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Project Likkutei Sichos — Vaeira 5783

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Vaeira 5783. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. THE MIDRASHIC INTERPRETATION FITS BETTER WITH THE OVERALL CONTENT OF THE PASSAGES Another puzzling point in Rashi’s commentary: Rashi himself explains at the beginning of parshas Vayishlach29 that “many ‘oxen, ‫ ’שוורים‬are commonly referred to as an ‘ox, ‫{ ’שור‬in the singular}.” Meaning, it is possible to refer to many animals of the same species by the name of the species. Eliezer Danzinger General Editor: Rabbi Eliezer Robbins Content Editor: Rabbi Zalmy Avtzon © Copyright by Sichos In English 2023 ○5783 A note on the translation: Rounded and square brackets reflect their use in the original sichah; curly brackets and subtitles are interpolations of the translator or editors. RASHI’S INTERPRETATION DOESN’T SEEM TO BE PSHAT From the verse,1 “Aharon stretched out his arm… and the frog emerged and covered the land of Egypt,” Rashi quotes the words, “the frog emerged,” and comments: “It was a single frog; however, they beat it, and it spewed swarms and swarms2 {of frogs}....” Seemingly, Rashi’s intent is to explain why Scripture uses the singular, “the frog emerged,” although a multitude of frogs emerged. Since the principle that “the Holy One does not fabricate unnecessary miracles”5 accords with the pshat method of interpretation (as explained previously at length),6 it makes sense that even if the miracle did happen, we ought to explain it, as much as possible, as having some natural foundation. (Rashi offers this explanation on the Gemara: “All the frogs in the world heard its call and came.”) Such a phenomenon would not be as miraculous as the creation of new creatures.8 Or at least Rashi could have cited the interpretation of Rabbi Akiva that the frog “spawned a swarm and filled the land of Egypt.” Although according to this explanation, there were, miraculously, new creations, their creation, nonetheless, involved natural propagation — spawning “a swarm”9 — as Rashi10 explains,11 “offspring emerged from its innards.” 2. 8 Even though according to Rashi, this explanation also involved another miracle: “All the frogs in the world heard its call and came.” 9 In Tanchuma and Tanna D’Bei Eliyahu Rabbah, ibid., Rabbi Akiva’s opinion is: “

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Project Likkutei Sichos

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17 января 2023 г.

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16

Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary