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Project Likkutei Sichos — summary — Bo 5784

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — summary — Bo 5784. Темы: не определены автоматически. 21 Pharaoh’s astrologers err and [then] say, Bo, Sicha 1 “Moses is a liar,” but the Holy One, The Verse: blessed be He, Who knows His times As G-d prepares to strike Egypt with the and His seconds, said ‫ּבַחִ צֹות‬, at tenth and final plague, Moshe warns midnight. phrase, “At the dividing point of the night” It must be that Moshe changed G-d’s exact which, in the Hebrew, appears with the language to an approximation to prevent prefix “at about,” which can be read in two Pharaoh's astrologers from miscalculating ways: and attributing the err to Moshe. at midnight is therefore an indication that “I will go out into the midst of Egypt.” The Explanation: Rashi emphasizes that the first explanation, Thus the context of the verse leads to the that the phrase means at the exact moment first explanation. meaning, which fits its context.” Meaning, This leads Rashi to his second explanation, the context of the verse forces us to that Moshe intentionally changed G-d’s interpret this phrase as referring to the language to protect his integrity. The astrologers are the midst of Egypt,” meaning that Moshe was most equipped to know the exact moment proclaiming that this plague would be of midnight, more so than the average unique as it will be carried out by G-d population. there were two separate communications, one from G-d to Moshe, one from Moshe to Because, until now, G-d does not provide Pharaoh, this explanation is not literal and the exact moment of an intended plague considered Midrashic. (besides for the plague of hail which was to forewarn the G-d-fearing Egyptians so they A further question rises: If only G-d can can remove their animals from the fields). Couldn’t the night], and they said that Moses said Moshe have meant that the time truly ‫ּכַחִ צ ֹת‬, about midnight, meaning close to would be “close to midnight”? Midnight is a point in time that has that, perhaps, they too would miscalculate no breadth or duration, if it can be further the moment and see Moshe as a liar. Pharaoh: "So said G-d, at the dividing point At First Glance: of the night, I will go out into the midst of Rashi’s second explanation seemingly Egypt.

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