[Avodah] Mapik

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 04:31:12PM +0300, Doron Beckerman wrote:
: It's true - all Parshiyos have a Mapik Heh except Korach. Why? Beats me.

Thinking out loud...

Mapiq hei denotes the feminine posessive. If one takes (pun intended)
the peshat that "vayiqach Qorach" refers to his taking a bad shidduch,
then the whole theme of the opening story of the parashah is the misuse
of the power of mapiq hei.

Of course, that doesn't explain it according to Rashi, who takes Unqelus
and the Tankhuma to eam that "vayiqach" means that he took himself out
of the kelal. (The Ramban objects to his peshat, and explains the tannaim
as saying that Qorach's heart took him.)

Nor am I sure how much to read into statements about parshiyos, given
that their division post-Chazal.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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