Talmud zu Bereschit 27:41
וַיִּשְׂטֹ֤ם עֵשָׂו֙ אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֔ב עַל־הַ֨בְּרָכָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּרֲכ֖וֹ אָבִ֑יו וַיֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו בְּלִבּ֗וֹ יִקְרְבוּ֙ יְמֵי֙ אֵ֣בֶל אָבִ֔י וְאַֽהַרְגָ֖ה אֶת־יַעֲקֹ֥ב אָחִֽי׃
Und Esau ward Jakob feind wegen des Segens, den ihm sein Vater gegeben hatte, und Esau dachte in seinem Herzen: Lass nur erst die Zeit der Trauer um meinen Vater kommen, dann werde ich meinen Bruder Jakob erschlagen.
Jerusalem Talmud Avodah Zarah
“Saturnalia,” “hidden hatred; hating, taking revenge, preserving [hatred].98A proposed Hebrew etymology of “Saturnalia.”” This is what you say, Esau hated Jacob99Gen. 27:41.. Rebbi Isaac ben Rebbi Eleazar said, in Rome they call it “senate of Esau100In Gen. rabba66(7) there is a different, more intelligible version: Esau hated Jacob; R. Eleazar ben R. Yose said, he was his steward (סַנְטֻרוי) but became hating, taking revenge, preserving [hatred]; for this one calls the Senators (סֶנָטֹרוי) of Rome. For סנטר saltuarius cf. Bava mesi‘a5:7 Note 138..”
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