Of course the mitzvah of “Anochi Hashem Elokecha…” was given
to all of Klal Yisrael. What Rashi
means, explains the Sefas Emes, is that the singular tense is used to show that
even if an entire generation has sinned, so long as there is even one
individual who does what’s right, Torah still has meaning.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Anochi Hashem Elokecha -- even if only one individual gets the message
Rashi explains that the first of the Aseres Hadibros, “Anochi
Hashem Elokecha…,” is written in the singular, as if Hashem was speaking only
to Moshe, so that Moshe would have an argument in Bnei Yisrael’s defense when
they sinned in the cheit ha’eigel and be able to claim the command was given
only to him.
Labels:
Shavuos,
va'eschanan,
yisro
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment