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Unity delayed
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Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Jerusalem Post
12-04-1998
"And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom." (Gen. 32:4)
The tension between Jacob and Esau - a sibling rivalry which reverberates throughout the generations as Rome vs. Jerusalem - comes to an uneasy and temporary resolution in this week's Torah reading. However, it would appear that Jacob is the one who rebuffs Esau's desire for a real coming together. "And [Esau] said: 'let us take our journey, and let us go [together]...' And [Jacob] said to him: 'My master ...
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