Why does the Pasuk say both “Emor – Speak” and “V’Amarta – And you should say”. What’s the double word doing here?
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Noach- Speak Softly
“Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean (Anenu tahora) animal, a male and its mate”. (7:2) Why did the Torah use the language of Anenu Tahora when the simpler “Tameh” could have been used*? [The Torah usually prefers terse language.]… Continue reading Noach- Speak Softly
Some Thoughts from Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch on Parshas Emor
Dibur and Emor differ as “speaking” and “informing.” Speaking is the expression of thought in words, without any consideration of its being accepted by the hearer, but informing is always “telling somebody.” One can speak to oneself, but not inform. Dibur is the concise expression of a thought, Emor is addressing the same to the… Continue reading Some Thoughts from Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch on Parshas Emor