EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:15
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Are we not regarded by him as strangers? For he has sold us and has also entirely consumed our money.
Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: the speech of Rachel and Leah.
Lemma: נכריות נחשבנו לו.
English: “Are we not regarded by him as strangers?” — Rachel and Leah express the sense of alienation and of having been sold by their father.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. The daughters’ own assessment of their father’s conduct.
Rachel and Leah confirm that their father regarded them as strangers, having sold them and appropriated the proceeds that properly belonged to them.