[Mesorah] shaleach vs. sh'loach

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 09:57:23AM -0500, Michael Hamm wrote:
: Some time ago, I mentioned that I'd seen a perush that said that
: shaleach in piel means to allow someone to leave whereas sh'loach in
: kal (paal) means to send someone, and was met with skepticism (since,
: admittedly, that's the opposite of the expected difference between the
: binyanim).  I've found the citation: RSRH on Chukas, on the pasuk
: "vay'shalach... han'chashim has'rafim".

Which means that RSRH considers the /sh-l-ch/ root to mean something
other than our intuitive sense of "to send", with possible ramifications
for understanding the halachic concept of shelichus.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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