Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Angels?

On the pasuk וישלח יעקב מלאכים the medrash offers two explanations: 1] Real angels. 2] Human messengers. 

If they were angels then why did Yaakov find it necessary to send supernatural beings to Eisav? 

If they were human then why does the pasuk employ the term "מלאכים" which normally means angels?