[Mesorah] Ein mafsikin b'massa'os

[Poppers, Michael]

RSBA replied to REMT:
>> However, Masei only lists 41 masa'os. The 33 p'sukim from 33:5 through 33:37 each contain one massa, starting in Ram'seis and ending in Hor Hahar, and the 8 p'sukim from 33:41 through 33:48 each contain one, from Hor Hahar to Arvos Moav.  I assume that the forty-second was the crossing of the Yardein.  If so, since even reading them in one aliya will not equal 42, why the insistence on it? <<
> I counted them.  41 plus Arvos Moav - making it 42. And before anyone says that Arvos Moav shouldn't be counted - ayen the last Rashi in Pekudei. <
Perhaps another answer: there are 42 "vayis'u"s...and before anyone says that Ra'm'seis would accordingly be counted twice, see Ba'al haTurim on 33:3 re why "b'nei Yisrael" are only mentioned the 2nd time she"yis'u meiRa'm'seis."

All the best from
Michael Poppers * Elizabeth, NJ, USA