Talmud su Genesi 29:25
וַיְהִ֣י בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּה־הִ֖וא לֵאָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־לָבָ֗ן מַה־זֹּאת֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ לִּ֔י הֲלֹ֤א בְרָחֵל֙ עָבַ֣דְתִּי עִמָּ֔ךְ וְלָ֖מָּה רִמִּיתָֽנִי׃
Ora, alla mattina vide ch’ell’era Leà, e disse a Lavàn : Che mai mi facesti? Non è egli per (avere) Rachele ch’io ho servito presso di te? E perché m’ingannasti?
Tractate Kallah Rabbati
BARAITHA. Subordinate your will to the will of your neighbour, for so Rachel acted towards Leah and David towards Saul.
GEMARA. As it is written, And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son.113Gen. 29, 12. But was he not the son of her father’s sister? What it means is this: He said to her, ‘Will you marry me?’ She replied, ‘I have a sister who is older than I and [my father] will marry her to you because he is a trickster’. He said, ‘I am a trickster like him’; as it is stated, With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful … and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.114Ps. 18, 26f. So he gave her a token.115By which Laban’s fraud would be exposed. When [Laban] brought Leah [to the bridal chamber], Rachel said, ‘Now she will be put to shame’. What did she do? She handed the tokens to her, and consequently [it is written], And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah.116Gen. 29, 25. Was she then Rachel until then? Because of the tokens that were between them he did not recognize her [as Leah].117The source of this passage is Meg. 13b (Sonc. ed., p. 77). As for David’s [subordination] to Saul, we have a tradition:118Cf. ibid. 14a (Sonc. ed., p. 83). Whoever is anointed from a cruse of oil,119The cruse, being fragile, is a symbol of a short reign; the horn, being of durable substance, is a symbol of a long reign. his royalty will not be prolonged, but whosoever is anointed from a horn, his royalty will be prolonged. Although [David] knew that eventually he would become king, he would not tell [Saul for fear of] pushing him aside.120i.e. he would not hurt his dignity.
GEMARA. As it is written, And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son.113Gen. 29, 12. But was he not the son of her father’s sister? What it means is this: He said to her, ‘Will you marry me?’ She replied, ‘I have a sister who is older than I and [my father] will marry her to you because he is a trickster’. He said, ‘I am a trickster like him’; as it is stated, With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful … and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.114Ps. 18, 26f. So he gave her a token.115By which Laban’s fraud would be exposed. When [Laban] brought Leah [to the bridal chamber], Rachel said, ‘Now she will be put to shame’. What did she do? She handed the tokens to her, and consequently [it is written], And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah.116Gen. 29, 25. Was she then Rachel until then? Because of the tokens that were between them he did not recognize her [as Leah].117The source of this passage is Meg. 13b (Sonc. ed., p. 77). As for David’s [subordination] to Saul, we have a tradition:118Cf. ibid. 14a (Sonc. ed., p. 83). Whoever is anointed from a cruse of oil,119The cruse, being fragile, is a symbol of a short reign; the horn, being of durable substance, is a symbol of a long reign. his royalty will not be prolonged, but whosoever is anointed from a horn, his royalty will be prolonged. Although [David] knew that eventually he would become king, he would not tell [Saul for fear of] pushing him aside.120i.e. he would not hurt his dignity.
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