Lech Lecha: The Shem M'shmuel Dissects the Command To Go To Eretz Yisroel

Okay, good morning everyone. I want to bring to your attention a very interesting observation on the opening of Hashem tells Abraham goats. Let's focus on the word alats. The nudis are unusual. It should say alerat. The reason it should say alets is it only usually says arets at a orna. The word is erat. The word is land arets. It only takes a comet at the end of a puk or or by ana. And here it takes a kata to the to the arets. It's not the end of the it should say [snorts] there is a tipka there >> which we have to discuss. But another question and the these questions are raised by the shame is in this week's para 1913. So first of all why does it say as if it would be also why is there a tip there? Why is there this trap that interposes that separates from isn't it the land that I'm going to show you? It should say um maybe the should be after the word a but why does the tip separate the word the land from that I will show you the offers as follows with another question what do you mean to the land what do you mean the land we don't even know which land it is It should see it should say what do you mean to the land? You know the refers to something definitive. There can't be anything less definitive than a place that Abrau doesn't even know what it is yet. So there are a bunch of questions here. Why not? Why is there a tipka interposing between and why is hey the land says that's because the correct way to read this puk is that two different things are happening the first is hashem tells Abraham leave your land and your birthplace and your father's house and you're going to go to Israel you're going to go to Israel otherwise how How did Abrau know where to go? If Hashem never told him where to go, then how did Abrau even walk out of his front door? The answer is, of course, Hashem told him where to go. You're going to the land is nothing short of that. Otherwise, couldn't even have walked out of his house. In other words, if what Hashem told Abra is, you go to the land I'm going to show you, but Hashem never showed him. So, how did he know whether you should make a right on the corner or a left? The answer is Hashem told you you're going to the land. The land of course is and that's why it says with a hea is going on. That's how Abra knew where to go. And that's why since these are two different commands, there's a tip here. You're going to go al to the land to the land and because the tip is such an important stop there are times in that a tipka will take the place of anaka. Now the doesn't quite say it like this. He just says that the tipka here is a very dramatic pause and to indicate that we have a kat but I'll give you an example of where a tipka can take the place of a snaka. Hopefully we could find it in Bahalo by the Pesak Sheni where the Puk says in Iska. There's no there there's just a there because there's no takes the place of anaka and the word becomes. This is really what's happening over here. Elat I'm gonna you should go to the land meaning Israel. So then the question is what does mean? Asher means a separate clause that I will show you. That I will show you. What? That I will show you. It's as if it says a I'll show you what I'll show you. The hashem says I will show you something you cannot understand on your own and you can't know the strength of that land which is deep and concealed which is referring to the so the way to read the which is supported by the and the mikra is you know where you're going to go el the land that's referring to the the definitive land is and to indicate that a is not a description of the word is as if there would be an there and the words are are a clause unto themselves there I will show you the hashem anyway that's just an interesting observation on the opening pak >> recording stopped