EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 29:26
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And Lavan said, “It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.”
Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi / classical.
Lemma: לא יעשה כן במקומנו.
English: He was a deceiver, and he excused himself with the custom of the place.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.
He was a deceiver, and he excused himself with the custom of the place.