1)

What is the difference between "ve'Lo Sechal'lu" and "ve'Nikdashti"?

1.

Rashi: "ve'Lo Sechal'lu" means that one should not sin brazenly 1 and "ve'Nikdashti", that one should even sacrifice one's life 2 in order to sanctify Hashem's Name (like Avraham Avinu did).


1

See Sifsei Chachamim.

2

Rashi: With the express intention of dying, which is subject to a miraculous salvation - as occurred with Chananyah, Misha'el and Azaryah (See Daniel, 3:8). Not like Haran, who allowed himself to be cast into the furnace and died, because he thought that, like his brother Avram, he would be saved (See Rashi Lech L'cha. Bereishis 22:28).

2)

Why are the connotations of the phrase "Venikdashti be'Soch B'nei Yisrael"?

1.

Rashi: It teaches us that it is only in public 1 that one is obligated to give up one's life.

2.

Seforno: It implies that Hashem is sanctified among Yisrael when He performs wonders with them, when He rules over them directly, without a medium. 2

3.

B'rachos, 21b: It teaches us that a single person is not permitted to recite Kedushah (or any Davar she'bi'Kedushah) 3 - which we learn via a Gezeirah Shavah "Toch" "Toch" from "Hibadlu mi'Toch ha'Eidah ? " ? Korach, Bamidbar, 16:21. 4

4.

Yerushalmi Shevi'is, 4:3: It teaches us that Nochrim are not obligated to give up their lives al Kidush Hashem. 5


1

In the presence of ten Yisre'elim (See Torah Temimah, note 198) ? but not if even one of the ten is a Nochri (Sanhedrin, 74b).

2

Seforno: As he promised them, and as the Torah indicates in Ki Sisa Sh'mos, 34:10. See Seforno. Refer also to 22:33:3:1.

3

Torah Temimah: Which are listed in the Mishnah in Megilah, 23b.

4

The Yerushalmi B'rachos, 7:3: learns it via the Gezeirah Shavah "B'nei Ysrael" "B'nei Yisrael" from "Vayavo'u B'nei Yisrael ? be'Soch ha'Ba'im" in Mikeitz Bereishis, 42:5.

5

See Torah Temimah, note 199.

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