Commentaire de citation sur Le Deutéronome 22:17

ומוציא שם רע – “I did not find your daughter a virgin” (Deuteronomy 22:17); “and they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver [and give it to the girl’s father for the man has defamed a virgin in Israel…]” (Deuteronomy 22:19).

I also will choose, etc. בתעלוליהם Their charges.⁷A. V., Their delusions. Occasions.⁷A. V., Their delusions. Occasions. Comp. עלילות charges (Deut. 22:17), their charges are the charges brought against them. It may also be rendered their delusions; comp. ויתעללו and they abused (Judg. 19:25); התעולל he mocked (1 Sam. 6:6).⁸A. V., He had wrought wonderfully.

Behold, I say that the traditions of Rav Ahai Gaon are sublime, and I did not pause in my humble endeavor of producing fruit, to clarify the opinion of our Master [the She’iltos] with analysis of Torah and the use of pilpul, as the gracious hand of God bestows [understanding] upon the toiling soul. Perhaps the giants of the generation will realize the benefit [of my work] though it may be small and modest. [I request] that they refrain from flippantly contradicting my words, and that they first take the effort to carefully analyze the opinion of our Master, so that they may be able to understand it on their own, each according to the extent of his great ability. Both my and his [efforts] will assist in making the matter as clear as a spread garment,²⁹A figure of speech, as used in Deut. 22:17, meaning that the matter is as clear-cut as cloth. for this is the manner of Torah, as Moses gave us [the Torah] as a national heritage. Each must bequeath to his fellow [insights], whether they [seem to] be pearls or lowly pottery fragments, for the towers, the giants of Halachah, established [these] ornaments, halachic principles, in their rightful place.

When... spreads out Heb. בפרש, an expression of (Deut. 22:17): “and they will spread out (ופרשו) the garment”; they clarify the matter as a new garment.