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<p class=MsoPlainText>Richard Wolpoe asks: Question: How did HKBH let
Y'aaov Avinu have relations with Le'ah that night when his Kesubah said
Rachel — which meant his bi'ah was assur.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>There is a fundamental
theological concept here. HKBH didn’t <b><u>let</u></b> Ya’akov
have relations with Leah. </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:16.0pt;
color:black'>God has endowed us with "bechira <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>chofshis</span></strong><b>"
</b>which means that He <b><u>allowed</u></b> Ya’akov to fall prey to the
subterfuge because that was the machination of Laban who exercised his free
will. (There was no nepotism there). And to further expand on this:</span><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Akiva Miller asks: Here's my (somewhat related) question
on this parsha: Why did Rachel have to relate to subterfuge to accomplish all
this? Why couldn't she go to Yaakov and say, "Listen, we have a problem. I
can't marry you while Leah is still single." The only answer I can come up
with is that she feared Yaakov would have cancelled the whole thing. Anyone
else?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>My response to your
question would be “mida k’neged mida.” This was a result of
Yaakov’s famous deception when he disguised himself as Esav. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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