Bereshis Chuf Ches:Hay Flashcards
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יִצְחָק֙ אֶת־יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ פַּדֶּ֣נָֽה אֲרָ֑ם אֶל־לָבָ֤ן בֶּן־בְּתוּאֵל֙ הָֽאֲרַמִּ֔י אֲחִ֣י רִבְקָ֔ה אֵ֥ם יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב וְעֵשָֽׂו:
And yitzhak sent Yaakov to Padan Aram
to Lavan son of Bitual
the brother of Rivkah
the mother of Yaakov and Eisav
אֵם יַֽעֲקֹב וְעֵשָֽׂו
. אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה מְּלַמְּדֵנוּ:
Mother of Yaakov and Eisav
i dont know what these words are coming to teach us
Rashi Question
what do the words רִבְקָ֔ה אֵ֥ם יַֽעֲקֹ֖ב וְעֵשָֽׂו: mean?
Rashi Answer
Rashi has no answer
Why does Rashi say something if he has no answer to it?
Answer from Sifsay Chachamim
Because he is aware that - חכמים
maybe there are answers but Rashi doesn’t think they
are good answers.
Why does Rashi say something if he has no answer to it?
answer from Rabbis
- what is Rashi aware of?
- Rashi doesn’t….
- How is Rashi being a good teacher?
Rashi is aware there is a
question on the pasok he just doesn’t know the the
answer (Rashi is being a good teacher by telling us
that we should have a problem with this pasok)
Why does Rashi say something if he has no answer to it?
Answer from Rabbis
- is this written by Rashi himself or no?
this Rashi is a note from Rashi
student that he took in one of Rashi shurim (the
studnet didn’t know the answer that Rashi gave) that
got mixed in to Rashi work, Rashi didn’t write this
himself.