This week’s parsha contains one of the Torah’s most difficult-to-accept stories: The story of Jacob’s deception so that he could receive his father’s blessings that were intended for his brother, Esav. Our tradition teaches that Jacob was the apotheosis of our development as a Jewish people: he was the forefather who became a complete, exemplary human being. Yet, in this parsha, Jacob appears to be a cheater who deceives his father and steals from his brother. Moreover, we are taught that Jacob exemplified the trait of