Genesis 33: Vampire Diaries

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Oct 16, 2025 · 4m

“Esav ran togreet him. He embraced him and, falling on his neck, he kissed him; and theywept”:

וַיָּרָץ עֵשָׂו לִקְרָאתוֹ וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל עַל־צַוָּארָו וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ וַיִּבְכּוּ׃

(Bereishit 33:4)

In the text,the word וַיִּשָּׁקֵהוּ (vayishakeihu – “he kissed him”) has dots overeach letter. The Midrash explains that the Torah is conveying a hiddenmeaning. When Esav fell on Yaacov’s neck to kiss him, he really wanted to biteYaacov’s neck, but the neck became hard as marble (or Esav’s teeth became softlike wax). The implication here is that Esav meant to harm Yaacov, but Godintervened…