Sunday, January 10, 2010

Va'eirah

In 6,12 Moshe makes a Kal Vachomer "If the Bnei Yisrael didn't listen to me, for sure Pharaoh won't listen to me." But 6,9 just said the Jews didn't listen because of their "shortness of breath and hard work". Those reasons don't apply to Pharaoh, so what's the proof that Pharaoh won't listen?

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Shemos

Rambam- Hashem doesn't make unnecessary miracles. If so, why does Hashem (2,6Rashi) make it that when Moshe cries, he sounds much older than he is? That doesn't do anything! No ones going to think he's any older than he looks.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Shemos

In 1,18 Pharaoh comes up with a plan to get all the boys killed by having the midwives Shifra and Puah kill them at birth. How is that going to be effective? Everyone will very quickly notice that all the boys are dying and stop using them as their midwives!

Shemos

Beraishis 46,8Rashi-The pasuk says the Jews "are coming to Egypt" in present tense, because at this point in the Torah's telling over of the story they're coming even though most of the Torah is written in past tense. But in Shemos 1,1 it says the Jews "are coming to Egypt" even though its been years since they came! Why doesn't it say over there the Jews "came"?

Vayechi

48,8 Rashi- The Shechina left by Ephraim and Menashe's brachos because they will have a some evil descendants. Why doesn't it leave by the other Shevatim's brachos?They also have a numberof descendants that are just as evil!

Vayechi

Why does Yaakov (48,7 Rashi) tell Yosef to bury him in Mearas Hamachpeila even though he didn't bury Rachel there, during Ephraim and Menashe's brachos? The time to tell him that should be while he's telling Yosef where to bury him (in 47,28-31)! It is totally irrelevant to Ephraim and Menashe's Berachos!

PLEASE NOTE. THE LAST POST SHOULD BE MARKED VAYECHI, NOT SHEMOS (ALTHOUGH IT IS RELEVANT TO SHEMOS TOO)

Shemos

47,28Rashi-The reason there's no 9+ letter long space between Vayigash and Vayichi is because the eyes and heart of the Jews became closed because the slavery began. But the slavery didn't start when Yaakov died in Vayechi!? It started after all the Shvatim, and almost are their kids too, died in Sefer Shemos, so why is the lack of 9+ letter long space before Vayechi? It has nothing to do with Yaakov's death or with Parshas Vayechi at all! It should be by Shemos!