[Avodah] Vayeitze "Watch Whom You Marry"

[Zev Sero]

Richard Wolpoe wrote:

> Question: How did HKBH let Y'aaov Avinu have relations with Le'ah that 
> night when his Kesubbah said Rachel - which meant his bi'ah was assur.   

1. It's an explicit Tosfos that this applies only to food, not to
other issurim.

2. Who says there was a written kesuba?  The Avos kept all the mitzvos,
including d'rabbanans like Eruv Tavshilin, so presumably there was a
kesuba, but Chazal seem to speak of written kesubos as a custom local
to some places and not to others.  And if there was a written kesuba,
who says it had to have the wife's name?  After all, the wife has the
document, and if ch"v she has to collect on it she can just produce it
and everyone knows who she is and who her husband was.

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