Leah Who Grasped the Spindle of Thanksgiving

Another interpretation: because she had the tribe of priesthood and the tribe of kingship [Levi and Judah], you find that whatever is written of the one is written of the other. In this one anointing, in that one anointing; in this one a staff, in that one a staff; in this one a covenant of salt, in that one a covenant of salt; in this one "this time," in that one "this time"; in this one a crown, in that one a crown; in this one drawing near [to offer], in that one drawing near; in this one a chain of lineage, in that one a chain of lineage; in this one a frontlet, in that one a frontlet. Rabbi Levi said: (Job 36:7) "He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous." Here is its example: Leah grasped the spindle of thanksgiving, and all her sons arose masters of thanksgiving. Judah, (Genesis 38:26) "And Judah recognized and said: She is more righteous than I"; David, "Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good"; Daniel, (Daniel 2:23) "To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise." Rachel grasped the spindle of silence, and all her sons arose masters of secrets. Benjamin, (Exodus 28:20) "jasper [yashfeh]," read as yesh peh [there is a mouth], for he knew of the sale of Joseph and did not tell; Saul, (1 Samuel 10:16) "but the matter of the kingship he did not tell him"; Esther, "Esther did not tell her people." "Therefore she called": great in numbers. "And she ceased bearing." Who holds steady a woman's feet in the home? Her children.