[Avodah] Vayeitze "Watch Whom You Marry"

[Zev Sero]

Richard Wolberg wrote:

> There is a fundamental theological concept here. HKBH didn’t *_let_* 
> Ya’akov have relations with Leah. God has endowed us with "bechira 
> *chofshis**" *which means that He *_allowed_* Ya’akov to fall prey to 
> the subterfuge because that was the machination of Laban who exercised 
> his free will. (There was no nepotism there). And to further expand on this:

But had Lavan tried to feed him treif, Hashem would have saved Yaakov
from eating it.  Lavan's bechira ra'ah doesn't mean Yaacov has to do
an avera; his evil plans don't have to succeed.

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