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| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RashiYechezkel3-24-27" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiYechezkel3-24-27" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 3:24-27</a><a href="RashiYechezkel24-27" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 24:27</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RYosefKaraYechezkel24-27" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Kara</a><a href="RYosefKaraYechezkel24-27" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 24:27</a><a href="R. Yosef Kara" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Kara</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="REliezerofBeaugencyYechezkel3-26-27" data-aht="source">R. Eliezer of Beaugency</a><a href="REliezerofBeaugencyYechezkel3-26-27" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 3:26-27</a><a href="REliezerofBeaugencyYechezkel24-26-27" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 24:26-27</a><a href="REliezerofBeaugencyYechezkel33-22" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 33:22</a><a href="R. Eliezer of Beaugency" data-aht="parshan">About R. Eliezer of Beaugency</a></multilink>,</mekorot> | ||
| + | <point><b>"וְנֶאֱלַמְתָּ"</b> – These commentators disagree as to how the muteness was expressed:<br/> | ||
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| + | <li>Rashi understands that only when Hashem tells Yechezkel to say something, can he open his mouth.</li> | ||
| + | <li>R. Eliezer of Beaugency says Yechezkel was limited to rebuking only when the elders of the nation came to him to hear his prophesies. He adds further that Yechezkel was not permitted to say what he wanted, rather he was to speak exactly Hashem's words.</li> | ||
| + | <li>Alternatively, one can suggest that the muteness is in the way Yechezkel prophesied.  Most of his prophecies were symbolic acts rather than speeches of rebuke.  Yechezkel is commanded to be a scout who isn't supposed to speak, rather just to look and blow the horn.</li> | ||
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| + | <category>Actually Mute | ||
| + | <p>This approach reads the verses literally, that Yechezkel really was mute.</p> | ||
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RadakYechezkel3-24-27" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakYechezkel3-24-27" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 3:24-27</a><a href="RadakYechezkel24-27" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 24:27</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RMenachembShimonYechezkel3-26-27" data-aht="source">R. Menachem b. Shimon</a><a href="RMenachembShimonYechezkel3-26-27" data-aht="source">R. Menachem b. Shimon Yechezkel 3:26-27</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
| + | <point><b>"וְנֶאֱלַמְתָּ"</b> – Radak reads this word literally but limits the muteness until the end of chapter 11.  From then on, Yechezkel talked like any other person.<fn>According to Radak all the prophecies from chapter 1-11 were given to the nation, as a package at once instead of each prophecy alone.</fn>  Radak's motivation to say the muteness ended in 11:24, is the verse immediately after which explicitly says that Yechezkel relayed to the nation all the words of Hashem.<br/>R. Menachem b. Shimon on the other hand says that Yechezkel was mute from chapter 25 until chapter 33.  In those chapters Yechezkel was prohibited to prophesy to the people, rather he relayed prophecies to other nations.</point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"וּבְדַבְּרִי אוֹתְךָ"</b> – In contrast to the other commentators who understand "וּבְדַבְּרִי אוֹתְךָ" as the occasions when Hashem speaks to Yechezkel, Radak understands "וּבְדַבְּרִי אוֹתְךָ" as when Hashem finishes talking to Yechezkel.  Yechezkel was commanded to be quiet until Hashem finishes talking to him, which happened only in 11:24, when "וַיַּעַל מֵעָלַי הַמַּרְאֶה אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתִי".</point> | ||
| + | <point><b>"בּוֹא הַפָּלִיט"</b> – The verses in chapters 24 and 33 seem to contradict this opinion that the muteness ended in chapter 11.  Radak is inconsistent in his explanation of the verses.</point> | ||
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