When Yaakov sent messengers to Eisav, he emphasized that all that he had earned while working for Lavan did not result from his father’s blessings. They were neither from “the dew of the heavens” nor from “the fat of the land.” What prompted Yaakov to say this? Horav Noach Orlowek, Shlita, cites the Vilna Gaon who asserts that anger first originates in the mind; the angry person feels he has a legitimate reason to be angry. It later develops into words which one expresses when he vents his anger. If uncommunicated, these “words” lead to actions which can, at times,…
