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#385: Word Games

#385: Word Games

Rashi on Parashat Toldot, Bereshit/Genesis 25:28

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George Orwell’s 1984, the “doubleplusgood” novel that brought us the idea of Newspeak and oxymoronic gems like, “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”

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Bereshit/Genesis 25:28

וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב יִצְחָ֛ק אֶת־עֵשָׂ֖ו כִּי־צַ֣יִד בְּפִ֑יו וְרִבְקָ֖ה אֹהֶ֥בֶת אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃

Isaac favored …

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