[Avodah] Moshe Rabeinu's stuttering

SBA sba at sba2.com
Sun Jan 28 05:30:59 PST 2007


From: "Alan Rubin" <>
I haeard the following idea from Clive Lawton..Moshe's problem
 with speech was specifically with
regard to the Bnei Yisroel and not Pharoah. Since Moshe had been
brought up at court he had no problem communicating with the
Egyptians. He spoke their language and was unique in his ability to
speak with Pharoah. On the other hand he had been brought up apart
from the Bnei Yisroel and was worried about relating to them.
>

Except that it seems to go against a befeirush posuk..
"Hen Bnei Yisroel lo shomu elay - v'eich yishmo'eini Paroy
va'ani aral sefosoyim.."

Hashem could have replied - it's only the Jews that you have 
communication problems with - not Paroy..

In fact by that time, Moshe Rabeinu had been away from 
Paroy and Mitzrayim for around 60 years.

All this reminds me of a pshat I heard a long time ago, that MR 
was saying to the RBSO,
"Hen Bnei Yisroel lo shomu elay" - the Jews would not not listen to me,
"Ve'eich" - and how will I look ["vos fara ponim vel ich hoben"], if
"yishmo'eini Paroy" - Paroy DOES listen to me..?

SBA




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