By Rabbi Guido Cohen
Asociación Israelita Montefiore Bogotá, Colombia.
At the beginning of this week’s Parashah, Jacob sends a message to his brother Esau saying: "im Laban garti" // "I stayed with Laban and remained until now."
Rashi, in a beautiful interpretation, claims that “I resided” refers to the fact that he has not managed to settle down, that he has not been extolled in the land of Laban as a powerful man, but that he was perhaps just a foreigner. According to Rashi, Jacob says this to appease Esau and to prove to him that Isaac’s blessing that would have made him more powerful than Esau, has not come to pass.







