QUESTION:
Why did Leah allow herself to go along with Lavan’s plan to trick Yaakov into marrying her? Why was she allowed to cause pain to Yaakov Avinu?
ANSWER:
See Daas Zekainim (Beraishis 29:25) that Leah said to Yaakov the next morning, “I learned from you how to resort to trickery, since you tricked your father Yitzchok to get the blessings.” Especially because she knew through ruach hakodesh that she would marry him in the future, and therefore she permitted herself to do this. Even more so, it was because Yehudah, the root of Mashiach, would come from her, and Mashiach’s ancestry always comes about in a roundabout way into the world.
QUESTION
2) Why was Leah originally supposed to marry Esav? Was this a punishment on her? Perhaps from a previous lifetime? Or was she supposed to give a tikkun to Esav?
ANSWER
Esav represents the “kings of Edom who died”, the fallen “Binah”, and Leah is called Binah [thus she was supposed to repair Esav].
QUESTION
3) When Leah davened that she shouldn’t marry Esav, was this because she knew that it was the ratzon Hashem from her to daven to break the decree on her and she had bitachon that Hashem would answer her tefillos? Or did she daven to Hashem to break the decree in spite of the fact that the ratzon Hashem was that she should marry Esav?
ANSWER
[She davened not to marry Esav because she knew] it was the ratzon Hashem from her.
QUESTION
2) Why was Leah originally supposed to marry Esav? Was this a punishment on her? Perhaps from a previous lifetime? Or was she supposed to give a tikkun to Esav?
ANSWER
Esav represents the “kings of Edom who died”, the fallen “Binah”, and Leah is called Binah [thus she was supposed to repair Esav].
QUESTION
3) When Leah davened that she shouldn’t marry Esav, was this because she knew that it was the ratzon Hashem from her to daven to break the decree on her and she had bitachon that Hashem would answer her tefillos? Or did she daven to Hashem to break the decree in spite of the fact that the ratzon Hashem was that she should marry Esav?
ANSWER
[She davened not to marry Esav because she knew] it was the ratzon Hashem from her.
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