How about the most obvious lesson from the story- don’t steal or kill? If he wouldn’t have stolen the wallets, he wouldn’t have killed his wife for returning them. Also, if he would have eaten neatly he wouldn’t have any lentils on his beard to begin with. And, why does chazal not say he shouldn’t have given the wallets to his wife but kept them to himself? I’m sure there’s a reason for all this. Would be curious to hear.
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