[Avodah] Boys Being Taught How to Cook

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Ben:
> Actually, that isn't quite accurate. Abraham and Isaac owned a lot of
> animals but where are they described as sheperds?

Breishis 47:3 roeih tzon ..gam anachnu gam avoseinu

Ben
> Jacob was given the job when he went to Lot's;

Lavan not Lot
Furthermore Yosheiv ohalim re: Ya'akov is interpreted by some as roeh
tzon etc. based upon Breishis 4:20 - avi yoshev ohel umikneh

Ben
> he didn't choose it. Same with Moshe; he was given the
> job. Only David can really be described as having been a sheperd and
> in all probability that is what his family did.

I don't think choice is relevant. the point is that ro'I'm - whether tzon
or mikneh and whether by choice or chance- are free to contemplate HKBH.
Probably hashgacha prattis allowed the Avos to have that profession

Also Hazal see hevel and kayyin as protoypes or role models...

-RRW
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