Big Plans
Big Plans: R Hirsh
Big Plans: Malbim
Who said to whom?
Who said to whom? #2
100
Hashem had a plan for Yaakov to get the blessing, what did Hashem do to Yitzchak to make this plan come true?
Made Yitzchak blind
100
According to Rav Hirsch, why didn’t Rivka just tell Yitzchak that Esav was wicked?
She understood that if Yitzchak could come to the realization on his own it would be more effective in getting him to accept that Esav was actually wicked
100
According to the Malbim, is the blessing that Yitzchak gives to Yaakov just before Yaakov leaves to Charan the same one that Yaakov received when he brought the food to Yitzchak?
No, it is different. The ברכת אברהם is something that can only be earned. Yitzchak did not have in mind to give that to Esav.
100
Go hunt game for me and bring it to me so my soul can bless you
Yitzchak to Esav
100
Maybe my father will feel me
Yaakov to Rivka
200
What did Rivka dress Yaakov with so that he could disguise as Esav?
Goat skin (and Esav's special clothes)
200
According to Rav Hirsch, what is the meaning of Yitzchak’s trembling when Esav finally arrives?
He was trembling in the recognition that he had mistakenly judge Esav favorably all these years.
200
According to the Malbim, did Yitzchak’s plan work out as he had hoped?
No, Yitzchak realized that a partnership would be ineffective and thus agreed that Yaakov deserved both aspects: spiritual and physical
200
Your curse will be on me (not you)
Rivka to Yaakov
200
How were you able to be so fast?
Yitzchak to Yaakov
300
Why does Yitzchak say “the קול is the קול of Yaakov, but the hands are the hands of Esav”?
Yaakov used words that Esav didn't normally use ("please" and "Hashem made it happen")
300
According to Rav Hirsch, how do we see that Rivka’s plan was effective?
When Esav enters, Yitzchak declares that Yaakov deserves the blessing
300
Daily Double: Besides the Malbim’s interpretation, there are several meforshim who explanation for what Yitzchak was thinking. How do they explain why Yitzchak wanted to bless Esav?
Yitzchak hoped that getting the blessings would help Esav to improve
300
I am. Esav is your first born
Yaakov to Yitzchak
300
You should be a master over your brother…those who curse you shall be cursed…
Yitzchak to Yaakov (who he thought was actually Esav)
400
This is why Rivka planned to send Yaakov away to her brother’s house?
So that he wouldn't be killed by Esav
400
According to Rav Hirsch, it is quite clear that Rivka did not expect Yaakov to actually get any blessing; rather, she had in mind to do what?
She had in mind to get Yitzchak to realize that Esav was wicked and undeserving of the blessing and that Yitzchak had been mistaken all these years.
400
Which brother would specialize in which area of life: spiritual vs. physical?
Yaakov- spiritual Esav- physical
400
Didn’t you save one blessing for me?!?
Esav to Yitzchak
400
He deserves the blessing
Yitzchak to Esav (regarding Yaakov)
500
This is why Yitzchak planned to send Yaakov away to Lavan’s house
So he could find a suitable wife
500
How did Rav Hirsch know that Rivka could not have actually intended for Yaakov to walk away with the blessings?
Yitzchak would have Esav in mind when giving the blessings, so there is no way the blessings could have been effective for Yaakov
500
According to the Malbim, Yitzchak envisioned a certain kind of relationship between the descendants of his two sons. What kind of relationship would they have?
Partnership
500
I can’t stand life if Yaakov marries a Canaanite woman
Rivka to Yitzchak
500
You shall live by the sword
Yitzhak to Esav
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