וְהָיָ֨ה לָהֶ֤ם כקסום־[כִּקְסָם־] שָׁוְא֙ בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם שְׁבֻעֵ֥י שְׁבֻע֖וֹת לָהֶ֑ם וְהֽוּא־מַזְכִּ֥יר עָוֺ֖ן לְהִתָּפֵֽשׂ׃ (פ)
און בײַ זײ װעט עס זײַןװי אַ פֿאַלשער כּישוף אין זײערע אױגן;װאָכן אױף װאָכן האָבן זײ נאָך!אָבער דאָס מאַכט דערמאָנען די זינד, אַז זײ זאָלן געכאַפּט װערן.
Ramban
FORASMUCH AS I HAVE SEEN THY FACE. Jacob said to him: “Take my present from me because I have seen your face, which to me is as one seeth the sight of an angel, ‘vatirtzeini’ (and thou wast pleased with me), as you indicated by accepting the present,” just as G-d ‘rotzeh’ (taketh pleasure) in them that fear Him,80Psalms 147:11. by accepting their offerings and sacrifices. This is similar to the verses: ‘Venirtzah’ (And it shall be favourably accepted) for him;81Leviticus 1:4. Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be ‘leratzon’ (acceptable) upon Mine altar,82Isaiah 56:7. this being associated with the expressions: Let him be ‘retzui’ (the favoured) of his brethren,83Deuteronomy 33:24. And the light of Thy countenance, for ‘ratzitham’ (Thou wast favourable to them),84Psalms 44:4. For Thy servants ‘ratzu’ (take pleasure) in her stones.85Ibid., 102:15. All these forms of ratzah connote desire and pleasure in a matter. But Rashi wrote, “Because you have agreed to pardon my offense. Vatirtzeini, you are reconciled with me.” But I have already said86Above, 32:21. that it was not advisable for Jacob to bring iniquity to remembrance.87See Ezekiel 21:28.
Rabbeinu Bahya
זכרון תרועה, “a remembrance with the blast of the Teruah.” On that day we are to recite verses which mention the blowing of the shofar and verses in which G’d is mentioned as remembering Israel. We are to remind the Lord of Yitzchak who was prepared to give his life for Him and in whose place the ram which had got entangled by his horns was offered up instead (Genesis 22,13).
The Torah here does not mention whether this remembrance is to occur by means of the blast of the Teruah sound with the trumpet or with the shofar; besides we do not understand the significance of that sound in this connection. Moreover, the Torah does not reveal at this point that the date mentioned, i.e. the first day of the seventh month, is the Day of Judgment. All the Torah reveals here is that there is a work-prohibition similar to that of the Sabbath on that day, that it is a holy convocation. Clearly, the details of this legislation have been revealed only orally, Moses telling our sages. They have a tradition that the Teruah´s sound which the Torah speaks of is to be emitted by a shofar. The linkage to the written Torah is established via the Teruah sound blown by a shofar which is mentioned in connection with the Jubilee year (compare Rosh Hashanah 34).The fact that this is the date of the Day of Judgment is alluded to by the word זכרון, i.e. the day when G’d remembers all of man’s deeds of the previous year. The word זכרון occurs in connection with judgment also elsewhere. One such example is Numbers 5,15 מזכרת עון, “a remembrance of guilt. Another example is found in Ezekiel 21,28: והוא מזכיר עון להתפש, “and it shall serve to recall their guilt.” The word פקד also means “to remember,” and occurs in connection with sin being remembered such as in Exodus 20,5 פוקד עון אבות, “who recalls the guilt of the parents, etc.;” our sages in Rosh Hashanah 32 state explicitly that פקדונות הרי הן כזכרונות, the former word means the same as the latter word זכרונות. In other words, there are adequate hints in our verse that the day mentioned is the Day of Judgment. On that day it is appropriate for us to listen to the sound of the teruah blown on the shofar as stipulated by our sages.
