Jacob receives the blessing from his father Isaac while Esau approaches, unsuspecting.
Above: Jacob receives the blessing from his father Isaac while Esau approaches, unsuspecting.

The deceptive way in which Jacob receives his father’s blessing is rather unsettling. There is an interesting discussion of it by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on his website, here.

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