GEN1298 And was she not Leah until now? – Because of the tokens that Jacob had given to Rachel [so that Lavan not substitute Leah in the darkness], and which she, in turn, had given to Leah [so that she not be shamed in the situation she had been placed into], he had not recognized her until that time [when it became light] Megillah 13b TEMIMAH-GEN 130-1

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GEN1303 [lit., “See the son”] – What is signified by the name “Reuven”?   Leah said: “See the difference between my son and the son [Esau] of my father –in-law [Isaac.]   For the son of my father-in-law, though he sold his birthright willingly, it is written about him Genesis 27:41: ‘And Esau hated Jacob,’ whereas my son, though Joseph forcibly took the birthright from him, as it is written I Chronicles 5:1: ‘But since he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph’ – still, he was not envious of him, as it is written Genesis 37:21: ‘And Reuven heard, and he rescued him [Joseph] from their hands’ Berachot 7b TEMIMAH-GEN 132

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GEN1305 R. Yochanan said in the name of R. Shimon b. Yochai: “From the day that the Holy One Blessed be He created the universe, no one had ever thanked Him, until Leah arrived upon the scene and thanked Him, as it is written: ‘This time, I will thank the Lord’” Berachot 7b TEMIMAH-GEN 132

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GEN1306 R. Yehoshua b. Levi said: “If one has no children, it is as if he is dead, as it is written: ‘And if not, I am dead’” Nedarim 64b TEMIMAH-GEN 132

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GEN1317 Of what significance if this? Rava b. R. Yitzchak said in the name of Rav: “We are hereby shown that the righteous ones do not stretch out their hands to take what is not theirs” [for only after the fields have been harvested is it permitted to glean from them] Sanhedrin 99b TEMIMAH-GEN 132-3

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GEN1322 “Blessing follows upon the heels of Torah scholars, as it is written: “I have learned of signs that the Lord blessed me for your [Jacob’s] sake’” Berachot 42a TEMIMAH-GEN 135

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GEN1327 It was taught: R. Akiva said: ‘I love the Medes [for their discretion], for when they take counsel with each other, they do so only in the field [where they cannot be overheard.]’ R. Adda b. Ahava said: “Where in Scripture is this seen to be a desirable practice? – ‘And Jacob sent, and called Rachel and Leah to the field’” Berachot 8b TEMIMAH-GEN 135

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GEN1330 A workers must work with all his strength, for the righteous one, Jacob, said: “For I served your father with all my strength.”   He, therefore, was rewarded for his labors in this world, too, as it is written Genesis 30:43: “And the man [Jacob] prospered exceedingly” Rambam, Sechiruth 13:17 TEMIMAH-GEN 135

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GEN1338 We can understand that Lavan should not speak evil to Jacob, but why not good?  This teaches us that the good of the wicked is evil to the righteous.   And what evil can arise here? He might promise him good in the name of his gods Yevamot 103b TEMIMAH-GEN 135-6

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GEN1352 It was taught: “Until what point is a hired watchman required to watch? Until the point of: ‘Thus I was: In the day, the drought consumed me, and in the night, the frost’” Baba Metzia 93b TEMIMAH-GEN 136

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