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A Collection of Essays — Shemos 5781

Выпуск: A Collection of Essays — Shemos 5781. Темы: family_education, holidays, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים, פסח, חנוכה, סוכות, шалом байт, брак, отношения. The parsha begins, "And these are the names of the Children of Yisrael who came to Egypt." The Haftora also begins, "Those who came," and continues, "whom Yaakov caused to take root, Yisrael budded and blossomed and they filled the face of the Earth with fruit." Just as the parsha tells us, how the Jewish people multiplied. Searching for Merit Rashi thus adopts the Midrashic interpretation3 that the dialogue includes quite a different meaning: 7 ‫בס"ד‬ What merit do the Israelites have that a miracle should be wrought for them, and I should take them out of Egypt?4 G-d answered: As for your questions, “What merit do the Israelites have that they should go out of Egypt?” I have a great thing [dependent] on this Exodus, for at the end of three months from their Exodus from Egypt they are destined to receive the Torah on this mountain [Sinai].5 In other words, if you are wondering what merit the Israelites have to be rewarded with the miracle of the Great Exodus, the answer is: Right now, nothing. 8 ‫בס"ד‬ As a reason for the seven-week Counting of the Omer from Passover to Shavuot, the sages explain: At the time that Moses our Teacher, peace be upon him, informed the Israelites that upon their release from bondage ‘You will worship the L-rd on this mountain,’ they were greatly excited. Rabbi Yehudah Hachassid (Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg 1150 – 1217) believed that Shifra and Puah were actually righteous converts, as it wouldn’t make sense that Pharaoh would ask two Jewish women to kill members of their own faith and family. The medieval Midrashic anthology Yalkut Shimoni names Shifra and Puah in a list of 14 ‫בס"ד‬ righteous converts, further supporting the notion that they were indeed Egyptians at first.17 The Malbim Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser, better known as Malbim, was a rabbi, master of Hebrew grammar and a biblical commentator. This simple man was the laughing stock of the city because of his love for goat milk, and when people would catch sight of him, they would call out in 15 ‫בס"ד‬ laughter, “Herschel Tzig, trog gezund,” “Hers

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A Collection of Essays

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24 декабря 2021 г.

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40

Темы: family_education, holidays, relationships_shalom_bayit, health_mind, parsha_commentary