## Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach

###### Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 6:1
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‎**וַתֵּצֵא** דִינָה בַּת לֵאָה. זֶה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב: כָּל כְּבוּדָּה בַת מֶלֶךְ פְּנִימָה (תהלים מה, יד). אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסִי, כְּשֶׁהָאִשָּׁה מַצְנַעַת אֶת עַצְמָהּ בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, רְאוּיָה לְהִנָּשֵׂא לְכֹהֵן גָּדוֹל וְתַעֲמִיד כֹּהֲנִים גְּדוֹלִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: כָּל כְּבוּדָּה וְגוֹ'. אִם תְּכַבֵּד עַצְמָהּ בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, מִמִּשְׁבְּצוֹת זָהָב לְבוּשָׁהּ, תִּנָּשֵׂא לְמִי שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּהֶן וְשִׁבַּצְתָּ הַכְּתֹנֶת שֵׁשׁ.

**Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, trans. Samuel A. Berman:**
**And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out (Gen. 34:1).** Scripture states elsewhere in allusion to this verse: *All honor to the king’s daughter within the palace* (Ps. 45:14). R. Yosé asserted: If a woman conducts herself modestly in her home, she is worthy of marrying a high priest, and of rearing high priests, as is written: *All honor to the king’s daughter*, etc. If she behaves honorably in her home, *Her raiment is of chequer work* (ibid.); that is, she will marry a man about whom Scripture says: *And thou shalt weave a tunic in chequer work* (Exod. 28:39).⁶

footnotes:
⁶ Referring to the priestly vestments, which were of checkered work.


###### Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 6:2
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אָמַר רַבִּי פִנְחָס הַכֹּהֵן בַּר חָמָא, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא צְנוּעָה בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהַמִּזְבֵּחַ מְכַפֵּר, כָּךְ הִיא מְכַפֶּרֶת עַל בֵּיתָהּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ (תהלים קכח, ג). וְאֵין יַרְכְּתֵי אֶלָּא מִזְבֵּחַ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְשָׁחַט אֹתוֹ עַל יֶרֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ (ויקרא א, יא).

**Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, trans. Samuel A. Berman:**
R. Phinehas the priest, the son of Hama, declared: A woman who is modest in her home atones for her household, just as the altar brings atonement, as it is said: *Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of thy house* (Ps. 128:3). The word *innermost* refers here to the altar, as is stated: *And he shall kill it on the innermost side of the altar* (Lev. 1:11).


###### Midrash Tanchuma, Vayishlach 6:3
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דָּבָר אַחֵר, אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה, אֵימָתַי הִיא כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהִיא בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ. וְאִם עָשְׂתָה כֵּן, בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים, תַּעֲמִיד בָּנִים נִמְשָׁחִין בְּשֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה סָבִיב.

**Midrash Tanhuma-Yelammedenu, trans. Samuel A. Berman:**
Another comment on *Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine*. When is a wife considered *a fruitful vine*? When she remains secluded *in the innermost parts of thy house* (Ps. 128:3). If she does so, *Thy children shall be like olive plants about thy table* (ibid.), that is, she will rear children who will be anointed with the oil of installation.