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[141]                   Shemos—Bo 12:40 î:áé àáZúåîù                                                     Shemos—Bo 12:17–18 çéYæé:áé àáZúåîù           [128]                                                                                                    #                                                               26015

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                                                                                                                   for on this very day íflÓfÔíóB¤iÔí ·óÓ®·Ó¼Ða−†Ìk
                                                                                             I brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt. óÌ−¢ÖþЮÌô±Óþ¤ÓêÑôó£Ó×−ѳB ÞêÐëÌ®-³Óê−̳ê'Ñ®Bí
              and the eighty years of Moshe [at the Exodus],  ,íÓLô ñÓLó−ÌòBôÐLe
           you will not find that they [add up] to so many. 222  ,CÖkñÖkóÑêÖ®Ðô̳êG          You must preserve this day for your generations, ó£Ó×−Ñ³Ò ÞþÒðÐñí§ÓfÔíóB'iÔí-³Óêó„ÓzÐþÔôÐLe
                   And you must admit [furthermore that]  EÎìÐþÖkñÔ¼Ðî                                           it is an eternal statute. :óÞÖñB¼ ³'ÔwŠì
                     Kehos had already lived many years  ³ÖíКÌñe−Öíó−ÌòÖLíÑaÐþÔí                               18. In the first [month] öÒ ”LêÌþÞÖa .ì−
                         before he went down to Egypt  ,óÌ−ÔþЮÌôÐñðÔþÖ−êHÓLðÔ¼
                                                                                          on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening ëÓþ flÓ¼Öa ·LÓðÒ·ìÔñóB¥−þ·ÖNÖ¼ »íÖ¼ÖaÐþÔêÐa
        and many of Amram’s years overlap into Kehos’s years  ,³ÖíК ³BòÐLÌaó−̼ÖñÐëÌòóÖþÐôÔ¼ ³BòÐMÌôíÑaÐþÔíÐî
                                                                                                                  you shall eat matzos, ³¢ÒvÔôe£ñÐ×êÒ Þz
                       and many of Moshe’s eighty years  íÓLô ñÓLó−ÌòBôÐLÌôíÑaÐþÔíÐî
                         overlap into Amram’s years, 223  ,óÖþÐôÔ¼ ³BòÐLÌaó−̼ÖñÐëÌò      [continuing] until the twenty-first day of the month LÓðÒ£ìÔñó−§ÌþÐNÓ¼Ðîð«ÖìÓêÞÖíóB¤−ðÔ¼…
                  so that you will not find [even] 400 years  ³BêÑô¼ÔaÐþÔêêÖ®Ðô̳êHÓL−ÑþÎí
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               from their coming to Egypt [till the Exodus].  ,óÌ−ÔþЮÌô³Ôê−ÌëÐñ
                        You are [therefore] forced to say  EÎìÐþÖkñÔ¼þÔôBñ Ö zКԚÐïeíÐî                    pat it with cold moisture.” 125 126  .öÑòB®Ða LB¬ÐñÌz
           that their other settlements [even before Egypt] 224  ³Bë−ÌLÐ−ÔíþÖêÐL¹ÔêÓL
                                                                                                                      Rabbi Yashia says:  :þÑôBê íÖiÌLêÒ−−ÌaÔþ
                 are considered ³eþÑè (residing as strangers),  ³eþÑèeêÐþКÌò
                                                                                                                 “Do not read it: ³BvÔnÔí³Óê,  ,³BvÔnÔí³ÓêêÑþBš −ÌíÐzñÔê
                  even in Chevron (though it is in Canaan)  ,öBþÐëÓìÐa el−ÌõÎêÔî                        but, rather, ³BЮÌnÔí³Óê (i.e., the mitzvos)  ³BЮÌnÔí³ÓêêÖlÓê
                                       as it is said:  þÔôÍêÓpÓL                          [to teach us that] just as we hasten [in baking the matzos]  CÓþÓðÐk
                 “Where Avraham and Yitzchok resided.” 225  ,šÖìЮÌ−ÐîóÖíÖþÐëÔêóÖLþÖbþÓLÎê                           so as not to permit  ö−ÑêÓL
                   And it is also said [concerning Canaan]:  þÑôBêÐî                                          the matzos to become chametz  ,íÖvÔnÔí³Óêö−Ì®−ÌôÐìÔô
                            “The land of their residing  óÓí−ÑþŠèÐô±ÓþÓê³Ñê                                    so, too, we must not permit  ö−ÑêCÖk
                    in which they resided temporarily.” 226  .dÖëeþÖbþÓLÎê
                                                                                                              the “leavening” of the mitzvos  ,íÖîЮÌnÔí³Óêö−Ì®−ÌôÐìÔô
