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Project Likkutei Sichos — Yisro 5783

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Yisro 5783. Темы: не определены автоматически. For example, at the Splitting of preparations for the Giving of the Torah at the Sea, the Torah says, “And Israel saw Sinai, the Torah says: “Israel encamped (singular tense) the great hand, which there opposite the mountain.” G-d had used upon the Egyptians, and Rashi comments: the people feared (plural form) G-d, and they believed (plural form) in G-d…. Earlier in his commentary, Rashi offered that they encamped there] as one person a very similar interpretation to the verse with one heart, but all the other describing Pharaoh’s pursuit of the encampments were [divided] with Jewish people after their exodus from complaints and with strife. In quoting the verse, Rashi includes the Rashi explains: Were advancing after word “Israel.” Seemingly, this them — [In the Hebrew, the verb undermines his comment that unusual “advancing” is in the singular, denoting usage of the singular verb alludes to the that they were] with one heart, like one Jews being “as one person with one person. Why does Rashi reverse the order in the semblance of national unity, “as one following comments: Regarding Egypt, person.” Meaning, their unity was not Rashi says, “with one heart, like one essential, but only as a result of their shared person,” and regarding the Jewish hatred. preparation for the Giving of the Torah, we The Explanation: would expect there to have been variation in the people’s level of excitement and When speaking of an action taken in unison inspiration for this event, and therefore, we by a nation, the singular form is used, would expect the Torah to have used the because each person is doing the same plural form of the verb “and the action. When speaking of the emotional encamped.” state or of intellectual comprehension of an entire nation, the plural form is used, Rashi therefore comments, “and Israel because each individual feels and encamped there — as one person with one comprehends differently. heart,” to convey the idea that their essential unity as Jews — “Israel” — was When Egypt was pursuing the Jewish revealed at the foot of the mountain and people, we would assume that each caused them to be “as one person.” This, in individual was possessed by varying degrees turn, caused them to have an identical of hatred for the Jews. Therefore, we would expect the Torah to have used

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