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What did Rivkah mean when she said "Alai Kilelascha Beni"?

1.

Targum Yonasan and Seforno: She meant that, if Yitzchak would bless him and his children, they will be blessed, but if he curses him, then the curses will rebound on to her. 1

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Rashbam, Moshav Zekenim and Targum Onkelos: She meant that she had been told prophetically 2 that he would not be cursed!" 3

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Divrei Eliyahu and Kol Eliyahu (in 42:36): She meant that she knew prophetically that Ya?akov?s curses (great afflictions) will be "Alai' (an acronym for Eisav, Lavan, Yosef) exclusively. 4

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Ohr ha'Chayim: Just now, you mentioned a curse on yourself. A Chacham's curse is fulfilled, even if it was conditional and the condition was not fulfilled! I caused this; I accept the result on myself. "B?ni" clarifies that she does not discuss a curse that Yitzchak might give.

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Malbim: If he will want to curse you, tell him that I commanded you to do so, and his anger will be directede at me. He will know that you did not do so amidst desire for this world, only because I commanded you. He will not curse you, especially since there was the prophecy "v'Rav Ya'avod Tza'ir" (25:23). You bought the Bechorah, but this does not make you the 'Rav' that must serve the younger. For this, Eisav is still the older.


1

Like we find with Shlomoh ha'Melech, who took upon himself the curses of Yo'av, which later materialized, as recorded in Sanhedrin 48b; or, because Ya?akov did what he did at her behest. (EC).

2

Ha'KEisav veha'Kabalah: Mechilta of R. Shimon says that the Shechinah told her that Yitzchak commanded Eisav - 'Ani Metzavah Osach' (27:8) refers to the Shechinah. This combined with the prophecy of Shem, "v'Rav Ya'avod Tza'ir" (25:23).

3

Ha'KEisav veha'Kabalah: ?Alai? refers to removal. I have no concern lest he curse you.

4

Divrei Eliyahu and Kol Eliyahu, ibid.: That no additional curse will come from this - Refer to 42:36:151:2) - which explains why she did not say that Yitzchak would nooit curse him. The question remains however, that the curse of Dinah is omitted?

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