Thursday, January 23, 2020

Three Pessukim Of פדות

The possuk (8:19) says: וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י פְדֻ֔ת בֵּ֥ין עַמִּ֖י וּבֵ֣ין עַמֶּ֑ךָ לְמָחָ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה הָאֹ֥ת הַזֶּֽה.  The Baal Haturim notes ג׳ במסורה דין חסר וב׳ מלאים – פדות שלח לעמו. והרבה עמו פדות כי זה לא היה פדות שלם אלא מפני הערוב. אבל כשיצאו ממצרים היה שלם, וזהו פדות שלח לעמו, ולעתיד הרבה עמו פדות ויהיה גאולה שלימה.  We see that the letter 'ו is connected with the final geulah.  It is missing here for it wasn't the final geulah. This point has been discussed on this blog previously here and here.  The Ben Eish Chai in his intro. to year 2 on this week's parsha gives a different explanation which you can read here.
The Belzor Rav (Yissocher Dov) gave a different explanation of the Baal Haturim.  He understands the different pessukim are different levels of golus and there are corresponding different levels of geulah.  Golus from Mitzraim requires a small פדת.  If one is in golus by another Jew than a greater geulah, פדות is required. If one is in the golus of his own mind or body that is the greatest golus and requires הרבה פדות.


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