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<p>Tonight's shiur dealt w/ issues related to the first Pesach, that which immediately preceded Y'tziyas Mitzrayim. I have two Qs related to points made by RYR. <br>
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RYR noted the issue of b'nei Yisrael allowing their b'heimos (90 donkeys per person, according to one ma'amar CHaZaL) to carry all of the valuable spoils of Mitzrayim on what was Yuntef for them -- weren't they violating shvisas b'heimah for what was not tzorech hayom? He said he found the Q in the Chasam Sofer's writings and that the ChS's answer was based on a sugya in BT Shabbos about preventing one's animal from doing m'lachah by placing the burden on the animal (hanachah) while it was moving and removing the burden (aqirah) before it stopped. I don't understand how this answer is relevant to YT -- isn't the problem of shvisas b'heimah on YT related solely to tzorech hayom and not at all to aqirah, hanachah, and r'shuyos? Perhaps I'm simply ignorant here, so I would appreciate enlightenment. (As I'm only up to digest#116 of V25, please cc: me on any responses to the list.) Thanks. <br>
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The Q comes up (RYR quoted it as being asked by R'G'dalya Schorr z'l') why b'nei Yisrael rushed to gather the riches of Mitzrayim left by those who died at q'riyas Yam Suf when they had to be urged to take those riches at the time of Y'tziyas Mitzrayim -- RYR answered it according to what he had noted earlier, saying that they were previously reluctant because the day of y'tziyah was Yuntef for them, while there was no such obstacle come the day of Q'riyas Yam Suf. Yet later in the shiur, RYR himself noted that said day of QYS was the seventh day and thus also a Yuntef ("uvayom hash'vi'i miqra qodesh") as part of asking questions about Nachshon getting his clothes and beard soaked, etc. So was it a YT or not, and if it was, shouldn't they also have been reluctant to gather those riches, as there apparently was no tzorech hayom in doing so? (As RYR, there's another tack in considering b'nei Yisrael taking from Mitzrayim, one which involves saying that they did so as per a Divine directive, but he wasn't using that approach. One might also note yet another approach, one which he didn't mention: avadim aren't interested in riches, just in getting out of avdus, but once they're no longer avadim, they might have more of a hankering to gather riches!) Again, as I'm only up to digest#116 of V25, please cc: me on any responses to the list. Thanks. <br>
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Thanks for reading and for considering an answer or answers to these Qs.<br>
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Gut Voch and Gut Chodesh from<br>
--Michael Poppers via RIM pager<br>
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