[Avodah] Numbers 20:11 and Exodus 17:6

[Zev Sero]

On 20/09/18 09:25, Jay F. Shachter via Avodah wrote:
>>> I am utterly puzzled by this Zohar, because tzur and sela` are two
>>> totally different words that mean different things.  Their meanings
>>> don't even overlap.

>> 2. Second, even if it is so, the water came from a tzur, so what's the
>> problem?

> I am astonished at your question.  In Numbers 20:11, the water came
> from a sela`.  This was the occasion when Moshe sinned.  The intent of
> the Zohar is that Moshe was referring to the occasion of his sin, that
> he was not ignoring or minimizing it.

Where in the Zohar do you perceive such an intent?


>  Exodus 17:6 describes water
> coming from a tsur, nearly 40 years earlier, but that was not an
> occasion when Moshe sinned.  The Zohar was clearly and obviously
> referring to Numbers 20:11 and not to Exodus 17:6, so your question
> astonishes me.

On the contrary, if this were so then this Zohar should have been in 
Bamidbar, not in Shemos!

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