/span>raised his eyes<\/span><\/em> sighting <\/span>Esau approaching with his four hundred men<\/span><\/em>, (33:1) corroborating the threat perceived previously. Jacob reacted aligning his family in order of increasing endearment, the older wife and children frontally exposed, the youngest shielded in the rear. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Esau emotionally rushed to embrace and kiss Jacob. Rapprochement was imminent. Esau, then <\/span>raising his eyes<\/span><\/em> saw Jacob\u2019s extended family and considerately inquired <\/span>Who are these with you<\/em> <\/span>(33:5). Yet, after being introduced Esau oddly repeated the question, puzzling all the commentators, <\/span>who is this camp with you that I just met<\/em> <\/span>(33:8)., The family\u2019s strategic array alerted Esau to Jacob\u2019s misguided suspicions. Offended, Esau\u2019s second question rhetorically addressed Jacob\u2019s distrust - what is the <\/span>meaning<\/em> <\/span>of your camp\u2019s arrangement? It also reminded Esau that Jacob was still up to his old tricks, willing to sacrifice older family members for the sake of the younger.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The opportunity for reconciliation was squandered. Heartbreakingly they depart estranged, going their separate ways. <\/span>Esau returned that day on his way to Seir And Jacob journeyed to Succoth<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>never to see each other again except, as is often the case in fragmented families, at a parent\u2019s funeral: <\/span>And Isaac died, ... and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him<\/em> <\/span>(35:29)<\/span>.<\/span><\/i> History is stained with the carnage of conflicts provoked and sustained by miscommunications and misperceptions.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Jacob and Esau: A Fractured Reunion","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Esau saw that Jacob was still up to his old tricks, willing to sacrifice older family members for the sake of the younger, and the opportunity for reconciliation was squandered","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Genesis","chapter":"33","chapter_main_number":"33","date":"20251014","wall_id":"33"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"363","name":"Midrash","old_id":"763"},{"term_id":"486","name":"Esau","old_id":"886"},{"term_id":"490","name":"Jacob","old_id":"890"}]},{"order":7,"id":"38729","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"Surrendering the Blessing ","post_title":"Surrendering the Blessing","slug":"surrendering-the-blessing","old_id":"38729","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38035,"post_title":"Josh Pernick","slug":"josh-pernick","old_id":"38035","first_name":"Josh ","last_name":"Pernick ","description":"Josh Pernick is a fourth-year rabbinical student at YCT and a member of the Hillel Office of Innovation Fellowship for Rabbinic Entrepreneurs. After serving from 2016-2018 as student rabbi of Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh in Portland, Maine, he currently serves as student rabbi for the Orthodox Kehillah in Durham, NC. ","short_description":"Josh Pernick is a fourth-year rabbinical student at YCT and a member of the Hillel Office of Innovation Fellowship for Rabbinic Entrepreneurs.","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":38036,"alt":"","title":"josh pernick","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick.jpg","width":340,"height":388,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick-263x300.jpg","medium-width":263,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick.jpg","medium_large-width":340,"medium_large-height":388,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick.jpg","large-width":340,"large-height":388,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick.jpg","1536x1536-width":340,"1536x1536-height":388,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick.jpg","2048x2048-width":340,"2048x2048-height":388,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick.jpg","post_full_size-width":340,"post_full_size-height":388,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/josh-pernick.jpg","home_baner-width":340,"home_baner-height":388}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"33","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"Jacob forfeits his claim to a life of wealth and power, but achieves wholeness, integrity - and his covenantal destiny","post_main_content_content":"

