EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:30
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And now you have gone away because you longed greatly for your father’s house. Why did you steal my gods?
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English: “Why did you steal my gods?” — Lavan calls the terafim “my gods” and accuses Yaakov of theft.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. The accusation that exposes Lavan’s attachment to the terafim.
Lavan’s central complaint is not the departure itself but the alleged theft of the terafim, which he names as his gods.