tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post3181531337929957802..comments2024-03-28T21:21:02.777-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: hespeidan shel tzadikim m'akeves as ha'puranusChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-21437378712660563682018-10-14T06:47:49.730-04:002018-10-14T06:47:49.730-04:00"on the later pasuk but not on the earlier&qu..."on the later pasuk but not on the earlier"<br /><br />7:4 and 7:10 correlate with 5:22 and 5:24, meaning Mesushelach's merit extended first to his father(22), in that the infant appeared to the man as 'tov'* {like Moshe to Yocheved, 2:2}, and prompted him to teshuvah; only when we learn at pasuk 24 that Enoch finally walked with the Elokim without drawing from his son, was the zechus of Mesushelach available to protect the reshaim another 7 days [the first mention of 7 days, at 7:4, refers to Hashem's honoring Mesushelach for his merit that served his father, 'acharei holeedo et-Mesushelach', while the 7 days at 7:10 refer, for Rav, to the zechus freely applicable to the doomed of the earth]<br /><br />*or say that Mesushelach's future zechus, foreseen by Hashem, was applied at his very birth to 65-year old Chanoch, inspiring the father to walk with the G-dalonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177738305527364094noreply@blogger.com