Jacob, a man whose name is a play on his cunning nature, has no tricks to alleviate his existential loneliness. His material well-being cannot cure the guilty conscience which plagues him. As Jacob wrestles with his past and future, he comes out a changed man; he is no longer Jacob but Israel, named for both his struggle with, and his attempt to be \u201cyashar<\/em>\u201d or upright with, God. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Living in the house of Laban for 20 years, Jacob was blessed with abundant time to ruminate on the life of a trickster. Ultimately, he decides that this is not the future he wants for himself or his family. Before moving into the future as a changed man, however, he must first come face to face with his past. The stolen blessing must be surrendered for a life of integrity to begin.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf I have found favor in your eyes\u201d, Jacob begs his brother, \u201cplease accept this gift, for your forgiving countenance reflects God\u2019s pleasure in our reconciliation. Please take back the blessing which has been brought to you, for God has favored me and I have all that I need.\u201d \u00a0Esau demurs, seeing this as an unnecessary attempt at appeasement. \u201cDon\u2019t worry\u201d, Esau assures him, \u201cI have plenty\u201d. He fails to recognize Jacob\u2019s true intent; Jacob must surrender this blessing to embrace his covenantal destiny. Reluctantly, Esau accepts his brother\u2019s offer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Israel returns to the land of Canaan \u201cshalem<\/em>\u201d, complete. He has forfeited his claim to a life of wealth and power, but nonetheless feels whole. His life will be one of difficulty, of impermanence and insecurity. Nonetheless, he is content. He would rather be a struggling man of integrity than a charlatan. 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There is a value that I have often overheard in Israeli playgrounds, which I don't think I ever really encountered in America. It's the value of being <\/span>'mevater'<\/span><\/i>- of giving up on something. An older child might be asked to be '<\/span>mevater<\/span><\/i>' on a toy that a younger child wants, a parent might ask two bickering children- who will be '<\/span>mevater<\/span><\/i>'. <\/span>Vitur <\/span><\/i>is more than sharing, and even more than compromising. It is a willing relinquishment of something you have every right to. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Chapter 33 is about the power of being '<\/span>mevater<\/span><\/i>'. \u00a0We suggested that Jacob's experience with the angel has convinced him that true victory will be gained by insisting on win-win. But how is that achieved? Sometimes, what enables a win-win situation is the discovery that each party actually defines success in a subtly different way.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In Jacob and Esau's case, the difference can be summed up by two two-letter words- \"<\/span>rav<\/span><\/i>\" and \"<\/span>kol<\/span><\/i>\". Esau explains his reluctance to accept Jacob's tribute by saying that he has \"<\/span>rav\"- \"<\/span><\/i>a lot\". Jacob insists, because in his eyes, he has \u201ceverything\u201d- \"<\/span>kol<\/span><\/i>\". Jacob has no need for all the riches he has gained in Laban's house, indeed, he has no need for the blessing of dominating his brother. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

When he says \"take my blessing which has been brought to you\", on one level he is referring to the tribute, but it's hard not to hear the echoes of that blessing which was meant for Esau, which Jacob took, and is now relinquishing. Esau ultimately acquiesces, because someone who has 'a lot' will always appreciate having even more. But for Jacob having 'everything' is not dependent on the quantity of his riches at all. 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After days of anxious preparation, Jacob and Esau were reunited. Jacob introduced his wives and children to his brother, and again offered him the gifts he had previously dispatched. Esau appeared to be impressed by the size of Jacob\u2019s family and the extent of his wealth, but declined the offer saying that he had plenty of his own.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jacob\u2019s reply is worth considering in detail: \u201cTo the contrary. If you favor me, take the gift I am offering. I have seen that your face is divine (<\/span>elohim<\/span><\/i>) and you are pleased with me\u201d (33:10). A glance at several verses in the previous chapter reveals that facial features (<\/span>panim<\/span><\/i>) dominated both Jacob\u2019s conscious thoughts (see, particularly, 32:21) and unconscious dreams. He even named the site of his wrestling match Peni-el (divine face) saying, \u201cfor I have been face-to-face with an <\/span>elohim<\/span><\/i> and my life was spared\u201d (32:31).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Applying the axiom that things equal to the same thing are equal to each other, if the face of Jacob\u2019s nighttime opponent was that of an <\/span>elohim<\/span><\/i> (32:31) and Esau\u2019s face was that of an <\/span>elohim<\/span><\/i> (33:10), then Jacob\u2019s challenger was none other than Esau himself. While the Sages made this equation and suggested that Jacob\u2019s adversary was Esau\u2019s ministering angel (Bereishit Rabba 77), I would venture a psychological interpretation: Jacob\u2019s anxiety over the impending reunion with the victim of his earlier ruse led to an inner struggle in which his conscience took on the form and features of Esau.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This interpretation gains support from a continuing verse, in which Jacob says to Esau: \u201cTake my blessing that has been brought to you\u201d (33:11). Previously, all references to the gifts used the word <\/span>minhah<\/span><\/em> (offering), suggesting that Jacob\u2019s spontaneous offer of a <\/span>berachah<\/span><\/em> (harking back to the blessing stolen from their father) is a Freudian slip.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":63174,"alt":"","title":"blessingorcurse","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":533,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":533,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":533,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","post_full_size-width":800,"post_full_size-height":533,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"","tile_main_caption":"Facing off with Esau","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Jacob offers Esau nothing less than\u2026 his blessing!","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":63174,"alt":"","title":"blessingorcurse","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","large-width":800,"large-height":533,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","1536x1536-width":800,"1536x1536-height":533,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","2048x2048-width":800,"2048x2048-height":533,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse.jpg","post_full_size-width":800,"post_full_size-height":533,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/blessingorcurse-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Genesis","chapter":"33","chapter_main_number":"33","date":"20251014","wall_id":"33"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":[{"term_id":"386","name":"Psychology","old_id":"786"},{"term_id":"486","name":"Esau","old_id":"886"},{"term_id":"490","name":"Jacob","old_id":"890"}]},{"order":10,"id":"38751","color":"#e2f4fa","size":"1","name":"The Brothers Grew Up ","post_title":"The Brothers Grew Up","slug":"the-brothers-grew-up","old_id":"38751","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":38551,"post_title":"Kobi Oz","slug":"kobi-oz","old_id":"38551","first_name":"Kobi ","last_name":"Oz","description":"Kobi Oz is the lead singer of Israeli group Teapacks. 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One day you are no longer really mobile, you are not really friendly, you are not really sociable. \u00a0One day you are just the leader of a tribe. There is a certain age, especially a certain family status, where you can no longer attend all the events of all your nephews and nieces. \u00a0You already have grown children and big concerns, and what do you do next? You establish your own tribe. You are no longer a private person. You are on the level of a battalion commander. You cannot act like an individual; you have to take into account the considerations of the masses whom you lead. It is clear, for example, that older reservists with families will make less trouble than young, unmarried soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The renewed meeting between Esau and Jacob is no longer a meeting of two people. It is of two tribes, slow, clumsy. \u00a0One is from the mountains the other from the plains. Each has a rabbi; each has a lot of property. They dance a type of personal dance, but it is clear that Jacob's struggle with the angel is the last personal bit of friction that this forefather will orchestrate. Esau and Jacob both know that the tribes will not merge and the dance of the twins of our patriarch Isaac\u2019s children will not make a comeback at the moment. 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The reunion of Jacob and Esau has been interpreted in contrasting ways by commentators and artists alike. The three paintings shown here, <\/span>The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau<\/em> <\/span>(1625-28) by Peter Paul Rubens, <\/span>Meeting of Jacob and Esau<\/span><\/em> (1844) by Francesco Hayez, and <\/span>Jacob and Esau<\/em> <\/span>(1878) by George Frederick Watts, all portray the same moment in the scene. Yet, they differ in how they illustrate the brothers' interaction, garb, and respective entourages. These choices reflect different readings of the relationship between the brothers and the motives for their actions.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Rubens paints Esau in full battle gear, his armed men standing right behind him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

