Rome, Western Civilization and us

1 Rome, Western Civilization and us d"a Source text A1: r B I e F½l ÆlŸkï `³ Ÿl i M ` xà I e :x g«ẍ d zf l r c r F½O r ÆWi ` w a `«I e F C a l aÿ w r«i x zë I e ` Ÿl Æx n`ÿ I e x g Ẍ d d l r i M i p½ g N W x n`ÿí e :F«O r F w a«` d A aÿ½w r«i K x iîs M Ær w Y e F k x iîs k A :i p«ÿ k x«aîm ` i M ½L g«n W ` And Yaakov was left alone and a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. And he saw that he could not prevail against him, and he touched the socket of his hip, and the socket of his hip became dislocated as he wrestled with him. And he (the man ) said: Let me go for the dawn is breaking, but he (Yaakov) said: I will not send you unless you bless me. Bereishis 32:26-28 Source text A2: x g W d l r i W c r x nfl M"x g W d zfl r c r" dï d mfc ` l W FxÜ"Fn r Wi ` w a ` i e" m lfr d zfne`.d l i l l d nfc zel b d i M,x g W l d nfc `Ed W l ` x U i z rew i - l `x U i l 'd K x c n m zfr h d l i c M l ` x U i m r mi wä ` p d rẅ x d mfc ` zek l ne and a 'man' wrestled with him - this is the ministering angel of Edom. until the break of dawn meaning until the break of Israel s dawn, i.e. the salvation of Israel, which is likened to dawn, considering that the Exile is likened to night. [This means that] the nations of the world and the wicked Edomite kingdom wrestle with Israel to mislead them for the way of Hashem. Midrash Lekach Tov Source text A3: m pfn n m di l r ai a g W mi wi c v l o` M n mi p h w oi k R l r xi i Y W p W x f ri l ` i A x x n ` mẗeb n x zfi Said Rabbi Eliezer: He remained(behind) over small jars. From here we learn that for the righteous their possessions are more dear to them than their own bodies. Talmud, Chulin 91a Source text A4:."'Fc a l aÿw r i x zë i e' aÿw r i s `,'Fc a l 'd a b U p e' FA aez M `Ed KExÄ WFcẅ d d n" Just as regarding Hashem it says He will be exalted alone on that day, so Yaakov was left alone Midrash, Bereishis Rabba

2 Source text B1: 'Ÿd x n`ÿ I e :'dîz ` W x c l K l Y e i kÿ p ` d G dö l o½ MÎm ` x n`ÿý e D½Ä x w A Æmi pä d E³v vÿ x z I e «:xi«r v cÿ a r«i a x e u½ n `«i mÿ ` l n ÆmŸ` le Ec x R i K i r O n mi ½ Oà l i p WE K½ p h a A Æm ifb i³ p W DÀ l And the children struggled within her, and she said: If so, why am I (like this)? and she went to enquire of Hashem. And Hashem said to her: Two nations are in your womb, two kingdoms will separate from your innards, one kingdom will become mightier than the other kingdom, and the elder will serve the younger. Bereishis 25:22, 23 Source text B2: :mi«l dÿ«` a Wi :e«ü r F n W E ` x w I e x r U z x C ` M F NªM i ½ pfn c ` ÆoFW` x«d `³ v I e m½ÿ Wi ` ÆaŸw r«i e d cü Wi ` c i v r cÿi Wi² ` eàü r i d i e mi½ x r P d ÆEl C b I«e And the first one emerged ruddy; he was completely like a coat of hair, and they named him Eisav. And the youths grew up and Eisav was a man who understood hunting, a man of the field, whereas Yaakov was an innocent man, dwelling in tents. Bereishis 25:25, 27 Source text B3: When one rises, the other falls l tfp d f,mẅ d f W M Rashi on Bereishis 25:23 Source text B4: mï A d pẅ u r p e l `i x a b c xï dÿr x R z A z ` dÿnÿl W `Ü p W d rẅ A w g v i i A x x n ` i nfx A W lfc b j x M d p a p ei l r e ofh x U d l r d e Said Rabbi Yitzchak: At the time that King Shlomo married the daughter of Pharaoh, Gavriel descended and planted a reed in the Mediterranean, and a sandbank formed upon which the great city of Rome was built. Talmud, Sanhedrin 21b

3 Source Text C1: Li a ` l mi² O r h n m zÿ` d U r«` e mi aÿh mi G r i ic B i² p W màẍ n i lîg w e o`ÿ½s dîl ` Æ` pîk l :a«d ` x W `«M Go, please, to the flock and take for me from there two good kids, and I will make them tasty foods for your father, as he loves. Bereishis 27:9 Source Text C2: :w«l g Wi ` i kÿp«` e x½ rü Wi ` Æi g ` e³ü r o d F O ` d w a xîl ` aÿ½w r«i x n`ÿí e And Yaakov said to Rivka, his mother: Behold, Eisav, my brother is a hairy man, while I am a smooth man. Bereishis 27:11 Source Text D1: :l«f` f r«l c g ` l xfb e 'd«l Æc g ` l³ xfb zf l xÿ«b m xi r V d i p WÎl r oÿ x d«` ² o z p e And Aharon shall place lots upon the two he-goats, one lot for Hashem and the other for Azazel. Vayikra 16:8 Source Text D2: o di p W Ei d i W i p W x nfl cen l Y d n m i p W i xi r U heri n "mi f r i xi r U i p U g w i" x"y oi eẅ The Sages taught: He shall take two he-goats. Goats implies a minimum of two, why does the Torah say (two)? To teach us that they must be identical. Talmud Bavli, Yoma 62a Source Text D3: F²zŸ` g N W l ei l r x R k l 'd i p t l i² gîc n r«ï l½ f` f r«l Æl xfb d ei³ l r d l r Áx W ` xià r V d e :d x«ä c O d l f` f r«l And the he goat upon which the lot for Azazel came up, shall be made to stand alive before Hashem, for atonement upon it and to send it away to Azazel, to the desert. Vayikra 16:10

