[Avodah] burning bush

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 09:46:54PM +0200, Danny Schoemann wrote:
: R' Eli Turkel  asked:
:> If someone were near Moshe when he came to the burning burn:
:> 1. Would he also have seen it was burning but not consumed

I'm less sure about this than the other question. I would think it
depends on whether the fire was physical (but a neis) or a chazon.

And the Rambam would point to the mal'akh who first calls Moshe and
use that as proof that it had to have occured within nevu'ah and thus
inaccessible to others.

:> 2. Would he have heard G-d talking to Moshe Rabbenu rl would
:> have thought Moshe is talking to a bush

: The Torah Shleimah (Shmos 3:2:[29]) says that we learn from "Eilav"
: that only Moshe saw it. (Shmos Rabo 2:8) and that there were lots of
: other shepherds with him at the time.

See also the second Rashi in Vayiqra, "haqol holeikh umagi'ah le'aznav,
vekol Yisrael lo shome'in". And the 3rd Rashi (still on 1:1), "Eilav -
lema'eit es Aharon."

Now before we assume this means the "qol" was direct to Moshe, not
physical, we then get to the 4th Rashi (quoting Chazal, guessing from
the language) "mei'ohel mo'eid -- melameid sheyahah haqol nifsaq velo
hayah yotzei chutz la'ohel". That *could* mean that Rashi's source is
describing Hashem directly communicating with Moshe, but that's a stretch
from the actual wording.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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