<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 14, 2007 6:51 AM, Michael Elzufon <<a href="mailto:Michael@arnon.co.il">Michael@arnon.co.il</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;">
<br>> R' Richard Wolpoe asked:<br>> > 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>> I figure it's a kal vachomer from the heter to marry two sisters:<br><br><br><br>RRW's question starts by holding an aggada to the rigorous standards of<br>pshat. That is sweet if you can draw something good out of it, but
<br>there is no need to do so.<br></blockquote></div><br>What RRW is saying that maybe we do NOT have the correct peshat in the Aggadah so the illustration is brought to bear to show a weakness. <br><br>In this case Tosafos claims that this protection is for eating only. Zev Sero answered this online and someone answered this for me off-line Both addressed my original question very well.
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