Toldos 27:22 · unit 3

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 27:22

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּגַּ֧שׁ יַעֲקֹ֛ב אֶל־יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו וַיְמֻשֵּׁ֑הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הַקֹּל֙ ק֣וֹל יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְהַיָּדַ֖יִם יְדֵ֥י עֵשָֽׂו׃

So Yaakov drew close to his father Yitzchak, who felt him and wondered, “The voice is the voice of Yaakov, yet the hands are the hands of Esav.”

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Ta’anit.

TT lemma: הקול קול יעקב.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
רַבִּי הָיָה דּוֹרֵשׁ, הַקֹּל קוֹל יַעֲקֹב וְהַיָּדַיִם יְדֵי עֵשָׂו, קוֹלוֹ שֶׁל יַעֲקֹב צוֹוֵחַ מִמַּה שֶּׁעָשׂוּ לוֹ יְדֵי עֵשָׂו בְּבֵיתֵר.

English: Rabbi used to expound: “The voice is the voice of Yaakov and the hands are the hands of Esav” — the voice of Yaakov cries out because of what the hands of Esav did to him at Beitar.

On the daf / in context: The cry of Yaakov is the lament over the massacre at Beitar at the hands of Rome.

Type of Learning

Custom (Yerushalmi — the cry over Beitar)

What Is Learned

The voice of Yaakov that cries out is the outcry over the destruction wrought by the hands of Esav at Beitar.