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Project Likkutei Sichos — Mishpotim 5782

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Mishpotim 5782. Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. 2 {“‫ ”שה‬in the Hebrew original, a term that includes both lambs and kid-goats.} 3 {Rashi’s commentary on Shemos 21:37.} 4 {In the original Hebrew, “briyos”; see end of Section 8 for the significance of this word in this context.} 5 {A sheep does no farm labor.} 6 Mechilta, on our parshah; Bava Kamma 79b; Tosefta, Bava Kamma, ch. Eliezer Danzinger Content Editor: Rabbi Zalmy Avtzon © Copyright by Sichos In English 2022 ○5782 A note on the translation: Rounded parentheses and square brackets reflect their use in the original sichah; squiggly parentheses are interpolations of the translator or editor. FIVE MINUS FOUR OR FOUR PLUS ONE In his commentary, on the verse,1 “If a man steals an ox or a lamb,2 and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen in place of the ox, and four lambs in place of the lamb,” Rashi cites two opinions why the payment for slaughtering or selling an ox is more than for a lamb (“five… in place of the ox, and four… in place of the lamb”):3 Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai said: Hashem is concerned about the dignity of people.4 For an ox, which walks on its own legs, and which the thief was not shamed by having to carry it on his shoulders, he pays five. Rather, “one Sage said one statement, and one Sage said another, and they are not arguing.”10 This is puzzling: Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai and Rabbi Meir disagree in the reasons they offer, seeming to suggest that there is a difference between them in the meaning derived from their respective interpretations! Namely, Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai maintains that fundamentally, the fine should be five times the animal’s value, while Rabbi Meir maintains that it should be four: Since the Torah first says “five oxen,” and then, it says “four lambs,” it would be sensible to conclude that the Torah first presents the base fine (“five oxen…”) and then, regarding a lamb, it reduces the fine from its base value, requiring only four lambs, for a particular reason. Rashi says in his commentary to Bereishis 3:8: “I have come only to explain the plain meaning of the Scripture.” Though there are many levels and depths of interpretation on the Torah, Rashi adopts a straightforward approach.}

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Project Likkutei Sichos

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27 января 2022 г.

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19

Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary