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  • ...aht="source">Bereshit 37:34</a>, <a href="ShemuelII3-31" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 3:31</a>,&#160;<a href="Yeshayahu22-12" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 22:1 ...קיהו כלפי אשור בימי סרגון ובראשית ימי סנחריב", Zion 59:1 (1994): 5-30, and Shemuel Vargon, "נבואת ישעיהו על רקע המרד של אשדוד בס�
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  • ...hich says that the goat in Hashem's lot was brought as a sin-offering. [R. David Luria in his commentary (p.111a) proposes to emend the text to "גורלו ...ed to also in Biblical Hebrew. See <a href="ShemuelI9-7" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 9:7</a>, <a href="Mishlei20-14" data-aht="source">Mishlei 20:14</a> and <
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  • ..."R. Yitzchak Shemuel Reggio (Yashar)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Shemuel Reggio</a></multilink> and the discussion below that the verbal constructio ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>, "הואיל וכאן נשלם ספור שליחות משה
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  • ...16:2</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="DaatZekeinimShemot24" data-aht ...l)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>,<fn>Shadal combines this approach with the next one, claiming that seeing Hashem refer
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>, in contrast, suggests that the verse is not lauding Yehosh ..."parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink> compares the phrase to David's words to his Shelomo, "וחזקת והיית לאיש". This might be wha
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  • ...8:30</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink> on 28:16.</fn>&#160; further suggests that it was m ...ut R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi</a></multilink><fn>Several centuries before Shadal and Hoil Moshe, the Christian theologian Hugo of Victor wrote similarly, su
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  • ...evarim 4:30</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink><fn>R. Hoffmann combines this approach with tha <li><b>Continued sin</b>&#160;– Shadal goes a step further, positing that the nation's words are not only lacking
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  • ...1-29</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>,&#160;<multilink><a href="RYBSBereshit25-29" data-a ...ources below range in their evaluation of Esav, with Ibn Ezra, Ramban, and Shadal viewing him as only mildly negative, and Radak and Ralbag viewing him as mu
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  • ...hit 29:18</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink> who is bothered that this should have been a motivat ...eshit 30:14</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink> similarly suggests that the envy described was
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  • ...3</a>&#160;– Yoav is cursed with <i>tzara'at</i> for killing Avner against David's wishes.</li> ...>Vayikra 13</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot>
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink></mekorot> ...on but rather wrote it down to be relayed in the future, when relevant.<fn>Shadal, however, does not explain why Hashem would prefer that Yeshayahu record an
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  • ...t 12:46, 50</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot> ...he people were planning on baking leavened bread.<fn>See both Ibn Ezra and Shadal that the phrase "כִּי לֹא חָמֵץ" is a verbal clause, meaning "b
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  • ...1:1</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink> suggests that without the description of creation i ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink> points out that this is crucial for belief in monotheism<fn
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink> on Devarim 8:2 and Bemidbar 13:2, who writes: "תחלת ה�
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  • ...in other wars as well and that there was nothing unusual here. Others like Shadal suggest that there was a special impurity of idolatry related to the specia ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>
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  • ...-2,4</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>, ...href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. S.D. Luzzatto</a></multilink>
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  • ...im 12:23-25</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink> #2,<fn>See his comments to Devarim 12.&#160; I ...ating flesh and blood is like eating of an animal while it is still alive. Shadal similarly suggests that the prohibition is aimed at preventing man from eat
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  • ...e appropriateness of dedicating our initial creative endeavors to God, and Shadal emphasizes the social benefits of having a national center.</p> ...sraelites imaginatively viewed the ark as Hashem's "footstool". Thus, King David in Divrei HaYamim I 28:2 says: "אֲנִי עִם לְבָבִי לִבְנ
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink></mekorot> <li><b>Contrast to animals</b> – Shadal asserts that the verse serves to contrast man, who is given seeds and fruit
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  • ..., "וְאֶת <b>קֹלוֹ</b> שָׁמַעְנוּ"&#8207;. It should be noted, though, that Shadal points to other parts of many of these same verses to prove that Hashem spo ...Devarim 5:5</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink>
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  • ...om, and be a Messianic type of figure.<fn>See R. Moshe ibn Chiquitilla and Shadal who understand Yeshayahu 11 and the promises there to refer to Chizkiyahu.< ...u 7:15-25</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, Abarbanel</mekorot>
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  • ...ra 25:18-22</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot> ...0-22</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>,<fn>This understanding of Rashbam follows the text
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  • ...1:22</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>, however, claim that the covenant was made before t ...m I 11:26</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>,<fn>See also Cassuto.</fn> following Chazal, assert
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  • ...eshit 21:14</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink><fn>R. D"Z Hoffmann speaks about how Yishmael's ...he soldiers of Yoav and Avner in <a href="ShemuelII2-14" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 2:14</a>.</fn> and illicit relations.<fn>See R. Eliezer b. R. Yosi HaGel
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  • ...4</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About Shadal</a></multilink></mekorot> <point><b>Why Hashem didn't command Moshe</b> – Shadal thus explains why Hashem had not yet commanded Moshe to appoint judges.</po
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>, however, claim that at least the beginning of Chapter 38 t ...which would have allowed all the Yosef stories to run consecutively.&#160; Shadal suggests that the unit opens with a story that focuses on the family as a w
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  • ...עַמּוֹ",&#8206;<fn>He writes, "רוצה לומר: וטהר אדמתו, אדמת עמו". See also Shadal who cites&#160;Rosenmüller and Gesenius as explaining similarly, "אדמת ...source">Shemuel II 12:17</a> and <a href="ShemuelII13-5" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 13:5</a>.</fn>&#8206; and relates to the shared meal that often accompan
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  • ...continuing the experience of revelation at Sinai, while R. Saadia Gaon and Shadal focus on how they provide a means for the nation to honor and thank Hashem. ...e">Vayikra Toalot 1:4-17</a><a href="RalbagShemuelI3-14" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 3:14</a><a href="RalbagDivreiHaYamimII30-22" data-aht="source">Divrei HaY
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink></mekorot> <li><b>Relayed later</b> – Shadal posits that though Chapter 6 was the first prophecy that Yeshayahu received
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  • ...Biblical cases</b> – The Kuzari points to adjustments and new laws made by David, Shelomo and Ezra as evidence that such changes are permitted.</point> ...s?<fn>Considering that the Kuzari includes individuals such as Shelomo and David among those who are permitted to "add" or "subtract", yet each of these sin
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>'s critique (and possible solution).</fn></point> ...8</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About Shadal</a></multilink></mekorot>
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  • ...ot 13:17-18</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="CassutoShemot13-17" data- ...s the Mekhilta (though not necessarily R. Eliezer himself), Shemot Rabbah, Shadal, and Cassuto.&#160; See note above regarding R. D"Z Hoffmann.</fn> must gra
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink> that the story is taking place under Hyksos rule, it is pos
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  • ...s it was addressed to a different audience and set of circumstances. Thus, Shadal maintains that Moshe wanted to impart specific messages to the new generati ...s.v. שוה</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambanShemot20-7" data-aht="sou
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  • ...it 49:5-7</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RAvrahambHaRambamBereshit49-5-8 ...:5-7</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>&#160;questions this reading, pointing out that the
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  • ...hit 7:21-24</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="UCassutoBereshitIntroduct ...Zvi Hoffmann all date them to Tishrei while Ibn Ezra, R"Y Bekhor Shor, and Shadal date them to Nissan.&#160; The difference of opinion relates to the controv
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  • ...To confuse matters more,&#160;<a href="ShemuelI2-27-28" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 2:27-28</a> suggests that the priests were chosen already in Egypt! [For ...us even before Moshe?</p><p>In <a href="ShemuelI2-27-28" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 2:27</a>, Hashem tells the priest Eli, "הֲנִגְלֹה נִגְלֵי
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  • ...who live longer, he suggests that Hashem shortened the lifespan in stages. Shadal, nonetheless, questions this approach, pointing out that a regular lifespan ...hit 6:1-5</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaParashah6-1
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink></mekorot> <point><b>The elders vs. the nation at Sinai</b> – Shadal asserts that in contrast to the masses who saw no picture at all at Sinai,
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  • ...source">Bereshit 42:21</a> and <a href="ShemuelII14-4-5" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 14:5</a> (and see Rashi there, who explains "<b></b>אבל&#160;– בק ...hit 32:33</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink> and <multilink><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaParashah
