Chasidut su Salmi 94:78
Kedushat Levi
The exegesis just outlined by our author, is based also on psalms 94,10 היוסר גוים הלא יוכיח, “shall He Who disciplines nations not punish?” The psalmist asks, rhetorically, “is it not in order for you to ask when watching G’d disciplining and punishing nations, that seeing He does so, surely, evil, harm for man does emanate from Him? When the psalmist continues in verse 12 of that psalm that a person who is being disciplined by G’d should view himself as fortunate, he refers to what happened to the Egyptians when they became an instrument of spreading G’d’s glory and the knowledge of His power.
The author refers to numerous occasions when he had said that if something is to occur after some time it is described in the Torah as אהי'ה, whereas when it is something that is about to occur immediately it is described as הויה, a word commencing with the letter ה. When G’d does not tell Moses that He “is,” but that He “will be,” using the prefix א, He hints to him that the ultimate purpose of his mission will not become apparent to him until after some time has elapsed. The way Moses would recognize when that point in time had been reached is the אות, “the sign” i.e. the communal service of the Lord by the entire people at Mount Sinai. At that time, all of mankind will become aware that there is only a single Creator, and that He is the sole ruler of the entire universe.
The author refers to numerous occasions when he had said that if something is to occur after some time it is described in the Torah as אהי'ה, whereas when it is something that is about to occur immediately it is described as הויה, a word commencing with the letter ה. When G’d does not tell Moses that He “is,” but that He “will be,” using the prefix א, He hints to him that the ultimate purpose of his mission will not become apparent to him until after some time has elapsed. The way Moses would recognize when that point in time had been reached is the אות, “the sign” i.e. the communal service of the Lord by the entire people at Mount Sinai. At that time, all of mankind will become aware that there is only a single Creator, and that He is the sole ruler of the entire universe.
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