Vayeitzei 31-24 · EXTRA 1

EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:24

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The Complete Passuk

וַיָּבֹ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶל־לָבָ֥ן הָאֲרַמִּ֖י בַּחֲלֹ֣ם הַלָּ֑יְלָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ הִשָּׁ֧מֶר לְךָ֛ פֶּן־תְּדַבֵּ֥ר עִם־יַעֲקֹ֖ב מִטּ֥וֹב עַד־רָֽע׃

And God came to Lavan the Aramean in a dream of the night…

Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Ramban / classical on 31:24.

Lemma: השמר לך.

Core Text

אַזְהָרָה שֶׁלֹּא יְדַבֵּר עִמּוֹ לֹא טוֹב וְלֹא רָע, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יְפַתֶּה אוֹתוֹ לַחֲזֹר.

English: A warning that he should speak with him neither good nor bad, so that he would not persuade him to return.

On the daf / in context: Classical comment tightly bound to this passuk.

Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13.

A warning that he should speak with him neither good nor bad, so that he would not persuade him to return.