Rebecca's Children: A Lost Opportunity?

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December 03 2014
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Vayishlach 

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Tradition generally takes a very negative view of Eisav. Yet the Midrash is very critical of Yaakov for not offering his daughter Dinah to his older brother. What is this Midrash getting at and what does it mean for our attitude toward non-Jews in general and Christian Europe in particular?

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    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Judy & Mark Frankel & family in memory of their dear son & brother משה יהודה ז"ל בן מאיר אליהו upon his fifth yahrzeit, and in memory of their dear father מרדכי בן הרב משה יהודה ע"ה and by Alan and Fran Broder to commemorate the yahrzeit oftheir grandmother, Ida Lipnick, Chaya bas Refael, A'H and by the Spira Family l'ilui nishmat Chanoch ben Moshe Chaim