4 Source Text D4: And you shall make a covering for the tent of ram skins dyed red Shemos 26:14 mi n C ` n m li ` zÿ xÿr l dÿ½` l Æd q k n zi³ U r e Source Text E1:. r«p x A W cẅ c r xi r UÎx d K x C axÿg«n ½ ÆmFi x Ü r c g ` Eleven days' journey from Chorev, by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea Devarim 1:2 Source Text E2: :mi «`ªl he mi Cªw p mi Cªw r o`ÿ½s d o c l Y e zf l w O dîl ` o`ÿ S d E n g«i e And the flocks came into heat by the rods, and the animals bore ringed, spotted, and striped [young] Bereishis 30:39 speckled Heb. cÿw p, spotted with small patches like dots, poynture in Old French, speckled. spotted Heb. `elḧ, an expression of patches, wide spots. ringed Unusual in the place where they are bound. Those are the joints of their forelegs and hind legs. Rashi Source Text E4: Hashem created worlds and destroyed them Midrash Bereishis Rabbah 9:2 oäi x g ne zfn lfr d pfa dï d d"awd Source Text E5: : l«` x U i i p a l K l nîk l n i p t l mf c ` u x ` A E k l n x W ` mi ½ k l O d Æd N ` e a äfi ei½ÿ g Y K Ÿl n I e (2 r l Ä z n Ï e :dä«d p C F xi r m W e xf r AÎo A r l A mf ½c `«A K Ÿl n I e (1 m Ẅªgz n Ï e :i«p ni«y d u x ` n m Ẅªg ei½ÿ g Y K Ÿl n I e (3 a äfi z n Ï e :d x vä n «g x fîo A z n Ï e :zi«e r F xi r m W e a½ `Fn d c U A Æoï c nîz ` d³ M O d cc AÎo A À c c d ei¹ÿ g Y K Ÿl n I e (4 le `Ẅ ei½ÿ g Y K Ÿl n I e (6 d l n Uz n Ï e :d«ẅ x U O n d l n U ei½ÿ g Y K Ÿl n I e (5 c c d o p g l r A»z n»ï e :xf «A k rîo A o p g l r A ei½ÿ g Y K Ÿl n I e (7 le `Ẅz n Ï e :x«d P d zf aÿg x«n...er R F xi r m W e xc d ½ ÆeiŸ g Y K³ Ÿl n I e (8 ¼xFA k rîo A Bereishis 36:37-39

5 Source Text E6: There was no king in Edom mf c `«A oi² ` K l ne I Melachim 22:48 Source Text E7: o dä ai WFd l mi wë W Ep w Y.o n v r K xfv l ` l ` Ep w Y `Ÿl Ep w Y W d n l M x n ` i"ayx q k n m d n lfhi l mi xẅ b,m n v r m dä o c r l zf` v g x n o dä Ep w Y,zFpFf Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said: All that they established was only for themselves- They established markets to place harlots in them; bathhouses to groom themselves; bridges to collect tolls... Talmud, Shabbos 33b Source Text F1: cfa M d ` q M c r m di zfl b x n w a ` El r d W c n l n i e l o A rªwfd i i A x x n ` Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: This teaches us that their feet raised dust to the Divine Throne of Glory Talmud, Chulin 91a Reference I: aÿw r i <-- wÿaï <-- w a ` Source Text F2: d g t W e c a r e o`ÿ v xf½n g«e xfẃæi lîi d i«e And I have acquired oxen and donkeys, flocks, manservants, and maidservants, Bereishis 32:6 Material Reference II: <-- xneg <-- xeng

6 Source Text F3: e³ü r u x Ï e : ei «g `Îc r F Y W B Îc r mi ½ n r R r a W : E«M a I e Ed wẍ I e Æd v x ` Eg³ Y W I e e x`ë vîl r lÿ R I e m di p t l x a r `E d e Ed½ w A g i«e ÆFz` x w l And he went ahead of them and prostrated himself to the ground seven times, until he came close to his brother. And Eisav ran toward him and embraced him, and he fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. Bereishis 33:3-4 Source Text F4: l b x le Æi pẗ lîx W ` d³ k` l O d l b x l i À H ` l d l d«p z ` i º p ` e F C a r i p t l i pÿc ` ` pîxä r i :d xi«r U i pÿc `Îl ` `Ÿ a `Îx W ` c² r mic l i d ½ Now, let my master go ahead before his servant, and I will move [at] my own slow pace, according to the pace of the work that is before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my master, to Seir." Bereishis 33:14 Source Text F5: :c«g ` m k W F c a r l d½ëÿd i m W A Æm Nªk `Ÿ x w l ³ d xex a d ẗÜ mi O rîl ` KŸ R d ` f² `Îi M For then I will convert the peoples to a pure language that all of them call in the name of Hashem, to worship Him of one accord Tzephaniah 3:9 Appendix: x nf` e "m r d l r x R k i e z xÿh w d z ` o Y i e" x n ` p W xä c Fl x q n z e n d j ` l n s `?r cï dë d i n di l x n ` c e` l i ` "'ebe mi i g d oi ae mi z n d oi A cÿn r i e" Talmud, Shabbos 89a