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<h2>Mt. Sinai vs. Ohel Moed</h2> | <h2>Mt. Sinai vs. Ohel Moed</h2> | ||
| − | <p>Prior to the building of the Tabernacle, most if not all of the received commandments were conveyed to Moshe on Mt. Sinai.  Once the Tabernacle was constructed at the end of Sefer Shemot, however, the locus of Divine revelation naturally shifted to the Holy of Holies.<fn>On the relationship between Mt. Sinai and the Mishkan, see <a href="Purpose of the Mishkan" data-aht="page">Purpose of the Mishkan</a>.</fn>  Thus, Sefer Vayikra opens with: | + | <multilang style="overflow: auto"> |
| + | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">וַיְדַבֵּר י"י אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּהַר סִינַי לֵאמֹר.</q> | ||
| + | <q xml:lang="en">And the Lord spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying:</q> | ||
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| + | <p>Prior to the building of the Tabernacle, most if not all of the received commandments were conveyed to Moshe on Mt. Sinai.  Once the Tabernacle was constructed at the end of Sefer Shemot, however, the locus of Divine revelation naturally shifted to the Holy of Holies.<fn>On the relationship between Mt. Sinai and the Mishkan, see <a href="Purpose of the Mishkan" data-aht="page">Purpose of the Mishkan</a>.</fn>  Thus, Sefer Vayikra opens with Hashem speaking to Moshe from the Mishkan:</p> | ||
| + | <multilang style="overflow: auto"> | ||
| + | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר י"י אֵלָיו <b>מֵאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד</b> לֵאמֹר.</q> | ||
| + | <q xml:lang="en">And the Lord called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying:</q> | ||
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| + | <p>Perplexingly, however, subsequent units of Sefer Vayikra appear to oscillate back and forth between Mt. Sinai and the Tent of Meeting ("אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד").  Thus, the unit of Vayikra 6-7 concludes:</p> | ||
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| + | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">(לז) זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה לָעֹלָה לַמִּנְחָה וְלַחַטָּאת וְלָאָשָׁם וְלַמִּלּוּאִים וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים. (לח) אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י"י אֶת מֹשֶׁה <b>בְּהַר סִינָי</b> בְּיוֹם צַוֺּתוֹ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַקְרִיב אֶת קׇרְבְּנֵיהֶם לַי"י בְּמִדְבַּר סִינָי.</q> | ||
| + | <q xml:lang="en">(37) This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the guilt-offering, and of the consecration-offering, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; <br/>(38) which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to present their offerings unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.</q> | ||
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| + | <p>And while the laws transmitted in the bulk of Sefer Vayikra (Chapters 10-24) were likely transmitted from the Mishkan,<fn>Curiously, this is never explicitly stated in the verses.</fn> Chapter 25 reverts again to Mt. Sinai:</p> | ||
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<h2></h2> | <h2></h2> | ||
Version as of 02:33, 27 May 2016
Blessings and Curses – Over Which Commandments?
Introduction
Mt. Sinai vs. Ohel Moed
וַיְדַבֵּר י"י אֶל מֹשֶׁה בְּהַר סִינַי לֵאמֹר.
And the Lord spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying:
Prior to the building of the Tabernacle, most if not all of the received commandments were conveyed to Moshe on Mt. Sinai. Once the Tabernacle was constructed at the end of Sefer Shemot, however, the locus of Divine revelation naturally shifted to the Holy of Holies.1 Thus, Sefer Vayikra opens with Hashem speaking to Moshe from the Mishkan:
וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר י"י אֵלָיו מֵאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֵאמֹר.
And the Lord called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying:
Perplexingly, however, subsequent units of Sefer Vayikra appear to oscillate back and forth between Mt. Sinai and the Tent of Meeting ("אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד"). Thus, the unit of Vayikra 6-7 concludes:
(לז) זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה לָעֹלָה לַמִּנְחָה וְלַחַטָּאת וְלָאָשָׁם וְלַמִּלּוּאִים וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים. (לח) אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י"י אֶת מֹשֶׁה בְּהַר סִינָי בְּיוֹם צַוֺּתוֹ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַקְרִיב אֶת קׇרְבְּנֵיהֶם לַי"י בְּמִדְבַּר סִינָי.
(37) This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the guilt-offering, and of the consecration-offering, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings;
(38) which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to present their offerings unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.
And while the laws transmitted in the bulk of Sefer Vayikra (Chapters 10-24) were likely transmitted from the Mishkan,2 Chapter 25 reverts again to Mt. Sinai:
Toward the end of Sefer Vayikra, Chapter 26 presents lengthy lists of blessings and curses which will befall the Children of Israel, depending on whether or not they observe Hashem's commandments.
(ג) אִם בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת מִצְוֺתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם. (ד) וְנָתַתִּי גִשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיוֹ...
(יד) וְאִם לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ לִי וְלֹא תַעֲשׂוּ אֵת כׇּל הַמִּצְוֺת הָאֵלֶּה. (טו) וְאִם בְּחֻקֹּתַי תִּמְאָסוּ וְאִם אֶת מִשְׁפָּטַי תִּגְעַל נַפְשְׁכֶם לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת אֶת כׇּל מִצְוֺתַי לְהַפְרְכֶם אֶת בְּרִיתִי. (טז) אַף אֲנִי אֶעֱשֶׂה זֹּאת לָכֶם...
(3) If you walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them; (4) then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit...
(14) But if you will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these commandments; (15) and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that you will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant; (16) I also will do this unto you...
These verses speak of the observance of "כׇּל הַמִּצְוֺת" and might
וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר י"י אֵלָיו מֵאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֵאמֹר.
וַיִּקְרָא אֶל מֹשֶׁה וַיְדַבֵּר י"י אֵלָיו מֵאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לֵאמֹר.
And the Lord called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying:
And the Lord called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying:
appear to refer to all of the commandments given in the Torah until this point. However, the concluding verse of this chapter appears to limit the scope to only the commandments given on Mt. Sinai:
(מו) אֵלֶּה הַחֻקִּים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וְהַתּוֹרֹת אֲשֶׁר נָתַן י"י בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּהַר סִינַי בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה.
(46) These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which the Lord made between Him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
This summation takes us back to Mt. Sinai and to refers specifically to commandments given on Mt. Sinai. ssion of the chapterding verse of It is unclear, however, which specific commandments are included in the rebuke and why they warranted. The chapter ends with a summary statement:
