What was the name of Lavan's wife, the mother of Rachel and Leah?
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I have seen Adina mentioned online, but I don't have a source...
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4I see it in Sefer Hayashar (hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=40009&pgnum=97, last line).– AlexDec 10, 2010 at 3:53
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Well gotta ask those 9 people. Do keep in mind this was written in the really early days of the site. Things were different back then. Plus seeing it online is actually a source, just not a very good one. And don't forget the checkmark - Gershon apparently was happy with it too.– yydlNov 4, 2013 at 5:22
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The sefer Tiferes Shlomo al HaTorah in Parshas Vayetze brings a number of answers to the question of how Yaakov was allowed to marry two sisters. One of the answers is that Rachel and Leah were born to Lavan from two different wives and therefore not prohibited to Yaakov. In light of this, you may have to change your question to "What were the names of Rachel and Leah's mothers?
Adina. It comes from The Book of Enoch, I believe.
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5Welcome to Mi Yodeya! If you can provide a more precise source, it would greatly improve the value of this answer– Y e zAug 20, 2014 at 0:34
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3@DannySchoemann Did you even search Google? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Enoch– Double AA ♦Aug 20, 2014 at 13:47
It's also in Jasher 28:28 Adinah This book is also mentioned in Genesis.
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1judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/4549/… But when someone besides Alex quotes it, it gets downvoted...– Double AA ♦Aug 26, 2014 at 14:10
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@DoubleAA, Sefer HaYashar is mentioned in Genesis? And this particular book is the Sefer HaYashar mentioned in Tanach? (Not that I downvoted, but Alex didn't make those claims).– YishaiAug 26, 2014 at 14:16
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