Edom

By Hillel ben David (Greg Killian)

I. Background. 1

II. The Lives of Our Forefathers. 2

III. In the Womb. 3

IV. The Number Four 4

V. The Exiles. 7

VI. The Land of Edom.. 13

VII. Juxtaposition. 14

VIII. Escape. 15

IX. The Fall of Edom.. 16

X. Edom in the Targum.. 18

XI. Edom in Sefer HaYashar 20

XII. My Teacher’s comments. 24

XIII. The Song of Moses. 27

XIV. Ishmael 31

XV. The Great battle. 33

XVI. Amalek. 35

XVII. Palestinians. 36

XVIII. Mashiach. 37

In this paper I would like to study the import of Edom. I would like to understand the purpose of Edom and I would like to understand the tikkun, the correction, for Edom.