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 source beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi on Bereishis 29:26.
Lemma: לא יעשה כן במקומנו.
English: “It is not done this way in our place” means that although such a custom may exist elsewhere, in our place the younger is not given before the older.
Peshat / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.
“It is not done this way in our place” means that although such a custom may exist elsewhere, in our place the younger is not given before the older.