Vayeitzei 30-15 · EXTRA 1

EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 30:15

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The Complete Passuk

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֗הּ הַמְעַט֙ קַחְתֵּ֣ךְ אֶת־אִישִׁ֔י וְלָקַ֕חַת גַּ֥ם אֶת־דּוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑י …

And she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband, and would you take also my son’s dudaim?”…

Source: Rashi on Bereishis 30:15.

Lemma: המעט קחתך את אישי.

Core Text

וְלָקַחַת גַּם אֶת דּוּדָאֵי בְּנִי — בִּתְמִיהָ, וְלַעֲשׂוֹת עוֹד זֹאת לִקַּח גַּם אֶת דּוּדָאֵי בְּנִי; וְתַרְגּוּמוֹ וּלְמֵיסַב.

English: Rashi reads Leah’s words as a rhetorical protest: after taking her husband, Rachel would also take her son’s mandrakes.

Source context: Rashi reads Leah’s words as a rhetorical protest: after taking her husband, Rachel would also take her son’s mandrakes.

Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.

Is it a small thing for you that you have taken my husband, and would you also want the dudaim?