1)

What is the meaning of "u'mi'Bamos ha'Gai ... "?

1.

Ramban, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: 'From the desert the well went with them down to the valleys and from the valleys to the high places'.

2.

Rashbam: 'Matanah', 'Nachaliel' and 'Bamos' are all place-names.

3.

Seforno: The Pasuk implies that in spite of flowing with them to all of these places, the well lost none of its water along the way - an additional facet of its supernatural qualities.

4.

Refer to 21:19:1:2 & 8.

2)

What is the meaning "Rosh ha'Pisgah ve'Nishkafah Al P'nei ha'Yeshimon"?

1.

Rashi #1: It means 'to the top of the cliff 1 that overlooked Yeshimon. 2

2.

Rashi #2 (citing the Midrash Tanchuma): This refers to the well, which was buried (after Moshe died) in the Sea of Teverya (the Kineret). 3 The Pasuk means that if someone stands on the cliff of Yeshimon looks down into the sea, he will see something that resembles a sieve - which in fact, is the well of Miriam. 4

3.

Refer to 21:18:4:2.


1

Rashi: A high place, as in Tehilim, 48:14, "Pasgu Armenosehah".

2

Rashi: So-called because it was wasteland.

3

According to Targum Yonasan the well disappeared on top of the cliff.

4

See Torah Tem imah, note 20.

3)

Why did the well stop accompanying them specifically at that spot?

1.

Rashi: Because that is where Moshe died. 1

2.

Targum Yonasan: Because they were lax in the Mitzvah of Torah-study.

3.

Oznayim la'Torah (on Pasuk 16): Becsuse they now had many streans of water from whih to draw.


1

Sifsei Chachamim: Because, even though it ceased after the death of Miriam, it returned on the merit of Moshe.

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