EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:28 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:28

The Complete Passuk

וַתָּ֙רׇץ֙ הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ וַתַּגֵּ֖ד לְבֵ֣ית אִמָּ֑הּ כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

The maiden ran and told all this to her mother’s household.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 24:28 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: לבית אמה.

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לבית אמה. דֶּרֶךְ הַנָּשִׁים הָיְתָה לִהְיוֹת לָהֶן בַּיִת לֵישֵׁב בּוֹ לִמְלַאכְתָּן, וְאֵין הַבַּת מַגֶּדֶת אֶלָּא לְאִמָּהּ:

English: It was the custom of the women to have their own apartment for their work, and a daughter reports only to her mother.

On the daf / in context: The narrative specifies “her mother’s house”; the midrash explains the social pattern that a daughter confides first in her mother.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the phrase is read against ordinary household practice.

What Is Learned

Rivkah ran and told the matter to her mother’s household; a daughter reports first to her mother, in the women’s apartment of the house.