tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post5969393916958515291..comments2024-03-25T09:43:27.402-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: Asher haglah m'Yerushalyim Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-73230917850089896472019-03-22T08:50:58.919-04:002019-03-22T08:50:58.919-04:00a little known side story, as told over by ha'...a little known side story, as told over by ha'pawleet: Eisav's Hittite wives, whenever they would visit family in Hevron, would at their husband's bidding mark Avraham's portion in Machpelah with defamatory graffiti, because 'he dared to raise a knife to my father Yitzchak'. after years of having the vandalism erased again and again*, Yitzchok finally paid instead a "1)"** annual tax to the children of Het for regular upkeep of the kever. thus did the wives of Eisav prepare the taxes of their husband's father, quite "above and beyond the call of duty"!***<br /><br />*when visiting for yahrtzeits, for example<br /><br />**[1) which is 1), but not 2) which is 3), nor 3) which is 2)]<br /><br />***Eisav was posthumously forgiven on High for the tax, when his head rolled wisely into the cave of Machpelah...alonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177738305527364094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-87142131430149669432019-03-20T11:27:39.971-04:002019-03-20T11:27:39.971-04:00we've heard kabbalists say that Mordechai was ...we've heard kabbalists say that Mordechai was a gilgul of Yaakov, Haman a gilgul of Eisav-- let's look for some of "2) what's under" this: when Haman sees that Mordechai refuses to bow, rather than fall on his neck* and kiss him (33:4), he readies a noose! <br />on the other hand, rather than refuse Eisav's offer of escort (33:13-14), Mordechai accepts one on much more favorable terms (Esther 6:11)!<br /><br />*speaking of necks, was Moshe's nape stiff? at Shemos 2:12 we see him 'turn', not 'look', one way and another; which is to say that "3) [e]ven though politically he was an insider, his identity remained that of an outsider"!!! :-)alonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177738305527364094noreply@blogger.com