Rebecca's Children: A Lost Opportunity?

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December 03 2014
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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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