[Avodah] A few notes on Parshas Vayetzei

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From: Zev Sero < >
> From: Zev Sero zev at sero.name <mailto:zev at sero.name>
>> Though given Rivkah's age, I imagine there was probably another woman
>> of the household sent to draw the water for dinner, while Rivkah
>> tagged along with a small pitcher, to "help".

T613K at aol.com wrote:
> A little girl tagging along with her toy pitcher wouldn't/couldn't have 
> watered Eliezer's camels -- who had just come on a long trip and 
> probably hadn't had a drink in days.

Zev S:
Actually, they'd only been traveling for one day - "hayom yatzati vehayom
bati" - so they probably weren't very thirsty.  It would still have been
a big job for such a small girl, and demonstrated her trait of chessed,
but the total volume of water drawn may not have been all that much.
>>>

For 10 camels !?

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