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<topic>Purpose of Yam Suf | <topic>Purpose of Yam Suf | ||
| − | <opinion>To free the Israelites permanently – <multilink><a href=" | + | <opinion>To free the Israelites permanently – <multilink><a href="SefornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:5</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:30</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></opinion> |
<opinion>To destroy the Egyptian army –</opinion> | <opinion>To destroy the Egyptian army –</opinion> | ||
</topic> | </topic> | ||
<topic>Avoiding war with whom? | <topic>Avoiding war with whom? | ||
| − | <opinion>Egyptians – <multilink><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></opinion> | + | <opinion>Egyptians – <multilink><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:5</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:30</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></opinion> |
<opinion>Philistines<br/> | <opinion>Philistines<br/> | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
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</ul></opinion> | </ul></opinion> | ||
<opinion>Canaanites –</opinion> | <opinion>Canaanites –</opinion> | ||
| − | <opinion>Egyptians and Philistines – <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink></opinion> | + | <opinion>Egyptians and Philistines – <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot14-2-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:2-4</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink></opinion> |
</topic> | </topic> | ||
<topic>Meaning of "כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא" | <topic>Meaning of "כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא" | ||
<opinion>Reason for not taking the Philistine Route<br/> | <opinion>Reason for not taking the Philistine Route<br/> | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
| − | <li>Close to Egypt – </li> | + | <li>Close to Egypt – <multilink><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Seforno</a><a href="SefornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:5</a><a href="SefornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:30</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Seforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Seforno</a></multilink></li> |
<li>Close to Canaan (and would arrive too quickly) –</li> | <li>Close to Canaan (and would arrive too quickly) –</li> | ||
</ul></opinion> | </ul></opinion> | ||
| − | <opinion>Reason for considering taking the Philistine Route (quicker to arrive in Canaan) –</opinion> | + | <opinion>Reason for considering taking the Philistine Route (quicker to arrive in Canaan) – <multilink><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot13-17-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot14-2-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:2-4</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink></opinion> |
</topic> | </topic> | ||
</disagreements> | </disagreements> | ||
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Version as of 02:37, 4 February 2015
The Roundabout Route and The Road Not Traveled
Points of Dispute
These are some of the central points of dispute (נקודות המחלוקת) between the various exegetes:
- Purpose of Yam Suf
- To free the Israelites permanently – Seforno
- To destroy the Egyptian army –
- Avoiding war with whom?
- Egyptians – Seforno
- Philistines
- Previous War – opinion in Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, first opinion in Shemot Rabbah
- Future War – Akeidat Yitzchak, Abarbanel
- Canaanites –
- Egyptians and Philistines – R. Yosef Bekhor Shor
- Meaning of "כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא"
- Reason for not taking the Philistine Route
- Close to Egypt – Seforno
- Close to Canaan (and would arrive too quickly) –
- Reason for considering taking the Philistine Route (quicker to arrive in Canaan) – R. Yosef Bekhor Shor
- Reason for not taking the Philistine Route
