
Cunning: Skill in Achieving One's Ends by Deceit
What Was So Wrong With Lavan? It is written (Bereshit 3:1): ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ ΦΈΦΌΧΦΈΧ©Χ ΧΦΈΧΦΈΧ Χ’ΦΈΧ¨ΧΦΌΧ ΧΦ΄ΧΦΉΦΌΧ ΧΦ·ΧΦ·ΦΌΧͺ ΧΦ·Χ©ΦΈΦΌΧΧΦΆΧ ΧΦ²Χ©ΦΆΧΧ¨ Χ’ΦΈΧ©ΦΈΧΧ ΧΦ°ΧΦΈ ΧΦ±ΧΦΉΧ§Φ΄ΧΧ (And the Nachash was more arum than all the animals of the field which Hashem G-d had made). What is the meaning of Χ’ΦΈΧ¨ΧΦΌΧ [arum]? The Bechor Shor says