Chasidut su Genesi 29:31
וַיַּ֤רְא יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־שְׂנוּאָ֣ה לֵאָ֔ה וַיִּפְתַּ֖ח אֶת־רַחְמָ֑הּ וְרָחֵ֖ל עֲקָרָֽה׃
Il Signore vide che Leà era odiata [trascurata dal marito], e la rese feconda; e Rachele (fu) sterile.
Kedushat Levi
Genesis 29,31. “When G’d saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb.” There is a somewhat enigmatic comment on this verse in Aggadat Bereshit 48 according to which some of Leah’s descendants would be enemies of G’d, and that this is why she is called here שנואה, in reference to the wicked deeds of some of her offspring. (The angels protested Leah’s having children as they foresaw that on account of Zimri from the tribe of Shimon 24000 Israelites would lose their lives and not enter the land of Israel) Our verse would explain that just as Yishmael at the time (Genesis 21,17) was not allowed to die from thirst as at the time he was free from sin, so Leah, who had prayed not to become the wife of the wicked Esau, could not be denied children now on account of something over which she could have no control. She had demonstrated that she hated wickedness so what more could she have done? [I have rephrased this a little, as the whole idea of when G’d interferes with natural developments in order to forestall wicked deeds and when not is exceedingly complex. Ed.] Our verse makes clear that other considerations notwithstanding, Leah’s prayer to bear children was answered positively.
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