perek chuf hay

Question 1

why is Eisavs name Edom

Answer 1

at the end of that perek he says pour that red stuff into me

Question 2

how come HaShem answered Yitzhak over Rivka

Answer 2

If you have a parent thats a rasha you will want to rebel and be a tzadik
but while you have a parent that’s a tzadik - its harder to be a tzadik ben tzadik
bc you alr have a role model and its harder to be a diff role model

Question 3

rivka gets pregenant and says

Answer 3

if its like this who needs this

Question 4

what does Rivka mean by this

Answer 4

1) I used to be productive now who needs me
2) systems of the heart - who needs me

Question 5

what happens when Avrhama goes to Cannaan vs Amram

Answer 5

Amram gets rocks thrown at him
and thrown into fiery furnace
Canaan gets treated like a president

Question 6

why does avrham want someone from amram for yitzhak

Answer 6

Caanan were changing sides while Amram was stubborn
Avrham says we will need someone stubborn since as Jews we will go through a lot of tests
and rivka will pass down this trait

Question 7

so what does it mean when she says who needs me

Answer 7

if I have a kid that’s changing sides - kicking by shem v ever and kicking by avodah zara - why did they need my stubbornness if it didn’t pass down

Question 8

what happens when she goes to shem v ever

Answer 8

tells her she has twins - says BH bc she has one tzadik and one rasha not a wishy washy kid

Question 9

why is it better to have a rasha than a wishy washy kid

Answer 9

when someone is wishy washy they are being fake to themselves and not owning their feelings

Question 10

she gives birth and what happens

Answer 10

has identical twins

Question 11

who si born - what are their names

Answer 11

esiav and yaakov

Question 12

describe eisav

Answer 12

red and hairy

Question 13

what odes hair rep and why

Answer 13

extra bc hair has no significant us just extra
- he makes it in olam hazeh
- born with same physical potential as Yaakov just extra

Question 14

how is it that the same looking children can come out one being a rasha and one being a tzadik
according to rav hirsh

Answer 14

says you have to teach children acording to their nature and adjust your parenting to the child

Question 15

why was it it mistake to not tailor parenting to eisav

Answer 15

well for one avrham was happy to learn while eisav was not
that’s why two years later he comes back tired - he feels insignificant like whats my purpose in life - he is tired and exhausted

Question 16

what was yaakov cooking and for what

Answer 16

for his father yitzhak - has round food

Question 17

what was eisavs kibud av

Answer 17

tremendous but still feels like life is empty

Question 18

why is he named red - what was Eisav lie

Answer 18

for his lie because he knows avraham died, he knows why Yaakov is cooking, knows yitzhak is still in mourning and meant to eat lentils
pretends to not know - the only thing significant to him is to fulfill his hunger

Question 19

whats the two aspects of Kibud Av

Answer 19

Bein Adam Lmkaom -> better in clean clothes (what Eisav did)
Bein Adam Lchavro ->I don’t want you to be my mitzvah - so just be in clothes you are in

• Rabbi Gamliel is jealous of this aspect of Eisavs Kibud AV

Question 20

why does Eisav give up birth right for soup

Answer 20

life is a lie - nothing is of significance
His chinuck should’ve been tailored but despite this still responsible for his choices