1)

What are the connotations of "Ve'anisa Ve'amarta"?

1.

Rashi, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: 'And you shall declare in a loud voice'. 1

2.

Sotah, 32a: It teaches us, via a Gezeirah Shavah "Ve'anisa" "Ve'anu" from the Levi'im on Har Gerizim and Har Eival - in Ki Savo, 27:14, that the Parshah of Bikurim must be read in Lashon ha'Kodesh. 2

3.

Yerushalmi Bikurim, 3:4: Since the Torah uses the expression "Ve'anisa", the Chachamim, by way of Asmachta, connected this to the Takanah of reading out to the owner the Parshah of Bikurim - for him to repeat. 3

4.

Yerushalmi Bikurim, 2:2: It teachesthat, like Ma'aser Sheini, Bikurim requires Viduy (confession). 4


1

Da'as Zekenim: Since the Torah does not insert the word 'Ve'anisa' in Pasuk 13, regarding Viduy Ma'aser, only 'Ve'amarta', it is said in a low voice.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 25.

3

Following the initial Takanah, to read out only to those who did not know it by heart - after they stopped bringing Bikurim out of embarrassment.

4

See Torah Temimah, note 27.

2)

Who is "Arami Oveid Avi" referring to?

1.

Rashi #1: It refers to Ya'akov Avinu, when he fled from Lavan, and Lavan chased after him and wanted to kill him 1 but Hashem saved him. 2.. Rashi (in Sotah, 43b): It refers to Lavan, an admission that our ancestor Lavan (the father of our mothers Rachel and Le'ah, Bilhah and Zilpah) was a Rasha.

3.

Seforno: It refers to Ya'akov Avinu, who was for some time 'a lost Aramite', who did not have a permanent home, and was therefore not ready to raise a nation that would inherit Eretz Yisrael.

4.

Rashbam: It refers to Avraham Avinu, who was exiled from his homeland Aram. 2

5.

Sifri: It refers to Ya'akov Avinu, who went to Aram to be destroyed (Galus and travail) 3 - and Lavan is therefore considered as if he destroyed him. 4


1

Rashi: Because when a Nochri wants to sin but is prevented from doing so, it is considered as if he has sinned. Moshav Zekenim, citing the Aruch

3)

What are the connotations of the continuation of the Pasuk "Vayeired Mitzraymah ... "?

1.

Rashi: After Lavan, there were others who tried to kill us - when Ya'akov took his family down to Egypt.

4)

Who is "bi'Mesei Me'at" referring to?

1.

Rashi: It is referring to the seventy souls that accompanied Ya'akov down to Egypt. 1


1

See Vayigash Bereishis, 46:27.

5)

What are the implications of "Goy Gadol"

1.

Sifri: It implies that Yisrael excelled 1 in Egypt. 2


1

See Torah Temimah, note 28.

2

Sifri: They retained their identity by guarding themselves against adultery and by retaining their ancestral names, mode of dress and language.

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