Following is a translation to Hebrew of The Kiss of Esau from November 25, 2010.
The Kiss Of Esau
Erev Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Wayeishev 5771
Last week, Jews read Parashath Wayishlah. One pasuq in particular caught my attention. Coming back into Eretz Yisra’elwith his family, Ya’aqov is warned that his brother Esau approaches, and so he prepares to meet him through prayer, military strategy, and gifts. When Ya’aqov and Esau meet, this is what happens...
וַיָּרָץ עֵשָׂו לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ, וַיִּפֹּל עַל-צַוָּארָו וַׄיִּׄשָּׁׄקֵ֑ׄהׄוּׄ; וַיִּבְכּוּ. (בראשית לג,ד)
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell upon his neck, and kissed him; and they wept. (Gen. 33:4)
Rash”i comments…
וישקהו, נקוד עליו, ויש חולקין בדבר הזה בברייתא דספרי, יש שדרשו נקודה זו לומר שלא נשקו בכל לבו. אמר ר’ שמעון בר יוחאי הלכה היא בידוע שעשו שונא ליעקב, אלא שנכמרו רחמיו באותה שעה ונשקו בכל לבו.
And he kissed him..., is dotted above it [in a Torah scroll], there is disagreement on this point in a baraita of Sifri, there are those who view the dots saying that he [Esau] did not kiss him with all of his heart. R’ Shimon Bar Yohai says the halacha is well known that Esau hates Ya’aqov, but he took pity upon him at that moment, and he did kiss him with all of his heart.
After citing the same midrash regarding the presence of dots above the word (וישקהו), Bereishith Rabba (75:9) continues with an alternative view…
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