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| − | <p>When describing the events that take place at Marah, the nation’s first stop in the Wilderness, the text shares, "שָׁם שָׂם לוֹ חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט". This has been understood by different exegetes to refer either to Hashem’s instructing the nation in some of the Torah’s laws,<fn>See, for example, Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael.</fn> His relaying of the principle of Divine providence,<fn>See R. Saadia Gaon and Ralbag.</fn> or to His providing them with physical sustenance.<fn>See R. Yosef Bekhor Shor.</fn> | + | <p>When describing the events that take place at Marah, the nation’s first stop in the Wilderness, the text shares, "שָׁם שָׂם לוֹ חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט". This has been understood by different exegetes to refer either to Hashem’s instructing the nation in some of the Torah’s laws,<fn>See, for example, Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael.</fn> His relaying of the principle of Divine providence,<fn>See R. Saadia Gaon and Ralbag.</fn> or to His providing them with physical sustenance.<fn>See R. Yosef Bekhor Shor.</fn></p> |
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<li>Use the one-click concordance to see how the words <a href="http://mg.alhatorah.org/Shemot/15#24">"חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט" </a>are used throughout Tanakh and what evidence there is for each of these possibilities.</li> | <li>Use the one-click concordance to see how the words <a href="http://mg.alhatorah.org/Shemot/15#24">"חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט" </a>are used throughout Tanakh and what evidence there is for each of these possibilities.</li> | ||
| − | <li>What does each position suggest regarding what were the nation's most pressing needs as they emerged from slavery and how Hashem dealt with these?  Is it more important to provide a fledgling nation with a spiritual and moral compass, or to first provide for their physical needs? </li> | + | <li>What does each position suggest regarding what were the nation's most pressing needs as they emerged from slavery and how Hashem dealt with these?  Is it more important to provide a fledgling nation with a spiritual and moral compass, or to first provide for their physical needs?  See <a href="Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah" data-aht="page">Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah</a> for elaboration.</li> |
<li>Those who take the approach that the term refers to Divine commandments differ regarding which laws Hashem relayed.  The possibilities include: Shabbat, honoring parents, civil law, illicit sexual relations and the red heifer ceremony.  What might be the textual and/or conceptual motivation behind each suggestion?</li> | <li>Those who take the approach that the term refers to Divine commandments differ regarding which laws Hashem relayed.  The possibilities include: Shabbat, honoring parents, civil law, illicit sexual relations and the red heifer ceremony.  What might be the textual and/or conceptual motivation behind each suggestion?</li> | ||
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Version as of 06:52, 6 February 2017
Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Beshalach
Physical or Spiritual Sustenance?
When describing the events that take place at Marah, the nation’s first stop in the Wilderness, the text shares, "שָׁם שָׂם לוֹ חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט". This has been understood by different exegetes to refer either to Hashem’s instructing the nation in some of the Torah’s laws,1 His relaying of the principle of Divine providence,2 or to His providing them with physical sustenance.3
- Use the one-click concordance to see how the words "חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט" are used throughout Tanakh and what evidence there is for each of these possibilities.
- What does each position suggest regarding what were the nation's most pressing needs as they emerged from slavery and how Hashem dealt with these? Is it more important to provide a fledgling nation with a spiritual and moral compass, or to first provide for their physical needs? See Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah for elaboration.
- Those who take the approach that the term refers to Divine commandments differ regarding which laws Hashem relayed. The possibilities include: Shabbat, honoring parents, civil law, illicit sexual relations and the red heifer ceremony. What might be the textual and/or conceptual motivation behind each suggestion?
