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Dora Bas Rivka Silver O'H

Vayishlach - Sh’vi’i

Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
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Foreshadowing

By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz

This aliyah begins with the genealogy of Seir, who had inhabited the land before Eisav. It continues with a list of Edomite kings whose reign preceded any Israelite kings. (This foreshadows the fact that there some day would BE Israelite kings!)