Musar for Exodus 10:26
וְגַם־מִקְנֵ֜נוּ יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֗נוּ לֹ֤א תִשָּׁאֵר֙ פַּרְסָ֔ה כִּ֚י מִמֶּ֣נּוּ נִקַּ֔ח לַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ לֹֽא־נֵדַ֗ע מַֽה־נַּעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה עַד־בֹּאֵ֖נוּ שָֽׁמָּה׃
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.’
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
There is also the expression "not a hoof will remain" which Moses spoke of in 10,26. If "hooves" would remain, obviously animals would remain also. What point then was there in mentioning פרסה, a hoof? It appears that Onkelos changed the word in his translation when he renders "not anything will remain." When the word ]רסה occurs in Leviticus 11,3 , Onkelos translates it as "hoof." Rashi, on the other hand, explains the word as meaning the same both here and in Leviticus. His exact words are: "sole of the foot." Targum Yonathan also adopts the translation "hoof."
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