<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 12, 2007 8:59 PM, <a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> <<a href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
R' Richard Wolpoe asked:<br><div class="Ih2E3d">> How did HKBH let Y'aaov Avinu have relations with Le'ah that<br>> night when his Kesubbah said Rachel - which meant his bi'ah<br>> was assur.<br><br>
</div>I figure it's a kal vachomer from the heter to marry two sisters: </blockquote><div><br>WADR: This does no address my question at all<br>Ya'akov CONCSIOUSLY married 2 sisters. Whether he did the right thing or the wrong thing he STILL had bechira.
<br><br>In fact: Ya'akov had 3 options:<br>
<ol><li>Annul the marriage to Le'ah</li><li>Give up on Rachel</li><li>Add Rachel to his existing marraige to Le'ah</li></ol>
Ya'kov did NOT have to marry 2 sisters at all. Even if he did #1 he still
could have married Rachel whilst Le'ah was alive since after all it
was a Mikach Ta'us. Why Ya'kov chose what he chose and did what he did has already been justified to my satisfaction.<br><br>To reiterate: the original question is strictly about the case of HBKH protecting tzadikkim from UNINTENDED acts. And this impacted the relationship with Le'ah and hurt Reuven in the sense he was in effect born out of wedlock if you accept that Le'ah was impregnated that very night.
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