Wednesday, February 1, 2017

parshanut torah comment - Why did Rivka consult Shem, and not Avraham or Yitzchok?


The Posuk says (Gen. 25:22) regarding Rivka:



וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אִם כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת יְ־הֹוָ־ה



Translated as: And the children struggled within her, and she said, "If [it be] so, why am I [like] this?" And she went to inquire of the Lord.



Rashi comments on this:



ותלך לדרוש: לבית מדרשו של שם



Translated as: And she went to inquire - to the academy of Shem.


The question is why go to Shem and not Avraham or Yitzchok, and what happened to Eiver?




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