I thought one could explain the relationship based on the Seforno,
who comments that the Torah here not only prohibits using unfair weights and
measures, which would amount to out-and-out theft, but prohibits even possessing
such weights, as ownership of these items prevents the hashra’as haShechina. In other words, our concern is not just
justice – even in secular society, there has to be fair and standard weights
and measures used in commerce or cheating would be rampant and business could not be transacted. However, in secular law,
if you keep a faulty weight locked in your cabinet and no one knows about it
and you never use it, nothing happens. In
Torah, you cause the Shechina to not want to be near you.
The Torah gives us a reminder of what happens when there is
no Shechina protecting us. Amalek
attacked those members of Klal Yisrael who for whatever reason found themselves
outside the camp and without the protection of the ananei hakavod. Had they been inside the camp, under the “iron
dome” of the ananim and hashra'as haShechina, Amalek would have had no power.
I think the targum translated it the standard way.
ReplyDeleteRav Chaim, can you explain what leads you to think the Targum renders "mi-saviv" as a verb "wandering around", and not as just meaning "all around"? I am puzzled.
ReplyDeleteThe standard Targum of saviv is schor schor, and standard for mi-saviv is mi-schor schor, just as here.
You are right -- I was reading too much into it. I will delete it from the post.
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