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Chabad.org — Nitzavim 5781

Выпуск: Chabad.org — Nitzavim 5781. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. As with the original covenant they entered into at Sinai, this new covenant included the entire population: You are all standing this day before the L‑rd, your G‑d – the leaders of your tribes, your elders and your officers, every man of Israel, your young children, your women, and your convert who is within your camp from your woodcutters till your water drawers, that you may enter the covenant of the L‑rd, your G‑d, and His oath, which the L‑rd, your G‑d, is making with you this day…1 Who were the woodcutters and water drawers? Understanding Rashi’s Approach https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/5226657/jewish/Moses-and-the-Unexpected-Converts.htm 1/3 8/31/2021 Moses and the Unexpected Converts - Guest Columnists - Parshah In his classic style, the Rebbe demonstrates how we need to reimagine what Rashi is saying. It must be, Rashi concludes, that the entire reason they are specified as a separate category is to teach us a historical fact, namely that just before Moses passed away, a group of Canaanites arrived to convert and that Moses accepted them and invited them to participate in the covenant renewal. For example, when the Egyptian firstborns were smitten, the Torah says, “Every firstborn in the Land of Egypt, from Pharaoh’s firstborn who sits on his throne till the firstborn of the maidservant.”4 So it makes sense that they were a type of convert. Rashi directs us to take a closer look at the text: “Your convert who is within your camp, from your woodcutters till your water drawers.” It would appear that the woodcutters and water drawers are a subcategory of converts. https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/5226657/jewish/Moses-and-the-Unexpected-Converts.htm 2/3 8/31/2021 Moses and the Unexpected Converts - Guest Columnists - Parshah Of course, there is one big difference. After all, they are singled out as woodchoppers and water carriers and separated from the prior category of “your convert who is within your camp.” It seems more logical that they were not converts. Indeed, Rashi’s own commentary on the Talmud3 states explicitly that the woodchoppers and water carriers were not converts – so why in his commentary to the Torah does he imply that they were? Unless, of course, this is exactly what the Torah

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