[Avodah] yaakov vs yehuda

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 03/01/17 04:32, Ilana Elzufon via Avodah wrote:
> RSN: yaakov said who ever had the terafim should die. yehuda said
> whoever has the cup should die. and yet binyamin doesn't....
>
> Rahel really did deliberately steal the terafim. Binyamin didn't steal
> the cup; it was placed in his bag by Yosef's servants.

That shouldn't have made a difference.  A tzadik's curse has an effect 
even if it's conditioned on something that doesn't happen.  Yehuda's own 
pronouncement "vechatasi le'avi kol hayamim" took effect even though he 
did bring Binyamin back.  But in this case we have no information that 
Yehuda ever said the person with the cup would die.


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