And she put off her widow’s garments from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance of Einayim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.
English: “And she sat in the entrance of Einayim” — R’ Alexandri said: this teaches that she went and sat at the entrance of Avraham Avinu, a place upon which all eyes gaze.
On the daf / in context: Sotah 10a reads “Einayim” as the gateway associated with Avraham’s open hospitality.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. A place-name is read as a moral-geographic tip of the hat to Avraham’s house.
What Is Learned
Tamar positioned herself at the public entrance associated with Avraham — where all eyes look — to encounter Yehudah.