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In order for him to fulfill his archetypal role as a person’s grabbing at what comes around so as to investigate, Yaaqov1 took from Esau2 (his patrolling experience, grabbing at things noticed in being stirred up by them) the first thing that Esau’s hunting acquired from experience. Esau’s birthright, from the root BaKhaR (בכר) which means to well up first, symbolized this first thing. In order for Yaaqov to further his role as investigator of experience, it also became necessary for him to excel (in his ability to investigate things) while subduing the distractions coming forth from Esau, in his taking notice of any stirring thing. To achieve that, he took for himself the b
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A quick perusal of English Torah translations demonstrate a difficulty in translating, k’tonet pasim (כתנת פסים), Yoseph’s coat of many colors. There can be found: “coat of many colors, coat of long sleeves, coat of long length and coat of stripes.” The word pasim (פסים) comes from the root PaSaH (פסה) meaning to spread or spread apart. In Psalms 72:16, this word means abundance. It also carries a sense of “what is widely spread apart” which is made evident by two related roots PaSaS (vanish – פסס) and /aPhaS (to be the end of – אפס). The word k’tonet (כתנת) is specifically a coat made out of felt, one that is compressed and matted together.