[Avodah] How could They?

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1 P. Hayyei Sarah:
How could Eliezer eved Avraham commit "nichush"?

[See Sefer Hareidim 24:51]

2 P. Toldos:
How could Yaakov [ish emes] deceive his own father Yitzchaq?

Answer: In both cases they could rely on Prophecy for heter "b'Toras
horo'as sha'ah"

1 Eliezer relied upon Avraham's guarantee:
"Hashem ...yishlach mala'acho ittach". Eliezer knew a Mal'ach was
supervising him, so his Nichush was "kosher" only within that context

2 Yaakov was told by Rivkah. And Rivkah had been told by n'vu'ah ...sHein
goyim..v'rav ya'avod tz'air. This prophecy enabled Rivkah to "force"
the issue with a deception as a ho'or'as sho'oh in order to conform to
Hashem's word

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