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		<title>Ron at 10:44, 12 December 2008</title>
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		<updated>2008-12-12T10:44:08Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 10:44, 12 December 2008&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l4&quot; &gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 4:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{hebrew}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{hebrew}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;עֵשָׂו&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כִּי&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;צַיִד בְּפִיו&lt;/del&gt;; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וְרִבְקָה&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אֹהֶבֶת אֶת&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יַעֲקֹב&lt;/del&gt;|p/pt/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0125&lt;/del&gt;.htm#&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;28&lt;/del&gt;|בראשית כה&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;:כח&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וַיִּקְחוּ שְׁנֵי&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;בְנֵי-יַעֲקֹב שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי אֲחֵי דִינָה אִישׁ חַרְבּוֹ&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וַיָּבֹאוּ עַל&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;הָעִיר, בֶּטַח&lt;/ins&gt;; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וַיַּהַרְגוּ&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כָּל&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;זָכָר&lt;/ins&gt;|p/pt/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0134&lt;/ins&gt;.htm#&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;25&lt;/ins&gt;|בראשית &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לד:&lt;/ins&gt;כה}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Now Isaac loved Esau&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;because he did eat of &lt;/del&gt;his &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;venison; &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Rebekah loved Jacob.&lt;/del&gt;|p/pt/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0125&lt;/del&gt;.htm#&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;28&lt;/del&gt;|Gen 25&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;:28&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah&amp;#039;s brethren&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;took each man &lt;/ins&gt;his &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;sword, &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males &lt;/ins&gt;|p/pt/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0134&lt;/ins&gt;.htm#&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;25&lt;/ins&gt;|Gen &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;34:&lt;/ins&gt;25}}  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5769/Toldot|Toldot||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5769/Toldot|Toldot||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Ron at 10:02, 9 December 2008</title>
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		<updated>2008-12-09T10:02:16Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{hebrew}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{hebrew}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת-עֵשָׂו, כִּי-צַיִד בְּפִיו; וְרִבְקָה, אֹהֶבֶת אֶת-יַעֲקֹב|p/pt/pt0125.htm#28|בראשית כה:כח}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuqh|וַיֶּאֱהַב יִצְחָק אֶת-עֵשָׂו, כִּי-צַיִד בְּפִיו; וְרִבְקָה, אֹהֶבֶת אֶת-יַעֲקֹב|p/pt/pt0125.htm#28|בראשית כה:כח}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|לפי פשט המילים, יצחק אהב את עשו מפני שהאכילו מטעמים (ראה גם עניין הברכה שבהמשך פרשתנו).  אבל לפי המדרש, אהב אותו מפני ש&amp;quot;צד אותו&amp;quot; במילים, בפיו.  כלומר, עשו היה רמאי והצליח לרמות את אביו - כי בלעדי זה, יצחק לא היה אוהב את האיש עשו. לעומתו רבקה אוהבת את יעקב -- מה בא להוסיף? &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;שהיתה שומעת קולו היתה מוספת לו אהבה על אהבתו&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  ששמעה קולו העוסק החכמה, ואהבתה אליו הלכה וגדלה.}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|וברור ששניהם אהבו את שני ילדיהם.  האם אפשר לחשוב אחרת?  אלא שכאשר גדלו ואופיים נקבע, היה קשה לאהוב את האיש עשו בגלל מי שהוא היה, וקל לאהוב את יעקב.}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|ולשון המקרא מראה הבדל אחר: שאצל יצחק כתוב: &amp;quot;ויאהב&amp;quot; -- כלומר אהב, בעבר.  ולגבי רבקה כתוב &amp;quot;אוהבת&amp;quot; -- כלומר אהבה הולכת ומתמשכת, שאין לה הגבלות בזמן. אולי זה פשוט ההבדל בין אהבת האם לאהבת האב -- אבל נראה לי יותר נכון שלאהוב את עשו היה צריך עילה -- ולא היה צורך בכך לגבי יעקב.}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|ולכן &amp;quot;כי ציד בפיו&amp;quot; -- אם כפשוטו אם כמדרשו -- הייתה עילה לאהבה הזאת. וכמו שחז&amp;quot;ל אמרו &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;אהבה שהיא תלויה בדבר - בטל דבר, בטלה אהבה&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|b/h/h49.htm#1|אבות ה:טו}}.  }}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 11:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob.|p/pt/pt0125.htm#28|Gen 25:28}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{pasuq|Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob.|p/pt/pt0125.htm#28|Gen 25:28}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;According to the simple reading of the words, Isaac loved Esau because he fed him delicacies (see also the matter of the blessing further on in our portion).  But according to the Midrash, he loved him because &amp;quot;he hunted him with words&amp;quot;, with his mouth.  That is, Esau was a deceiver and successfully deceived his father -- because were it not for that, Isaac would not have loved the man Esau.  In contrast, &amp;quot;Rebekah loved Jacob&amp;quot; -- what does that add to our understanding?  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;That she would hear his voice, and add to her love of him&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  She would hear him learning wisdom, and her love towards him would grow stronger.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It is clear that both of them loved both their children.  Is it possible to think otherwise?  Rather that as they grew and their personalities became established, it was difficult to love the man Esau because of who he was, and easy to love Jacob.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;And the Torah&amp;#039;s words show a different issue: regarding Isaac it says, &amp;quot;he loved&amp;quot; -- that is, he loved in the past-tense.  And regarding Rebekah it says, &amp;quot;she loves&amp;quot; -- that is, an ongoing and continuous love, unhindered by restrictions of time.  Perhaps that is simply the difference between a mother&amp;#039;s and a father&amp;#039;s love -- but it seems to me more correct that in order to love Esau one needed a reason -- whereas there was no such requirement regarding Jacob.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;And therefore &amp;quot;because he did eat of his venison&amp;quot; -- whether in the simple or Midrashic interpretation -- was a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;reason&amp;#039;&amp;#039; for this love.  And as our Sages said, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Any love which depends on a reason - when the reason vanishes, so does the love&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|b/h/h49.htm#1|Avot 5:15}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5769/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Chayei Sarah&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Chayei Sarah&lt;/del&gt;||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5769/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Toldot&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Toldot&lt;/ins&gt;||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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{{heb|לפי פשט המילים, יצחק אהב את עשו מפני שהאכילו מטעמים (ראה גם עניין הברכה שבהמשך פרשתנו).  אבל לפי המדרש, אהב אותו מפני ש&amp;quot;צד אותו&amp;quot; במילים, בפיו.  כלומר, עשו היה רמאי והצליח לרמות את אביו - כי בלעדי זה, יצחק לא היה אוהב את האיש עשו. לעומתו רבקה אוהבת את יעקב -- מה בא להוסיף? &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;שהיתה שומעת קולו היתה מוספת לו אהבה על אהבתו&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  ששמעה קולו העוסק החכמה, ואהבתה אליו הלכה וגדלה.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{heb|ולשון המקרא מראה הבדל אחר: שאצל יצחק כתוב: &amp;quot;ויאהב&amp;quot; -- כלומר אהב, בעבר.  ולגבי רבקה כתוב &amp;quot;אוהבת&amp;quot; -- כלומר אהבה הולכת ומתמשכת, שאין לה הגבלות בזמן. אולי זה פשוט ההבדל בין אהבת האם לאהבת האב -- אבל נראה לי יותר נכון שלאהוב את עשו היה צריך עילה -- ולא היה צורך בכך לגבי יעקב.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{heb|ולכן &amp;quot;כי ציד בפיו&amp;quot; -- אם כפשוטו אם כמדרשו -- הייתה עילה לאהבה הזאת. וכמו שחז&amp;quot;ל אמרו &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;אהבה שהיא תלויה בדבר - בטל דבר, בטלה אהבה&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|b/h/h49.htm#1|אבות ה:טו}}.  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{pasuq|Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison; and Rebekah loved Jacob.|p/pt/pt0125.htm#28|Gen 25:28}}&lt;br /&gt;
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According to the simple reading of the words, Isaac loved Esau because he fed him delicacies (see also the matter of the blessing further on in our portion).  But according to the Midrash, he loved him because &amp;quot;he hunted him with words&amp;quot;, with his mouth.  That is, Esau was a deceiver and successfully deceived his father -- because were it not for that, Isaac would not have loved the man Esau.  In contrast, &amp;quot;Rebekah loved Jacob&amp;quot; -- what does that add to our understanding?  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;That she would hear his voice, and add to her love of him&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.  She would hear him learning wisdom, and her love towards him would grow stronger.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is clear that both of them loved both their children.  Is it possible to think otherwise?  Rather that as they grew and their personalities became established, it was difficult to love the man Esau because of who he was, and easy to love Jacob.&lt;br /&gt;
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And the Torah&amp;#039;s words show a different issue: regarding Isaac it says, &amp;quot;he loved&amp;quot; -- that is, he loved in the past-tense.  And regarding Rebekah it says, &amp;quot;she loves&amp;quot; -- that is, an ongoing and continuous love, unhindered by restrictions of time.  Perhaps that is simply the difference between a mother&amp;#039;s and a father&amp;#039;s love -- but it seems to me more correct that in order to love Esau one needed a reason -- whereas there was no such requirement regarding Jacob.&lt;br /&gt;
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And therefore &amp;quot;because he did eat of his venison&amp;quot; -- whether in the simple or Midrashic interpretation -- was a &amp;#039;&amp;#039;reason&amp;#039;&amp;#039; for this love.  And as our Sages said, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Any love which depends on a reason - when the reason vanishes, so does the love&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|b/h/h49.htm#1|Avot 5:15}}&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
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