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<opinion>Preventative | <opinion>Preventative | ||
| − | <p> | + | <p>Rachel took the terafim so that her father would no longer worship them.</p> |
| − | <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>, <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>, | + | <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>, <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>, <multilink><a href="RashiBereshit31-19" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiBereshit31-19" data-aht="source">Bereshit 31:19</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink></mekorot> |
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
<opinion>Personal | <opinion>Personal | ||
| − | <p><multilink><a href="HoilMosheBereshit31" data-aht="source">Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheBereshit31" data-aht="source">Bereshit 31</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi</a></multilink></ | + | <p>Rachel wanted the terafim for her own personal use.</p> |
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="HoilMosheBereshit31" data-aht="source">Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheBereshit31" data-aht="source">Bereshit 31</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Economic Advantage | <category>Economic Advantage | ||
| + | <p>The terafim testified to Yaakov's rights to Lavan's inheritance.</p> | ||
<mekorot>Modern scholars</mekorot> | <mekorot>Modern scholars</mekorot> | ||
</category> | </category> | ||
Version as of 09:57, 18 November 2015
Rachel's Stealing of the Terafim
Exegetical Approaches
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
Preventative
Rachel took the terafim so that her father would no longer worship them.
Personal
Rachel wanted the terafim for her own personal use.
Sources:Hoil Moshe
Economic Advantage
The terafim testified to Yaakov's rights to Lavan's inheritance.
Sources:Modern scholars
