1)

What did Lavan mean "Asher Yarisi"?

1.

Tosfos ha'Shalem (1): I cast rocks there.

2.

Tosfos ha'Shalem (2): I erected. Yaakov made it due to my suggestion.

3.

Tosfos ha'Shalem (3): Lavan helped Yaakov, just Yaakov began.

4.

Ha'amek Davar: Yaakov erected it for Kedushah. Lavan chose it for a witness for the Bris.

5.

Oznayim la'Torah #1: Refer to 31:46:1:2**.

6.

Oznayim la'Torah #2 (according to Rashi - that Yaakov's 'brothers' in 31:46 refers to his own sons). In spite of Lavan's talk of Teshuvah, 1 he was back to square #1, claiming that the Matzevah that Yaakov had built was his own Matzevah, as if he had built it. 2

1

(31:43-44.)

2

Arguably, that was also Lavan's scheme behind naming the pile, and in his own language to boot, so he could later claim that he had erected it himself. (CS)

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