[Avodah] What was actually written on the luchos, zachor or shamor?

[Michael Kopinsky]

On 7/29/07, Marty Bluke <marty.bluke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We know that they were both said at the same time, but what was
> actually written on the luchos themselves. It is clear from the gemara
> that only 1 of them was written as the gemara comments that the mem
> and the samech were b'nes, if both zachor and shamor were somehow
> written b'nes the gemara certainly would have mentioned it.
>
> R' Yaakov Kamenetsky addresses this question (in Parshas Vaetchanan)
> and claims that zachor was written but the kri was shamor. He says
> this would apply to all the other differences as well (kri uksiv).
>
> However, this is very difficult as the end of the dibra of Shabbos is
> completely different, in Yisro it talks about the 7 days of creation
> and in Vaeschanan it talks about yetzias mitzrayim. On one word I can
> see saying kri uksiv but not on a whole pasuk.
>
> Has anyone seen any other mefarshim address this issue?


Rashi Sanhedrin 56b d"h Ka'asher tziv'cha (quoted by Sifsei Chachamim in
Va'eschanan): "V'chol mah shekasuv badibros ha'acharonos haya kasuv baluchos
v'chein shama b'sinai."

It seems that Rashi holds that it is a miracle, just like the other things.

KT,
Michael
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