Points of Dispute
These are some of the central points of dispute (נקודות המחלוקת) between the various exegetes:
- Cause of impediment
- Birth defect – R. Yosef Bekhor Shor
- Glowing coal – Shemot Rabbah, Divrei HaYamim LeMoshe Rabbeinu
- Absence from Egypt – Rashbam
- Spirituality – Ralbag
- Did Hashem remove the disability?
- Immediately –
- At Mt. Sinai – Devarim Rabbah
- Gradually – Shadal
- Never – Ibn Ezra, R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Ramban, Ran
- Why Hashem preserve the disability?
- Memorialize the miracle – Ramban
- Teach that Divine will does not require charisma – R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Ran
- Punishment for Moshe – Ramban