Parasha From a Poets Perspective: Parashas Toldos - Voice of Yaakov
In this weeks Parasha we learn about the birth and personalities of Yaakov and Esav. We learn about how Esav was a man good at trapping and the commentators say this refers to his actual trapping of the animals when he would hunt in the fields as well as the way he would fool his father with his words, by asking such ridiculous question to "trap" his father, Yitzchak Avinu and make him think Esav was a righteous man, when in fact he was a wicked one. Quite possibly for the majority of people this Parasha talks about how Yaakov received the blessings from Yitzchak. Yitzchak was intending to give it to Esav, however, G-d arranged it so that Yaakov trick his father and rightfully receive them for himself, as G-d wanted. We know that the verse says about Esav, that was a hairy man, hence why Yaakov dresses in the hairy coat of Esav, in order to make his father think he was blessing Esav but in reality he is not. He is blessing Yaakov instead. In this passage or part of the Parash...