IN THEIR ANGER THEY KILLED A MAN...CURSED IS THEIR [shimon's and levi's] ANGER (Bereshis 49:6-7).
Why did Yaakov criticize them for executing the town of Shechem? Rambam and Ramban say Shechem was liable to the death penalty!
They acted in anger. They were not purely concerned with the town's guilt (Ramban).
MAY THE ANGEL WHO REDEEMS ME FROM ALL EVIL BLESS THE YOUNGSTERS [efraim and menashe]...MAY THEY MULTIPLY LIKE FISH WITHIN THE LAND (48:16).
How can Yaakov speak of fish on land?
Fish are a world apart in the water. The beauty of the Jewish people is that they too are a world apart, but are so in the midst of the earth, participating in earthly life (Rav SR Hirsch).
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