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<DIV>Prof. L. Levine wrote”":</DIV>
<DIV>“<FONT face="Times New Roman">It is difficult to<BR>assume that, because of
a general action such as setting up the rods in<BR>the sight of the sheep, the
sheep would bring forth young that were<BR>this time speckled, the next time
spotted, and the next time marked on<BR>the feet. Ya'akov's success can be
attributed only to a special intervention<BR>of Divine providence - as attested
to by Ya'akov himself. The expedient<BR>of the rods was only an extremely weak
substitute for the breeding<BR>animals Lavan had wrongfully removed.
Nevertheless, Ya'akov did not<BR>refrain from seeking the aid of this expedient;
since ain somchin al haness (see<BR>Pesachim 64b), he was obligated to do his
part...”</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">As everyone who had genetics 101 will realize,
if you eliminate 100% of the phenotype, and breed the remainder you will still
get some of that phenotype in the next generation with recessive genes. So it
always bothered me why was all the hokus pokus by Yaakov necessary. Even more so
the pasook itself seems to ascribe the results as caused by the sticks even
though a simple natural explanation for the reappearance of the phenotype in the
next generation is quite simple. The only explanation I could come up with is
that the percentages were much higher than one would expect as a result of
genetic calculations thus the nes (and Yaakov’s efforts [hishtadlus] to produce
it) is described at great length.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Kol tuv</DIV>
<DIV>Chaim Manaster</DIV>
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