The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau

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The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau

The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau

The matter appears to be something that is not truly so. A wonder at the existing contradiction in a certain thing that appears in one form but its meaning is different. A term for suspicion, for lack of trust (the recipient's likeness from the words of Isaac when he heard Jacob approaching him dressed in Esau's garments).

("And Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, and the hands are the hands of Esau" - Genesis 27:22, and likewise: "The voice is Jacob's voice, and the hands are the hands of Esau," as long as Jacob's voice is found in synagogues and in the houses of study, the hands are not the hands of Esau. And if not, "The hands are the hands of Esau," you (the nations of the world) can have them" - Genesis 27:7)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הַקֹּול קוֹל יַעֲקֹב וְהַיָּדַיִים יְדֵי עֵשָׂו

Definition (Hebrew)

הַדָּבָר נֶחֱזֶה לִהְיוֹת מָה שֶׁאֵינוֹ בֶּאֱמֶת. תְּמִיהָה עַל סְתִירָה הַקַּיֶּמֶת בְּדָבָר מְסֻיָּם שֶׁנִּרְאֶה בְּצוּרָה אַחַת אַךְ מַשְׁמָעוּתוֹ שׁוֹנָה. כִּנּוּי לַחֲשָׁד לְחֹסֶר אֲמִינוּת (דִּמּוּי הַלָּקוּחַ מִדִּבְרֵי יִצְחָק בְּשִׁמְעוֹ אֶת יַעֲקֹב שֶׁנִּגַּשׁ אֵלָיו כְּשֶׁהוּא לָבוּשׁ בְּבִגְדֵי עָשָׁיו).

("וַיִּגַּשׁ יַעֲקֹב אֶל יִצְחָק אָבִיו וַיְמֻשֵּׁהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר הַקֹּל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב וְהַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי עֵשָׂו"- בְּרֵאשִׁית כז כב, וְכֵן:"הַקֹּל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב וְהַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי עֵשָׂו", כָּל זְמַן שֶׁקּוֹלוֹ שֶׁל יַעֲקֹב מָצוּי בְּבָתֵּי כְּנֶסֶת וּבְבָתֵּי מִדְרָשׁ, אֵין הַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי עֵשָׂו. וְאִם לָאו, "הַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי עֵשָׂו", אַתֶּם (אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם) יְכוֹלִים לָהֶם"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה סה)

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