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#616: Why Steal Idols?

#616: Why Steal Idols?

Rashi and Ḥizkuni on Parashat Vayetze, Bereshit/Genesis 31:19

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A woman stealing a small idol

Bereshit/Genesis 31:19

וְלָבָן הָלַךְ לִגְזֹז אֶת־צֹאנוֹ וַתִּגְנֹב רָחֵל אֶת־הַתְּרָפִים אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיהָ׃ וַיִּגְנֹב יַעֲקֹב אֶת־לֵב לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי עַל־בְּלִי הִגִּיד לוֹ כִּי בֹרֵחַ הוּא׃

Meanwhile Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s oracle idols. Jacob stole the heart of Lavan the Aramean, n…

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