Vayeitzei 31-07 · EXTRA 1
EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:07
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The Complete Passuk
וַאֲבִיכֶן֙ הֵ֣תֶל בִּ֔י וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף אֶת־מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖י עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת מֹנִ֑ים …
And your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times…
Source Citation
Source: Rashi on Bereishis 31:7.
Lemma: עשרת מנים.
Core Text of Chazal / Classical Meforshim
Core Text
עֲשֶׂרֶת מֹנִים — אֵין מוֹנִים פָּחוֹת מֵעֲשָׂרָה; מֹנִים — לְשׁוֹן סְכוּם כְּלַל הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן, וְהֵן עֲשִׂירִיּוֹת. לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁהֶחֱלִיף תְּנָאוֹ מֵאָה פְּעָמִים.
English: Rashi explains “ten counts” as ten tens and derives that Laban repeatedly changed the agreed terms, a hundred times.
Source context: Rashi explains “ten counts” as ten tens and derives that Laban repeatedly changed the agreed terms, a hundred times.
Type of Learning
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.
What Is Learned
A hundred times, for each “moneh” is ten.