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  • ...raham's career, asserting instead that it was actually a punishment.&#160; Shadal's approach similarly causes us to reappraise whether the value system of th ...2:12</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink></mekorot>
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  • ...hat their deaths contaminated the Mikdash, necessitating a cleansing rite. Shadal and R. D"Z Hoffmann take a middle position, maintaining that the ritual had ..., 34</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink>, that the sending of the goat is similar to the pur
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  • ...א", but rather "לכפר <b>בעד</b> החטא" or "בעד נפשותיכם" and the like.</fn> Shadal, pointing to Bereshit 6:14, "וְכָפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּ ...ayikra 5:17</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink>, modern scholars<fn>For a comprehensive discus
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  • ...Shemot 20:1</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink> claim the latter. The people heard only the vo ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink> assert that Moshe's miracles were unparalleled due to their
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  • ...t 47:22</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Chofni Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Chofni Gaon</a></multilink>.</fn></mekorot> ...d <a href="ShemuelI30-25" data-aht="source">Shemuel</a> where Yehoshua and David are similarly "שָׂם... חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּט", and they explain
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="HoilMosheYeshayahu42" data-aht="source ...s.</fn> maintains that he speaks of the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles.<fn>Shadal questions Ibn Kaspi's reading, pointing out that the description of Israel'
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  • ...it 34:30-31</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink></mekorot> <li><b>Unbridled anger</b> – According to Shadal and R. Hoffmann, the brothers were simply blinded by their rage at Shekhem'
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  • ...hea 14:10</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>,&#160; rejected opinion in <multilink><a href="Ralba ...he had expressed a different understanding of the verse, but after reading Shadal's explanation (as published in Ohev Ger) he changed his thoughts on the mat
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  • ...data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagShemuelI2-25" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 2:25</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parsh ...e first five plagues, as Paroh was hardening his own heart. This is how R. Shemuel Ashkenazi in his Yefei Einayyim (Parashat Bo, p. 50a) defends the Rambam.</
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  • ...12:11-17</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="AkeidatYitzchakBereshit16" data ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RSRHirschBereshit12-10-14" data-aht="s
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  • <li><b>Uzza and the ark</b> – In <a href="ShemuelII6-6-7" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 6</a>, Uzza touched the Ark to ensure that it did not fall.&#160; Despit ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RSRHirschVayikra10" data-aht="source">
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RSRHirschVayikra6-1" data-aht="source" ...6:23</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink> there).&#160; The <i>Asham</i>, in contrast is alwa
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  • ...m I 12:28</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="UCassutoShemot32-1" data-aht="s ...wer.<fn>Cf. the nation's beliefs regarding the magical power of the Ark in Shemuel I 4:3-5, and the lesson which Hashem attempted to teach them via the subseq
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  • <p>Ibn Kaspi and Shadal maintain that, indeed, the parent is the only one who sinned and the child ...ary on Onkelos, entitled Ohev Ger. In this earlier commentary (see below), Shadal had argued that "עֲוֹן אָבוֹת" refers to sins of the children wh
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  • ...ffmannBereshit19-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 19:1-3,18-20</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. D"Z Hoffmann</a></multilink> ...icking up on the past perfect language of "וַה' אָמָר".&#160; In addition, Shadal claims that though angels can act and speak on Hashem's orders, these verse
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>.&#160; For more, see <a href="Permission to Eat Meat" data- ...t 7:22-23</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink> who asserts that just land animals are included in t
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  • ...39b</a><a href="R. Shemuel Eidels (Maharsha)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel Eidels (Maharsha)</a></multilink>' understanding of R. Yaakov's position in ...This position must explain historical cases of individuals (from Kayin to David) who appear to be personally rewarded or punished by Hashem already in this
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  • ...ikhah 1:9</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>.]</fn></p> ...ikhah 1:9</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimchi</a></multilink>, in contrast, suggests that really the verses descri
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  • ...Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink>.</fn></point>
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