ויאמר עשו אל יעקב הלעיטני נא מן האדם הזה ויאמר יעקב מכרה כיום את בכרתך
On the surface, to the uneducated reader, the story of Yaakov Avinu purchasing the bechorah, birthright, from Eisav seems highly enigmatic. Horav David Povarsky, zl, compares it to a shrewd man who saw a young child playing with a bag of diamonds. The man offered to give the young boy a bag of chocolates in exchange for the diamonds. The boy jumped at the idea and readily made the trade. Clearly, we would look askance at such a person. How could he have the temerity to take such advantage of an unknowing child? Eisav was clueless concerning the value of…
