EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 30:41
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English: Rashi explains that Jacob placed the rods when the stronger/early animals were mating.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. Selective application of the method to favor the stronger animals.
Yaakov timed the placement of the rods to coincide with the breeding of the stronger animals, directing the better stock toward the patterned offspring that would be his.