EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 30:40
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And Yaakov separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the streaked and all the dark ones in the flock of Lavan, and he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Lavan’s flock.
Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi on 30:40.
Lemma: והכשבים הפריד יעקב.
English: Those born streaked and speckled he separated and set apart by themselves, forming them into a separate flock, and led that streaked flock in front of the ordinary sheep.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. Practical arrangement of the flocks to reinforce the visual effect.
Yaakov actively managed the flocks by separating the patterned lambs and directing the gaze of the remaining animals toward them, furthering the desired outcome.