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<mekorot><multilink><a href="BereshitRabbah74-5" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah</a><a href="BereshitRabbah74-5" data-aht="source">74:5</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink>, Rashi,</mekorot>
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<p>rachel took the terafim so that her father would no longer worship them.</p>
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<mekorot><multilink><a href="BereshitRabbah74-5" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah</a><a href="BereshitRabbah74-5" data-aht="source">74:5</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink>,&#160;<multilink><a href="RChananelcitedbyRBachyaBereshit31-19" data-aht="source">R. Chananel</a><a href="RChananelcitedbyRBachyaBereshit31-19" data-aht="source">(cited by R. Bachya) Bereshit 31:19</a><a href="R. Chananel b. Chushiel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chananel b. Chushiel</a></multilink>,&#160;</mekorot>
 
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Version as of 08:27, 18 November 2015

Rachel's Stealing of the Terafim

Exegetical Approaches

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Survival

Rachel stole the terafim so that her father could not use them to divine where the family had fled to.

What are terafim?
לָמָּה גָנַבְתָּ אֶת אֱלֹהָי
Sitting on the terafim
Belief in magic and divination
Evaluation of Rachel's actions
Religiosity of the forefathers

Religious Motivations

Economic Advantage

Sources:Modern scholars