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<opinion>The purpose of their differentiation was different – Akeidat Yitzchak</opinion> | <opinion>The purpose of their differentiation was different – Akeidat Yitzchak</opinion> | ||
<opinion>They were more severe – Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi</opinion> | <opinion>They were more severe – Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi</opinion> | ||
− | <opinion>They were not unique as all of the Plagues imply differentiation – Rambam, Yefet, Radbaz</opinion> | + | <opinion>They were not unique as all of the Plagues imply differentiation – Rambam, Yefet b. Eli, Radbaz</opinion> |
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Version as of 14:31, 3 February 2014
Whom and Where Did the Plagues Strike?
Points of Dispute
These are some of the central points of dispute (נקודות המחלוקת) between the various exegetes:
- Purpose of the differentiation
- To save the Israelites from harm – Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi
- To demonstrate Hashem's wondrous ways – Philo, Akeidat Yitzchak
- What was unique about the five plagues in which differentiation is mentioned?
- They were airborne and thus differentiation needed to be stated – Rashbam, Moshav Zekeinim, Ramban, Shadal
- Their differentiation was of a different nature – Tosafist manuscript
- The purpose of their differentiation was different – Akeidat Yitzchak
- They were more severe – Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi
- They were not unique as all of the Plagues imply differentiation – Rambam, Yefet b. Eli, Radbaz
- Differentiation noted in the warnings of only עָרֹב, דֶּבֶר, and בְּכוֹרוֹת
- These plagues came directly from Hashem – Moshav Zekeinim
- The purpose of their differentiation was different – Akeidat Yitzchak
- Why Paroh checked only after דֶּבֶר
- He didn't see Moshe bringing or removing the plague – Moshav Zekeinim
- It was the first plague to discriminate ethnically – Tosafist manuscript, Akeidat Yitzchak
- Were the Israelites in Egypt proper affected by the Plagues?
- Yes – Ibn Kaspi, Ralbag, Shadal
- Partially
- All except for עָרֹב – Ramban
- All except for דֶּבֶר – Tosafist manuscript
- All except for חֹשֶׁךְ – Rashbam
- No – Philo, Tanchuma, Shemot Rabbah, Bemidbar Rabbah, Rambam
- Were the Egyptians in Goshen affected by the Plagues?
- Yes – Philo, Tanchuma, Shemot Rabbah, Bemidbar Rabbah, Ralbag
- All except for עָרֹב – Tosafist manuscript
- No – Ramban, Shadal
- Natural or supernatural differentiation
- Natural – Moshav Zekeinim, Ibn Kaspi, Shadal
- Supernatural – Philo, Tanchuma, Shemot Rabbah, Bemidbar Rabbah, Rambam
- Differentiation in עָרֹב – "וְהִפְלֵיתִי... אֶת אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן... וְשַׂמְתִּי פְדֻת בֵּין עַמִּי וּבֵין עַמֶּךָ"
- Everyone in Goshen as well as the Israelites outside of Goshen were spared – Ibn Ezra, Ramban
- Everyone in Goshen was spared but not the Israelites outside of Goshen – Moshav Zekeinim, Ibn Kaspi, Shadal
- Israelites even outside of Goshen were spared but Egyptians in Goshen were not – Philo, Tanchuma, Shemot Rabbah, R"Y Bekhor Shor, Tosafist manuscript
- Only Israelites in Goshen were spared – Ralbag
- No בָּרָד in Goshen – "רַק בְּאֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן אֲשֶׁר שָׁם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל"
- Everyone in Goshen as well as the Israelites outside of Goshen were spared – .
- Everyone in Goshen was spared but not the Israelites outside of Goshen – Moshav Zekeinim, Ibn Kaspi, Shadal.
- Israelites even outside of Goshen were spared but Egyptians in Goshen were not – Philo, Tanchuma, Shemot Rabbah.
- Only Israelites in Goshen were spared – .
- Light for the Israelites "בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָם"
- There was light for the Israelites even in Egypt proper – Shemot Rabbah, Tanchuma, Rashbam
- The Israelites had light only in Goshen – R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, Ibn Kaspi, Shadal