                You must therefore say that [the prophecy]:  ,þÔôBñ C−ÌþÖ®íÖzÔêCÖ×−ÌõÐñ                                   but, rather,  êÖlÓê
                    “For your offspring will be a stranger”  ZEμÐþÔïíÓ−ÐíÌ−þÑè−Ìk           if a chance [to fulfill a mitzvah] presents itself to you,  ,EÐðÖ−ÐñíÖêÖaóÌê
                 [begins] from the time he had an offspring.  .¼ÔþÓïBñíÖ−ÖíÓMÌô                                     do it immediately. 127  :ðÖiÌôdÖ³Bê íÑNμ
                       [Now,] if you will count 400 years  íÖòÖL’³íÓòÐôÌzÓLÐ×e
                                                                                                           You must preserve this day—  .äÆfÇä íBiÇä-úÆà-íÆzÀøÇîÀLe
                             from the birth of Yitzchok  ,šÖìЮÌ−ðÔñBpÓMÌô
                                                                                              from doing melachah (work prohibited on Yom Tov).  :íÖ×êÖñÐnÌô
               you will find that from their coming to Egypt  óÌ−Ô þЮÌôÐñöÖ³Öê−ÌaÌnêÖ®ÐôÌz
                                                                                              For your generations it is an eternal statute. 128  .íÞÈìBò úÇwËçíÆëéÅúÉ ÞøÉãÀì
                   until they left, there were 210 years. 227  ,−"þ öÖ³Öê−Ì®Ð−ðÔ¼
                                                                                          Since “generations” and “an eternal statute” was not said  óÖñB¼ ³Ô wŠìÐî ³BþBc þÔôÍêÓòêHÓL−ÌõÐñ
                            This was one of the things  ó−ÌþÖëÐcÔíöÌôðÖìÓêíÓïÐî
                                                                                                                   in regard to working,  íÖ×êÖñÐnÔíñÔ¼
                           that they (the Sages) altered  ep−ÌMÓL
                                                                                                but only regarding the celebration of the festival,  ,íÖè−ÌèÎìÔíñÔ¼êÖlÓê
                        for King Talmai (Ptolemy). 228 229  :CÓñÓnÔí−ÔôÐñÔ³Ðñ
                                                                                                             it is, therefore, repeated here,  ,öêÖ×BêÖòÐLe þÔïÖìCÖ×Ðñ
                                                                                            so that you may not say that the negative prohibition:  ³ÔþÖíÐïÔêþÔôêÒ³êHÓL
       222 133+137+80=350.  223 Thus you must subtract from the 350 (previous note) all the years that Kehos lived  “No work shall be done” 129  íÓNÖ¼Ñ−êGíÖ×êÖñÐôñÖk
       before coming to Egypt as well as the years that he lived after Amram was born to him. Also subtract the years  was not said for future generations  íÖþÐôÓêÓò ³BþBðÐñêG
       that Amram lived after Moshe was born to him.  224 Viz., Avraham in Plishtim (Bereishis 47, 4), Yitchok in Gerar  and only for that generation.  :þBcÔí B³BêÐñêÖlÓê
       (ibid. 20, 1), Yaakov in the land of Cham (Tehillim 105, 23).  225 Bereishis 35, 27.  226 Above, 6, 4.  227 The
       calculation is as follows: Yaakov was born when Yitzchok was 60, Yaakov was 130 years old coming into Egypt;  [18] Until the twenty-first day.  .íéÄøÀNÆòÀåãÈçÆàÞÈä íBé ãÇò [çé]
       from Yaakov’s coming to Egypt until the Exodus: 210; total: 400.  228 King Talmai (Ptolemy) gathered seventy-two  Why is this said—  ?þÔôÍêÓòíÖnÖñ
       Sages and placed them in seventy-two separate rooms and then asked each one to translate the Torah into Greek
       for him. Amazingly, each, through Divine inspiration, made the same changes from the literal text, where a gentile
       might err as to the Torah’s intent. Here they translated: “The habitation of the B’nei Yisrael living in Egypt and in  125 The coolness keeps it from rising further and becoming chametz.  126 Pesachim Chapt. 3 Mishneh 4.
       other lands lasted four hundred and thirty years” (Megillah 9a).  229 Mechilta.    127 Mechilta.  128 This would seem to be a repetition of v. 14 above!  129 V. 16.                              #                                                               26015-EYAL - 26015-SHMOT-EYAL | 5 - B | 18-07-18 | 09:55:43 | SR:--
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