Tagged Questions
7
votes
3answers
125 views
Moshe's speech impediment(s)
In Sh'mos 4:10, after Hashem instructs him to speak to the Jews, Moshe describes himself to Hashem as not an "אִישׁ דְּבָרִים", literally "man of words", and as "כְבַד פֶּה", literally "heavy of ...
2
votes
1answer
107 views
Whose stick was it that hit the Nile?
שמות יז ה has:
ומטך אשר הכית בו את היאור
Moshe did not hit the Nile river, Aharon did. (See שמות ז יט, with Rashi.) Why does the Torah say otherwise?
2
votes
4answers
171 views
“Moshe cried out” - really?
In Parashat Va-eira, Pharaoh, plagued with frogs, asks Moshe and Aharon to "entreat" God to remove the plague and says that he'll respond by releasing the Israelites. Moshe agrees, and then we have ...
