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Rav Hirsch points out that Yaakov knew that Lavan was a trickster and was going to attempt to avoid paying him anything. He had worked forteen years for his wives and children without getting anyth...
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sabbahillel
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2020-12-06T19:03:06Z (about 4 years ago)
- Rav Hirsch points out that Yaakov knew that Lavan was a trickster and was going to attempt to avoid paying him anything. He had worked forteen years for his wives and children without getting anything. Lavan in Vayeitze 30:27 tried to con him ito continuing to work for free.
- > I have a superstitious idea that Hashem has blessed me for your sake.
Yaakov knew that if he made a standard deal, Lavan would have cheated him. As a result he attempted to ensure that whatever he was to be paid who be obviously his and not Lavan's. as Rav Hirsch said on Vayeitzei 30:31- > You are not to *give* me anything. Jacob had experience how Laban understood how to twist and deceive in paying after the work had been don. You are to *pay* me. An arrangement must be made whereby that which is to be Jacob's wages become his property as soon as it is born; for once anything has become Laban's property it is not so easily obtained from him, however justified the demand might be.
- Indeed, after Yaakov left, Lavan chased after him and pretended that everything Yaakov had actually belonged to him.
- Rav Hirsch points out that Yaakov knew that Lavan was a trickster and was going to attempt to avoid paying him anything. He had worked forteen years for his wives and children without getting anything. Lavan in Vayeitze 30:27 tried to con him ito continuing to work for free.
- > I have a superstitious idea that Hashem has blessed me for your sake.
- Yaakov knew that if he made a standard deal, Lavan would have cheated him. As a result he attempted to ensure that whatever he was to be paid would be obviously his and not Lavan's. as Rav Hirsch said on Vayeitzei 30:31
- > You are not to *give* me anything. Jacob had experience how Laban understood how to twist and deceive in paying after the work had been don. You are to *pay* me. An arrangement must be made whereby that which is to be Jacob's wages become his property as soon as it is born; for once anything has become Laban's property it is not so easily obtained from him, however justified the demand might be.
- Indeed, after Yaakov left, Lavan chased after him and pretended that everything Yaakov had actually belonged to him.
#1: Initial revision
by
sabbahillel
·
2020-12-06T19:02:04Z (about 4 years ago)
Rav Hirsch points out that Yaakov knew that Lavan was a trickster and was going to attempt to avoid paying him anything. He had worked forteen years for his wives and children without getting anything. Lavan in Vayeitze 30:27 tried to con him ito continuing to work for free. > I have a superstitious idea that Hashem has blessed me for your sake. Yaakov knew that if he made a standard deal, Lavan would have cheated him. As a result he attempted to ensure that whatever he was to be paid who be obviously his and not Lavan's. as Rav Hirsch said on Vayeitzei 30:31 > You are not to *give* me anything. Jacob had experience how Laban understood how to twist and deceive in paying after the work had been don. You are to *pay* me. An arrangement must be made whereby that which is to be Jacob's wages become his property as soon as it is born; for once anything has become Laban's property it is not so easily obtained from him, however justified the demand might be. Indeed, after Yaakov left, Lavan chased after him and pretended that everything Yaakov had actually belonged to him.