tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post5109396997292397141..comments2024-03-18T09:44:19.269-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: no sneaking outChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-6361505875595740732021-03-12T08:19:26.423-05:002021-03-12T08:19:26.423-05:00-- "1) ...seems like a glaring omission"...-- "1) ...seems like a glaring omission"<br /><br />but Rashi's comment IS there, as the implicit corollary generated by his remark at 24:42. words/devarim elevated by a servant (Eliezer), more pleasing to Hashem than the Torah of Israel's sons, bear repeating; so too things/devarim elevated by Israel's sons [a servant of Israel would normally work with things, a son of Israel, with words; here the eved imbues his words, while the sons imbue their things. each now stands where the other never could. the circuit is closed; the G-d wins; the curtains close.]<br /><br />(meanwhile Eliezer gives gold and silver [24:22; :53] to Rivka [the shechinah], to dwell in the tent of Sarah, while bnei Yisrael give the same for the Mishkan, so the Shechinah should dwell among them.)<br /><br /><br />-- "2) ...why does the Torah single out this instance...?"<br /><br />isn't this the first sustained exposure of Israel to The Radiance* (ie. the first exchange of 34:32 made explicit*)?<br /><br />*aka GlowFace, The Masked Crusader<br /><br /><br />-- "No one snuck off in the middle"<br /><br />but only did so later, and had to be FOUND (35:23,24)!<br /><br />(why? because gold, silver and copper were of little to no concrete personal use in the midbar, and relatively easy to forfeit, while the different fabrics/skins [and acacia wood] could serve either for adornment, or tenting, or for clothing or warmth [though not now be the shirt on their backs-- what would they sleep in {22:26}?])alonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381573124258826451noreply@blogger.com