Hayez, in contrast, portrays him in everyday garb, coming alone to greet Jacob while his men wait at a distance. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\"\"<\/p>\r\n

Watts' presentation is somewhere in the middle, depicting Esau with a sheath of arrows but without armor. In his image, neither brother is flanked by family or servants. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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These different portrayals present different understandings of Esau's intentions when coming to meet Jacob. Was he approaching with an army of 400 men intent on battle, as Jacob feared, or was he coming in peace with his men serving as an honor guard?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Adapted from: ALHATORAH.ORG
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\u201cWhen he [Esau] raised his eyes and saw the women and children, he asked, \u2018Whose are these?\u2019 \u00a0Then he [Jacob] answered, \u2018They are the children whom God has graced your servant with<\/em>.\u201d (Genesis 33:5)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Jacob married,
\r\n<\/span>He received a box-camera
\r\n<\/span>As a wedding gift.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

How Jacob loved to take pictures:
\r\n<\/span>Photos of Reuben crawling,
\r\n<\/span>Simon and Levi making sand-pies,
\r\n<\/span>Judah eating his birthday cake,
\r\n<\/span>Issachar and Zebulun walking to school together, hand in hand,
\r\n<\/span>Dinah with her dolls,
\r\n<\/span>Gad and Asher climbing a fig-tree,
\r\n<\/span>Naftali and Dan on the beach.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Still, most of the pictures were of Joseph:
\r\n<\/span>Joseph as an infant, asleep and dreaming on the day of his circumcision,
\r\n<\/span>Joseph sipping wine from a silver goblet on Saturday night,
\r\n<\/span>Joseph dressed up on Purim like a king,
\r\n<\/span>Joseph lighting Hanukah candles,
\r\n<\/span>Joseph putting on his <\/span>tefillin.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

There were no pictures of Benjamin, though.|
\r\n<\/span>\u201cThe evil eye,\u201d Jacob used to whisper,
\r\n<\/span>\u201cSee what happened to my Joseph.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But where is Jacob\u2019s photo album now?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In no basement, no attic,
\r\n<\/span>No trunk, no forgotten paper bag.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But if you take a verse,
\r\n<\/span>Scratch out the black ink of its letters,
\r\n<\/span>You\u2019ll find under the words<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Snapshots<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And the negative
\r\n<\/span>Waiting to be developed
\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In the dark-room
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33: 5 - \u201cWho,\u201d Esau asked, \u201care these with you?\u201d Jacob answered, \u201cThe children with whom God has favored, <\/span>asher chanan<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> your servant.\u201d<\/span>
\r\n<\/span>33: 10, 11 - But Jacob said, \u201cNo, I pray you; if you would do me this favor, <\/span>im na matzati chen<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> ...Please accept my present, for God has favored me, <\/span>ki chanani<\/span><\/em>,<\/span><\/i> and I have plenty...\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Do you know a Chen (the Hebrew name, not the Chinese)? How about Chanah or Chanan? All these come from the root \u05d7-\u05e0-\u05e0, <\/span>ch-n-n<\/span><\/em>, \u201cfavor or compassion.\u201d The word <\/span>chen<\/em> <\/span>appears at the very end of chapter 6, where Noach <\/span>matza chen<\/span><\/em>, \u201cfound favor\u201d in the eyes of God. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

It also appears often with<\/span> chesed<\/span><\/em> (\u201cloving kindness,\u201d or \u201cgrace,\u201d discussed in this space in chapter 24).Indeed, there is a trio of divine gifts: <\/span>chen ve-chesed ve-rachamim<\/span><\/em>, \u201cfavor, loving kindness and mercy\u201d which appear frequently in prayers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The noun <\/span>chen<\/span><\/em> comes from the verb <\/span>chanan<\/span><\/em>, \u201cbless, show favor or compassion.\u201d In a different form, the verb <\/span>lehitchanen<\/span><\/em> essentially means to pray, or ask for <\/span>chen<\/span><\/em>. This can be done in the form of a prayer known as <\/span>techina<\/span><\/em> (not to be confused with the sesame paste of the same name, but different root), which were often said by women in pre-modern Europe (Yiddish plural, <\/span>techines<\/span><\/em>). There is also a prayer said most weekdays at the end of the morning service call <\/span>tachanun<\/span><\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

God is described as <\/span>rachum vechanun<\/span><\/em>, \u201cmerciful and compassionate,\u201d in the list of the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6). A young Israeli seeing the Hebrew word \u05d7\u05e0\u05d5\u05df, though, will almost certainly think sooner of Greg Haffley than of God. Greg Haffley is the wimp in the popular books and movies <\/span>Diary of a Wimpy Kid<\/span><\/em>, translated into Hebrew as <\/span>Yomano shel Ch\u2019nun<\/span><\/em>. <\/span>Ch\u2019nun<\/em> <\/span>is Hebrew slang for \u201cnerd\u201d (from Russian, not related to merciful or compassionate).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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The moment of the meeting with Esau has arrived. \u00a0Three verses of great anxiety in which Jacob organizes his family to face the danger in a way that leaves no doubt about the internal hierarchy in Jacob\u2019s family (verses 1-2), and he, himself, approaches Esau with seven prostrations that convey a message of appeasement and self-effacement.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The turning point is in verse 4 \u201cEsau ran to greet him. He embraced him and, falling on his neck, he kissed him; and they wept.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Despite the warm and emotional welcome, Jacob politely declines Esau\u2019s offer to continue forward together. \u00a0Esau returns to Mount Seir, and Jacob establishes his home in Sukkot and afterwards in Shechem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Jacob convinces Esau to take the gifts he had sent him. \u00a0In the context of the relationship between Jacob and Esau, the following sentence sounds like a real Freudian slip: \u00a0\u201cPlease accept my present (literally \u201cblessing\u201d alluding to the blessing Jacob received from his father Isaac that was intended for Esau) which has been brought to you\u201d (verse 11). \u00a0Esau, incidentally, takes the present\/blessing.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Construction projects in verses 18-20: a house, Sukkot, a tent, and even an altar.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Second real estate purchase in Canaan. \u00a0After the Cave of Machpelah which was acquired by Abraham for 400 silver pieces (Chapter 23), a field near Shechem is acquired by Jacob for 100 kesitahs (verse 19).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Jacob begins to use his new name. \u00a0He calls the altar \u201cEl-elohe-yisrael\u201d (verse 20).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","post_main_content_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"The Daily Summary","tile_main_caption":"Points to Ponder: Genesis 33","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"Insights and questions for personal reflection and group discussion","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":{"id":86314,"alt":"","title":"Points to ponder","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-300x300.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","post_full_size-width":1000,"post_full_size-height":1000,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder-420x420.jpg","home_baner-width":420,"home_baner-height":420}},"tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","old_create_date":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","links":false,"send_noty":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Torah","book":"Genesis","chapter":"33","chapter_main_number":"33","date":"20251014","wall_id":"33"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false}],"hide_acf":true,"home_image":false,"posts_home":[],"home_posts":false,"home_posts_title":"","static_cube_title":"","static_cube_brief":"","static_cube_color":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall\/38579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wall"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wall"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}