Chasidut su Esodo 6:25
וְאֶלְעָזָ֨ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֜ן לָקַֽח־ל֨וֹ מִבְּנ֤וֹת פּֽוּטִיאֵל֙ ל֣וֹ לְאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתֵּ֥לֶד ל֖וֹ אֶת־פִּֽינְחָ֑ס אֵ֗לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֛י אֲב֥וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃
Ed, Eleazzaro figlio d’Aronne prese in moglie una delle figlie di Putièl, la quale gli procreò Pinehhàs. Questi sono i capi dei casati dei Leviti, (suddivisi) nelle rispettive famiglie.
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Exodus 6,25. “the same Aaron and Moses to whom G’d had said: ‘take out the Children of Israel from Egypt.’” In verse 27 the Torah repeats the same once more, listing Moses’ name ahead of that of Aaron. Rashi, basing himself on the Mechilta, comments that the Torah makes a point of alternating the order in which it refers to Moses and Aaron, in order to demonstrate that in G’d’s eyes they were both of equal stature.
Since G’d addresses Moses alone, as we know from verse 29, וידבר ה' אל משה לאמור, “Hashem spoke to Moses, to say, etc;” we would have deduced that Moses was of greater stature than his older brother Aaron. In order for us not to arrive at the conclusion that Moses was considered superior, the Torah mentioned the name of Aaron first in verse 27. In other words, the message of the Torah to us is this: although G’d reserved His words for Moses’ ears alone, this does not mean that in G’d’s eyes Moses was superior to Aaron.
When we will be reading about the many audiences Moses had with Pharaoh, we will note that invariably it was Aaron who conveyed G’d’s words to Pharaoh. This was because Moses had complained to G’d of his speech defect that in his opinion rendered him unfit to speak to Pharaoh in public. [In 7,15 when G’d sends Moses to speak Pharaoh privately, warning him of the plague of blood, it was not an insult for Pharaoh to be addressed by a messenger who had a speech defect. Ed.] In order to make the point clear that Aaron was to be Moses’ mouthpiece, the Torah writes in 4,16 that Aaron would be the person delivering G’d’s messages to Pharaoh, but that he would do so in his capacity as Moses’ “prophet.” Seeing that the Torah used the expression אהרן אחיך יהיה נביאך, “your brother Aaron will serve as your prophet,” there was still room for thinking that Aaron was superior to Moses; in order to make quite clear that this was not the case, the Torah had to write הם המדברים אל פרעה “they were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh, etc.” (verse 27)
Since G’d addresses Moses alone, as we know from verse 29, וידבר ה' אל משה לאמור, “Hashem spoke to Moses, to say, etc;” we would have deduced that Moses was of greater stature than his older brother Aaron. In order for us not to arrive at the conclusion that Moses was considered superior, the Torah mentioned the name of Aaron first in verse 27. In other words, the message of the Torah to us is this: although G’d reserved His words for Moses’ ears alone, this does not mean that in G’d’s eyes Moses was superior to Aaron.
When we will be reading about the many audiences Moses had with Pharaoh, we will note that invariably it was Aaron who conveyed G’d’s words to Pharaoh. This was because Moses had complained to G’d of his speech defect that in his opinion rendered him unfit to speak to Pharaoh in public. [In 7,15 when G’d sends Moses to speak Pharaoh privately, warning him of the plague of blood, it was not an insult for Pharaoh to be addressed by a messenger who had a speech defect. Ed.] In order to make the point clear that Aaron was to be Moses’ mouthpiece, the Torah writes in 4,16 that Aaron would be the person delivering G’d’s messages to Pharaoh, but that he would do so in his capacity as Moses’ “prophet.” Seeing that the Torah used the expression אהרן אחיך יהיה נביאך, “your brother Aaron will serve as your prophet,” there was still room for thinking that Aaron was superior to Moses; in order to make quite clear that this was not the case, the Torah had to write הם המדברים אל פרעה “they were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh, etc.” (verse 27)
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