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Meshech Chochma — h-chochmah vaeira 2024 — Va'eira 5784

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — h-chochmah vaeira 2024 — Va'eira 5784. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2024 / 5784 MESHECH CHOCHMAH Parshas Va’eira Constriction of Spirit and the Message of Redemption ‫ַוַ ְיְַדַ ֵּבּ ר ֹמֹ ֶׁשׁ ה ֵּכּן ֶאֶ ל ְּבּ ֵנֵי ִיִ ְׂשָׂרֵָאֵ ל ְוְ ֹלא ָׁשׁ ְמְ עּו ֶאֶ ל ֹמֹ ֶׁשׁ ה ִמִ ֹּקּ ֶצֶ ר רּוַחַ ּוֵמֵ ֲעֲ ֹבָֹדָ ה ָקָ ָׁשׁ ה‬ Moshe spoke thusly to Bnei Yisrael, but they did not heed Moshe, due to constriction of spirit and hard labor. The Meshech Chochmah explains that what the people were unable to hear was the totality of Moshe’s message; for not only did Hashem tell Moshe to inform the people that He will deliver them from their slavery and take them out of Egypt, but also that He will bring them to the land of Israel. from Egypt, with the broader idea of being taken to the Land of Israel being put on hold until after they had actually left.2 The Egyptians’ Contribution to the Exodus ‫ְוְ ָיְָדְ עּו ִמִ ְצְ ַרִיִם ִּכּי ֲאֲ ִנִי ה' ִּבְּנְֹטֹ ִתִ י ֶאֶ ת ָיִָדִ י ַעַ ל ִמִ ְצְ ָרָ ִיִם ְוְ הֹוֵֹצֵ אִתִ י ֶאֶ ת ְּבּ ֵנֵי ִיִ ְׂשָׂרֵָאֵ ל ִמִ ּתֹוֹ ָכָם‬ And Egypt shall know that I am Hashem, when I stretch out My hand over Egypt, and I shall take the Children of Israel out from among them. As such, in addition to the physical exodus mentioned in verse 4, our verse adds that through Egypt themselves recognizing the truth of Hashem’s control and the emptiness of their pagan beliefs, the Jewish people would thereby likewise be released from any sense of fealty to Egyptian ideology – and they could thus leave Egypt in the full sense of the word. 2 Indeed, we note that the next time the Land of Israel is mentioned in the Torah is in Az Yashir (the Song of the Sea), “You led [the people] with Your might to Your holy heritage… You will bring them and implant them on the mount of Your heritage, the foundation of Your dwelling place that You, Hashem, have made,” (Shemos 15:13-17). Rather, they are also an expression of the celebration over their full redemption from the Egyptians, whereby the land of Israel is now one that their vision is able to encompass and their consciousness able to embrace. Notwithstanding this, in the ensuing verses, Hashem tells Moshe to initiate the process of redemption, such that the people’s unwillingness to accept the news

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Meshech Chochma

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12 января 2024 г.

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