창세기 27:20의 Responsa
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִצְחָק֙ אֶל־בְּנ֔וֹ מַה־זֶּ֛ה מִהַ֥רְתָּ לִמְצֹ֖א בְּנִ֑י וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֥י הִקְרָ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לְפָנָֽי׃
이삭이 그 아들에게 이르되 내 아들아 네가 어떻게 이같이 속히 잡았느냐 그가 가로되 아버지의 하나님 여호와께서 나로 순적히 만나게 하셨음이니이다
Shut min haShamayim
They responded: "How quickly have you found your desire, my son," (Genesis 27:20) "Shining ['Zarach'] in the darkness is light for the upright ['Yesharim']." (Psalms 112:4) *Possibly, the meaning here is that R. Zerachia is in the darkness, while Rashi (the letters of his name are in the word Yesharim) is in the light and should be followed. Another possibility is that the first verse, spoken by the biblical Isaac, is a reference either to Rashi (R. Shlomo Yitzhaki) or to the Rif, R. Isaac Alfasi, who omits the statements of Rabbi Zeira in his Talmudic commentary. See Keset Hasofer ad loc. It is also unclear here to what extent the question here is theoretical. Maimonides omits the calendrical calculations as a commandment, while Sefer Mitzvot Gadol 47 seems to hold that it is a positive commandment incumbent upon every Jew who is able to make such calculations.
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