Mikra & Meaning by Nathaniel Helfgot

Author:Nathaniel Helfgot
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maggid Books

1. The lecture was delivered on June 10, 1974; the second half of this address was later abridged and adapted into written form by Rabbi Abraham Besdin in Reflections of the Rav (1993), vol. 1, 150–9.

2. This aspiration may be reflected in the name of Adam’s second-born, “Hevel,” which is another biblical term for wind or ruaĥ. Hevel, spirit or wind, like the spirit of God that opens Genesis, is the name of the “good” son who is murdered by the “evil” son Kayin. Note that Hevel is a shepherd who takes care of “basar,” animal flesh, and directs it to God in sacrifices in the proper way: “Of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat of it” (Genesis 4:3).

3. For example, see Genesis 6:17: “Leshaĥeit kol basar asher bo ruaĥ ĥayyim,” “To destroy all flesh, where there is the spirit of life.”

4. The midrash on this verse (cited by Rashi) that Yokheved saw that the house was filled with light (ohr) takes on added resonance in its allusion to the creation of light on the first day.

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