Perek 2 Flashcards
רש”י א’ - ויקח את בת לוי
וילח - his daughter
(Miriam) said ur Gezara is harsher than Pharaoh’s b/c Pharaoh says no boys, and urs is also n o girls
ויקח - he married her
Yocheved was 130 yr.s when Moshe was born, b/c she was born going into Mitzrayim for 210 yr.s, and Moshe was born 80 yr.s in, so thats 130
רש”י ב’ - כי טוב הוא
Q: why does it say that he was good and she hid him, wouldnt she hide him if he wasnt good? why she saw he was good? what is Tov?
A: כי טוב הוא: he filled the house w/ light
כלי יקר ב’ - ותרא אותו כי טוב הוא
Q: chart
A: כי טוב הוא: light
ותצפנהה ירחיםו שלש: the Mitzrim will see the light, and think hes the savior
דעת זקנים ב’ - ותרא אותו כי טוב הוא
Q: chart
A: כי טוב הוא: he was pretty, she saw that his fingernail were grown, which was unusual, so he would live
ותצפנהה ירחיםו שלש: he neede to be saved, b/c he would live
רמב”ן ב’ - ותרא אותו כי טוב הוא ותצפנהו
R’ Henach Leibowitz
Q: chart
A: כי טוב הוא: light - he was special
ותצפנהה ירחיםו שלש: there will be a Nase, and he will be saved
so she thought of e/t she could to save him
the other mothers were in a state of despair, so they couldnt think straight, Yocheved new Moshe would be saved, but she had to think how
רש”י ג’ - ולא יכלה עוד הצפינו
the Mitzrim were counting 9 months since she got married. but she gave birth 6 months and one day early, so she hid him for 6 months, and after, she had to find a new spot
רש”י ג’ - גמא
it could withstand s/t hard and soft
רש”י ג’ - בחמר ובזבת
she put clay on outside and clay on inside, so the Tzadik wouldnt have to smell the bad smell of tar.
her love to him
רש”י ה’ - לרחץ על היאר
Q: why does it say she went on the water, to bathe on it?
A:change the Pasuk - ותרד בת פרעה על היאר לרחץ בו
רש”י כב’- וידע אלקים
Question: doesn’t ‘ד always know?
Anser:Hashem paid attention and didn’t close His eyes
בחיי ג:(5)
She was smart and did this to save him, because the stargazers would look and see from the stars, that he was already thrown in, and tell פרעה, who would take away the גזירה and they won’t look in the water because if he was thrown in, obliviously he died
דעת זקנים טו’- ולבקש להרג
Question: doesn’t ‘ד always know?
Answer:Hashem made his neck become like a pilar of marble שנעשה צוויר כעמוד של שיש
So the sword didn’t penetrate
רש”י טו’- וישב על הבאר
Question: why the באר?
Answer:he learned from יעקב that he found his wife by the באר so משה wanted too also
רש”י טז’- ולכהן מדין
Question: why is he called כהן מדין?
Answer: he was a ruler over them and he separated himself from ע”ז and they banned him from among them
רש”י טז’- את הרהטים
Question: מה המובן?
Answer: Pool/trouphs- something in the ground filled with water so the animals can drink
