[Avodah] Vayeitze "Watch Whom You Marry"

[Chana Luntz]

RZS writes:

> 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.


Agreed (sources for those who want to look it up are inter alia, gitten 7a
d"h hashta behemtan shel tzadikim").  And Rabbanu Tam feels constrained to
provide this answer due to the various sins that various tzadikim are said
to have done in other places in Shas (Shabbas 12b, Chagiga  16b).

But my question on this is - how about the pasuk from Mishlei that is
brought in Yevamos 121a "lo yune l'tzadik kol avon [Mishlei 12:21] which
Rashi explains there in Mishlei as meaning that he will not be caused to
stumble into an averah unintentionally?

And in particular:

a) How would Rabbanu Tam explain this pasuk - and note that certainly when
applied in Yevamos 121a it is deemed to relate to a sin other than of eating
forbidden food (in fact inappropriate excommunication)?

b) Why is it that all over Shas they bring the reference to Rav Pinchas Ben
Yair and his donkey from Chullin 7a-b "hashta behemtan shel tzadikim
tzadikim atman lo kol sheken", when they could bring a Pasuk from Nach that
says it far more explicitly?

Anybody know any sources that comment on this and how the two interrelate?

> --
> Zev Sero     

Regards

Chana