EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 30:42
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English: Rashi explains that Jacob did not use the rods when the weaker animals mated, so those offspring went to Laban.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. Deliberate non-application of the method to the weaker stock.
By withholding the rods from the weaker animals, Yaakov ensured that the feebler offspring stayed with Lavan while the stronger stock became his own.