~ Something to Think About ~
פרשת נצבים
Parsha Stumpers
By: Daniel Listhaus
- (29:13-14) The passukim say, “Not with you alone do I forge
this bris and this oath, but
with whoever is here, standing with us today before Hashem, our G-d, and
with whoever is not here with us today…” How could a bris be made
with people who are not present?
- (29:15) The passuk says,
כִּי אַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֵת אֲשֶׁר יָשַׁבְנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְאֵת
אֲשֶׁר עָבַרְנוּ בְּקֶרֶב הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר עֲבַרְתֶּם
Why switch from “that which we passed” to “that
which you passed”
- (29:28)There are nekudos (dots) above
certain letters/words in the passuk. Why is this and why over those
particular ones?
- (30:12) The Rosh and Da’as
Zekainim mention that there is a remez in the passuk
that in the zechus of bris millah, Moshe was able to
enter shamayim. Which zechus millah is being referred
to? And why this particular zechus?
- (30:19) Rashi writes
that “Hashem tells us to look at the sun, which obeys Hashem command
perfectly – it rises and sets every day at the right time, even though it
will not receive any reward for doing so. Therefore, certainly we who will
get reward for listening to Hashem should do so...” How could we
understand this Rashi? There is a very simple pircha with
this kal v'chomer: the sun is an inanimate object with no ability
to think or decide, nor does it have any nesyonos to stop it. So
how could it be so obvious that we should be expected to obey Hashem as
well as the sun?
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