Turnusrufus to Rabbi Akiva: “Why does the Holy One Blessed be He, hate us, for he wrote, ‘And Eisav I have hated'”?
Midrash Tanchuma (Parshat Truma, #3) “And Eisav I have hated” (Malachi 1:3) , There was an incident with Turnusrufus who asked Rabbi Akiva, “why does the Holy One Blessed be He, hate us, for he wrote, ‘And Eisav I have … Continued