What was Moses sin by the rock:#1 of 2 ########################################################### # 10 YEAR Ayelet DAILY-RASHI-YOMI CYCLE # # Jul 03, 2000 # # Rashis 126-127 Of 7800 (1.8%) # # # # Reprinted with permission from Rashi-is-Simple, # # (c) 1999-Present, Dr. Hendel # # http://www.shamash.org/rashi # # # #Permission to reprint with this header but not for profit# # # # WARNING: READ with COURIER 10 (Fixed width) FONTS # ########################################################### The Rashi Yomi Website is up. Please visit it at http://www.RashiYomi.Com/. You can find all 100 or so Daily Rashis there in 2 neat pull down menus. One pull down gives all postings while the other gives all summaries. So you can spend a pleasant Sunday refreshing on everything we've done (Or Print them out and read them over Shabbath) The "ad" for it is in this issue of Chevruta. Because I rewrote my whole website I didn't have that much time to put into the Daily Rashis. That is why I have been spending 2-3 weeks on the word ALL.We are about finished. I have to check which Rashis if any I haven't done and post them. I'll probably do that next week. But now that I have more time I wanted to get back into the swing of things. Over Shabbath I heard a wonderful shiur by Rabbi Leibtag who also writes on Rashi. He spoke about Moses sin by Meriva. So I began looking at that situation myself. It is coming up next week in the weekly portion and I thought I would devote a few sessions to it. This will provide a wonderful opportunity to see the difference between my approach and other people approaches. Anyway it is good to get back to the full swing of Rashi research. We start with Nu20-12 Since you(Moses and Aaron) did NOT BELIEVE IN me to Sanctify me in front of the whole nation therefore you will not bring this nation into ISRAEL. We will begin to focus in this issue on the phrase YOU DID NOT BELIEVE IN ME It turns out there is a long list of verses where Moses did NOT BELIEVE in God #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (C) Dr Hendel, 2000 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# EXAMPLE 1: Ex05-22 --------- Moses had just been told to go to Pharoh with miracles and release the nation. But not only did Pharoh refuse, he also increased the Jewish workload. So Moses angrily says Ex05-22 Why did you mistreat this people why did you send me God answers Moses >Ex06-01a You will see what I will do to Pharoh He will let the people Go with a strong hand For the Patriarchs did not see the promises I made to them fulfilled but you will see >RASHI Why did you suspect me. Abraham did not suspect me when Ex 1a: ---------I told him to go to Egypt and he was worried he would be killed and his wife raped(Gn12-12) Ex 1b: ---------I told him he would have a son who would inherit him and then asked him to sacrifice that son Gn22-01 Ex 1c: ---------I told him I would make him a great nation even though he was childless and Abraham did not complain but believed in God (Gn15-06) In these instances Abraham did not complain to God. But Moses did complain. In fact... EXAMPLE 2: Ex17-04a ------------------- When the nation complained about lack of water Moses said >Ex17-04a IN A LITTLE BIT they will kill me >RASHI: (Rashi translates the Hebrew words IN A LITTLE BIT based on the 5 other times it occurs in the Bible (See {LIST1} below). Notice how even though both Moses and Abraham were worried about being murdered, nevertheless, Abraham DID NOT complain but Moses DID complain. Tomorrow we will see Gods answer to Moses and continue this list of verses which showed that Moses did not have the same faith level as Abraham. For those who want to prepare try making your own list. {LIST1} {The 5 verses with the words A LITTLE BIT. As can be seen it means IN A LITTLE WHILE. The actual Hebrew words are LITTLE (MAT) and MORE (OD). Together they make a new phrase LITTLE MORE or in English LITTLE BIT} VERSE: TEXT WITH THE PHRASE "A LITTLE BIT" ======= =================================== Ex17-04 IN A LITTLE BIT they will stone me Is10-25 IN A LITTLE BIT there will be destructive anger Is29-17 IN A LITTLE BIT Lebanon will become like a rich meadow Jr51-33 IN A LITTLE BIT Babylon will be threshed Hs01-04 IN A LITTLE BIT I will avenge Yizriel #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (C) Dr Hendel, 2000 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#