ציטירנדיקער פּירוש אויף משלי 27:22

Because of that which the Lord did for me when I went forth from Egypt: The problem with this verse is the Hebrew word “Zeh, this.” What is it referring to? The verse seems to be circular in its reasoning. Why did God take me out of Egypt? Because of “this.” If “this” refers to the Seder, then the verse is saying that God commanded us to commemorate the Exodus because he took us out of Egypt so we could commemorate the Exodus! The commentary offers two different explanations: 1. This is one of many examples in the Bible and later literature of transposed words. It should read, “This (ceremony) was given because of the miracle which the Lord did for me when I went forth from Egypt.” 2. Another explanation is that the word “Zeh” should be read as it is read elsewhere in the Bible as “that which.” “It is because of that which the Lord did for me when I went forth from Egypt.” There are ample examples of the word being used in this way such as Psalms 104, Proverbs 27:22, and Isaiah 43:21.

silver refined They are like refined silver that is exposed to the entire land. exposed Heb. בעליל, an expression of revealing; in the language of the Mishna (Rosh Hashanah 21b, see Gemara): “whether it was plainly (בעליל) visible or whether it was not plainly (בעליל) visible, etc.” Others explain בעליל as an expression of elevation, and this is its explanation: silver refined with the best earth. That is to say, like silver that is refined with the best earth and its upper layer, because a person makes a crucible to refine the silver from the best earth. Another explanation: בעליל is like בעלי, with a mortar (as in Prov. 27:22): “among grain with a pestle,” which is the name of a utensil in which [grain] is crushed. Similarly, בעליל is the crucible in which gold and silver are smelted. However, this does not seem correct because he does not call עלי the mortar in which [the grain] is crushed, but the handle of the pestle with which they crush. This is called pilon in French, pestle. Another explanation: בעליל is an expression of the master of a hand, i.e., the master of the earth, and the praise of the word applies to God. Targum Jonathan, too, renders it as an expression of lordship. He says that His sayings are like silver, refined by the Lord of the earth, Who is God, for He refined and clarified them.

service vessels and pestles (Stessel in German.) This is [the implement] with which they crush spices in the mortar. A similar instance is (Prov. 27:22): “If you crush a fool in a mortar [among grain with a pestle (בַּעֱלִי)”]. Rabbi Isaac the son of Samuel of Narbonne told me this. Others say that וְהַעֲלוֹת refers to boards upon which meat is cut, and an example of this appears in Bezah (1:5): We may not move a board (עלי) to cut meat upon it.

Ground wheat. Ground wheat as [we find], "Among the ground wheat."⁶Mishlei 27:22.