The Torah here does not mention whether this remembrance is to occur by means of the blast of the Teruah sound with the trumpet or with the shofar; besides we do not understand the significance of that sound in this connection. Moreover, the Torah does not reveal at this point that the date mentioned, i.e. the first day of the seventh month, is the Day of Judgment. All the Torah reveals here is that there is a work-prohibition similar to that of the Sabbath on that day, that it is a holy convocation. Clearly, the details of this legislation have been revealed only orally, Moses telling our sages. They have a tradition that the Teruah´s sound which the Torah speaks of is to be emitted by a shofar. The linkage to the written Torah is established via the Teruah sound blown by a shofar which is mentioned in connection with the Jubilee year (compare Rosh Hashanah 34).The fact that this is the date of the Day of Judgment is alluded to by the word זכרון, i.e. the day when G’d remembers all of man’s deeds of the previous year. The word זכרון occurs in connection with judgment also elsewhere. One such example is Numbers 5,15 מזכרת עון, “a remembrance of guilt. Another example is found in Ezekiel 21,28: והוא מזכיר עון להתפש, “and it shall serve to recall their guilt.” The word פקד also means “to remember,” and occurs in connection with sin being remembered such as in Exodus 20,5 פוקד עון אבות, “who recalls the guilt of the parents, etc.;” our sages in Rosh Hashanah 32 state explicitly that פקדונות הרי הן כזכרונות, the former word means the same as the latter word זכרונות. In other words, there are adequate hints in our verse that the day mentioned is the Day of Judgment. On that day it is appropriate for us to listen to the sound of the teruah blown on the shofar as stipulated by our sages.
Rabbeinu Bahya
זכרון תרועה, “a remembrance with the blast of the Teruah.” On that day we are to recite verses which mention the blowing of the shofar and verses in which G’d is mentioned as remembering Israel. We are to remind the Lord of Yitzchak who was prepared to give his life for Him and in whose place the ram which had got entangled by his horns was offered up instead (Genesis 22,13).
The Torah here does not mention whether this remembrance is to occur by means of the blast of the Teruah sound with the trumpet or with the shofar; besides we do not understand the significance of that sound in this connection. Moreover, the Torah does not reveal at this point that the date mentioned, i.e. the first day of the seventh month, is the Day of Judgment. All the Torah reveals here is that there is a work-prohibition similar to that of the Sabbath on that day, that it is a holy convocation. Clearly, the details of this legislation have been revealed only orally, Moses telling our sages. They have a tradition that the Teruah´s sound which the Torah speaks of is to be emitted by a shofar. The linkage to the written Torah is established via the Teruah sound blown by a shofar which is mentioned in connection with the Jubilee year (compare Rosh Hashanah 34).The fact that this is the date of the Day of Judgment is alluded to by the word זכרון, i.e. the day when G’d remembers all of man’s deeds of the previous year. The word זכרון occurs in connection with judgment also elsewhere. One such example is Numbers 5,15 מזכרת עון, “a remembrance of guilt. Another example is found in Ezekiel 21,28: והוא מזכיר עון להתפש, “and it shall serve to recall their guilt.” The word פקד also means “to remember,” and occurs in connection with sin being remembered such as in Exodus 20,5 פוקד עון אבות, “who recalls the guilt of the parents, etc.;” our sages in Rosh Hashanah 32 state explicitly that פקדונות הרי הן כזכרונות, the former word means the same as the latter word זכרונות. In other words, there are adequate hints in our verse that the day mentioned is the Day of Judgment. On that day it is appropriate for us to listen to the sound of the teruah blown on the shofar as stipulated by our sages.
The Torah here does not mention whether this remembrance is to occur by means of the blast of the Teruah sound with the trumpet or with the shofar; besides we do not understand the significance of that sound in this connection. Moreover, the Torah does not reveal at this point that the date mentioned, i.e. the first day of the seventh month, is the Day of Judgment. All the Torah reveals here is that there is a work-prohibition similar to that of the Sabbath on that day, that it is a holy convocation. Clearly, the details of this legislation have been revealed only orally, Moses telling our sages. They have a tradition that the Teruah´s sound which the Torah speaks of is to be emitted by a shofar. The linkage to the written Torah is established via the Teruah sound blown by a shofar which is mentioned in connection with the Jubilee year (compare Rosh Hashanah 34).The fact that this is the date of the Day of Judgment is alluded to by the word זכרון, i.e. the day when G’d remembers all of man’s deeds of the previous year. The word זכרון occurs in connection with judgment also elsewhere. One such example is Numbers 5,15 מזכרת עון, “a remembrance of guilt. Another example is found in Ezekiel 21,28: והוא מזכיר עון להתפש, “and it shall serve to recall their guilt.” The word פקד also means “to remember,” and occurs in connection with sin being remembered such as in Exodus 20,5 פוקד עון אבות, “who recalls the guilt of the parents, etc.;” our sages in Rosh Hashanah 32 state explicitly that פקדונות הרי הן כזכרונות, the former word means the same as the latter word זכרונות. In other words, there are adequate hints in our verse that the day mentioned is the Day of Judgment. On that day it is appropriate for us to listen to the sound of the teruah blown on the shofar as stipulated by our sages.