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<topic>Purpose of Yam Suf
 
<topic>Purpose of Yam Suf
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<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>
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<opinion>To free the Israelites permanently – <multilink><a href="SfornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Sforno</a><a href="SfornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="SfornoShemot14-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:5</a><a href="SfornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:30</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Sforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Sforno</a></multilink></opinion>
 
<opinion>To destroy the Egyptian army –</opinion>
 
<opinion>To destroy the Egyptian army –</opinion>
 
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<topic>Avoiding war with whom?
 
<topic>Avoiding war with whom?
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<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>
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<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>
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<opinion>Egyptians – <multilink><a href="SfornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Sforno</a><a href="SfornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="SfornoShemot14-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:5</a><a href="SfornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:30</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Sforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Sforno</a></multilink></opinion>
 
<opinion>Philistines<br/>
 
<opinion>Philistines<br/>
 
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<li>Previous War – opinion in <multilink><a href="MekhiltaVayehi" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaVayehi" data-aht="source">Beshalach Vayehi</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael" data-aht="parshan">About Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumPsJShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a><a href="TargumPsJShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="Targum Pseudo-Jonathan" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Pseudo-Jonathan</a></multilink>, first opinion in <multilink><a href="ShemotRabbah20-11" data-aht="source">Shemot Rabbah</a><a href="ShemotRabbah20-11" data-aht="source">20:11-16</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink></li>
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<li>Previous War – opinion in <multilink><a href="MekhiltaVayehi" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaVayehi" data-aht="source">Beshalach Vayehi</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael" data-aht="parshan">About Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumPsJShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)</a><a href="TargumPsJShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)</a></multilink>, first opinion in <multilink><a href="ShemotRabbah20-11" data-aht="source">Shemot Rabbah</a><a href="ShemotRabbah20-11" data-aht="source">20:11-16</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink></li>
 
<li>Future War – <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">39</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Arama</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></li>
 
<li>Future War – <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">39</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Arama</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></li>
 
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<opinion>Canaanites –</opinion>
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<opinion>Canaanites – perhaps Rashi, Rashbam</opinion>
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<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>
 
 
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<topic>Meaning of "כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא"
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<topic>Meaning of "כִּי קָרוֹב הוּא" – close to what?
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<opinion>Reason for not taking the Philistine Route<br/>
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<opinion>Close to Egypt (too easy to return to Egypt) – <multilink><a href="SfornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Sforno</a><a href="SfornoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="SfornoShemot14-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:5</a><a href="SfornoShemot14-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:30</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Sforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Sforno</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot13Questions1-3" data-aht="source">Shemot 13 Questions 1-3</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel</a></multilink></opinion>
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<opinion>Close to Canaan<br/>
 
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<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>
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<li>Reason for not taking the Philistine Route (one would arrive too quickly) – <multilink><a href="CassutoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="CassutoShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Umberto Cassuto</a></multilink></li>
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<li>Close to Canaan (and would arrive too quickly) –</li>
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<li>Reason for considering taking the Philistine Route (quicker to arrive in Canaan)&#160;– <multilink><a href="RChananelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">R. Chananel</a><a href="RChananelShemot13-17" data-aht="source">(cited by R. Bachya Shemot 13:17)</a><a href="R. Chananel b. Chushiel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chananel b. Chushiel</a></multilink>, <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>,&#160;<multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39Question1" data-aht="source">39 Question 1</a><a href="AkeidatYitzchak39" data-aht="source">39</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Arama</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RHirschShemot13-17" data-aht="source">R. S"R Hirsch</a><a href="RHirschShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17-18</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink></li>
 
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</ul></opinion>
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<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>
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<topic>Problem with Philistine Route
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<opinion>Too easy to return to Egypt – Rashi, Sforno</opinion>
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<opinion>Danger from Philistines – <multilink><a href="MekhiltaVayehi" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaVayehi" data-aht="source">Beshalach Vayehi</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael" data-aht="parshan">About Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a></multilink>, R"Y Bekhor Shor, Ramban</opinion>
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<opinion>Too close to Canaan and no time in the wilderness – Rambam, Shadal, Malbim, Netziv</opinion>
 
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Latest revision as of 11:52, 28 January 2023

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:

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