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<opinion>The Satan was coming to kill – Jubilees, R. Shimon b. Gamliel, Midrash Vayosha</opinion> | <opinion>The Satan was coming to kill – Jubilees, R. Shimon b. Gamliel, Midrash Vayosha</opinion> | ||
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<opinion>Moshe's legs (or genitals) – Midrash Vayosha, Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi, Shadal</opinion> | <opinion>Moshe's legs (or genitals) – Midrash Vayosha, Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi, Shadal</opinion> | ||
<opinion>The baby's genitals – R. Yosef Kimchi</opinion> | <opinion>The baby's genitals – R. Yosef Kimchi</opinion> | ||
Version as of 15:15, 12 May 2014
Murder Mystery at the Malon
Points of Dispute
These are some of the central points of dispute (נקודות המחלוקת) between the various exegetes:
- Who was at the lodging place?
- Moshe's whole family – Most commentators
- Just Zipporah and children – R. Saadia, R. Chananel
- Moshe, Zipporah and Gershom – One opinion in Ramban
- "וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּ ה' וַיְבַקֵּשׁ הֲמִיתוֹ"
- Hashem sent an angel to do the killing – Most commentators
- The Satan was coming to kill – Jubilees, R. Shimon b. Gamliel, Midrash Vayosha
- Hashem brought an illness – Shadal
- Moshe became deathly ill – Ibn Kaspi
- Prophecy came to Moshe bringing him near death – Abarbanel
- Who was near death?
- Moshe – Most commentators
- Gershom – R. Yosef Kimchi, Shadal
- Eliezer – R. Shimon b. Gamliel, R. Saadia, R. Samuel b. Chofni Gaon, R. Chananel
- Which son was uncircumcised?
- Gershom – R. Elazar HaModai, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, R. Yosef Kimchi
- Eliezer – Most commentators
- Neither – Ibn Kaspi
- How does circumcision help?
- Lack of circumcision was the cause – Most commentators
- It acted as a sacrificial act of atonement – Rashbam
- It served as a protective charm – Lekach Tov, Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi
- It is unconnected to both sin and punishment – Tzeror HaMor
- It ensured that Moshe's family would stay in Midyan – Ibn Ezra, Shadal
- Why Zipporah and not Moshe?
- Moshe was incapacitated – Most commentators
- Moshe was not present – R. Saadia, R. Chananel, Tzeror HaMor
- Zipporah was at fault – R. Yosef Kimchi, Toledot Yitzchak, Shadal
- "וַתַּגַּע לְרַגְלָיו" – Whose legs?
- Moshe's legs (or genitals) – Midrash Vayosha, Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi, Shadal
- The baby's genitals – R. Yosef Kimchi
- The angel's legs – Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
- Zipporah's return to Midyan
- Zipproah was en route to Midyan when the incident occurred – R. Saadia, R. Chananel, Seforno
- Zipporah returned immediately after the incident – Ibn Ezra, Tzeror HaMor, Shadal
- Zipporah went to Egypt and only returned to Midyan at some later point – Ramban, Ibn Kaspi
