| [1] | i.e. monitory-signs
See and compare Psalms 105, Verses 26-27 and Psalms 78, Verses 42-56. Midrash to Psalms thereto. |
| [1a] | See Zohar 2, -34A. |
| [2] | See and compare the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban, Ibn-Ezra, Radak Onkelos to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 2, I Samuel Chapter 31, Verse 4, also Radak, Onkelos to I Samuel Chapter 6, Verse 6, Abrabanel, Rabbenu Behai, Rabbi S. R. Hirsch to Exodus Chapter 10, Verses 1-2. |
| [2a] | Compare Joel Chapter 1, Verses 2-3. |
| [3] | See the commentaries of Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 10, Verses 1-2, Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 3. |
| [4] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Proverbs Chapter 28, Verse 14. |
| [5] | See Midrash Rabbah Exodus 13, -4 -6. |
| [6] | See the commentary of Ramban to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 6. |
| [7] | See Midrash Rabbah Exodus 13, -4. |
| [8] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Radak, to Isaiah Chapter 26, Verses 9-10; The Book of Beliefs and Opinions, Treatise II, Chapter 13, by Rabbi Saadia Gaon. |
| [9] | See Midrash Rabbah Exodus 13, -1. |
| [10] | See Midrash Rabbah Genesis 65, -20. |
| [11] | Compare Yalkut Shmoni to Isaiah Chapter 40, No. 446; Abrabanel to Exodus Chapter 10, Verses 1-2. |
| [12] | See the commentaries of Rashi and Ibn-Ezra to Malachi Chapter 2, Verse 17. |
| [13] | See Targum; the commentaries of Rashi, Radak, Yalkut Shmoni to Isaiah Chapter 40, Verse 28, Taanith 2A, The Book of Beliefs and Opinions, Treatise II, Chapter 1, by Rabbi Saadia Gaon. |
| [14] | Compare Zohar II, -32B. |
| [15] | See the Targum of Onkelos and the commentary of Ibn-Ezra to Psalms 89, Verses 16 and 15. |
| [16] | See the Targum of Onkelos, the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Job Chapter 33, Verses 23-24. |
| [17] | See the commentary of Rashi to Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 26. |
| [18] | See the Targum of Onkelos to Psalms 121, Verses 7-8. |
| [19] | Compare Zohar II, -32B. |
| [20] | See the Targum of Onkelos, the commentaries of Rashi, Radak to Jeremiah Chapter 23, Verses 23-24. |
| [21] | See the commentaries of Ramban, Ibn-Ezra, Rashbam, Klay-Yokor Midrash Rabbah Exodus 13, -3, Rambam, Hilchoth T'Shuvah, Chapters 5-6; Baal-Haturim, Rabbenu Behai, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, Sforno to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 1, The Book of Beliefs and Opinions, Treatise IV, Chapter 6, by Saadia Gaon, Rashi to Exodus Chapter 7, Verse 3, Midrash Rabbah Exodus 11, -6, Tanhumah, my commentary to Exodus Chapter 9, Verses 34-35. |
| [21a] | Compare the commentaries of Rashbam, Ibn-Ezra, Or-Hahayim to Exodus Chapter 8, Verses 6 and 15, Exodus Chapter 9, Verse 5. |
| [22] | See Midrash to Psalms 44, Verse 2, Taanith 24B. |
| [23] | See and compare Deuteronomy Chapter 6, Verses 20-22, the commentaries of Ramban, Rashi, Daath Zekenim M'Baale Hatosfoth to Deuteronomy Chapter 6, Verse 20, Yebamoth 62B; Joel Chapter 1, Verse 3, Radak. |
| [24] | See the commentaries of Klay-Yokor, Ibn-Ezra, Sforno, Or-Hahayim to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 2; I Samuel Chapter 6, Verse 6, see Onkelos, Radak, Abrabanel, Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 10, Verses 1-2. |
| [25] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Psalms 96, Verses 1-3, the Midrash to Psalms 120. |
| [26] | See and compare the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 15; Leviticus Chapter 22, Verses 3 and 33; Chapter 23, Verse 22; Chapter 24, Verse 23. |
| [27] | Compare Aboth 3, -15 -16; and 4, -11 and commentaries. |
| [28] | See the commentary of Ibn-Ezra to Psalms 104, Verses 31-35 and Psalms 105, Verses 1-5, The Book of Beliefs and Opinions by Rabbi Saadia Gaon, Treatise II Chapter 13 and Chapter 3. |
| [29] | See the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 4 and Leviticus Chapter 11, Verse 22, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 14, Rashi, Radak to Joel Chapter 1, Verse 4, Taanith 5A, Shabbath 33A, Ramban to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 14 and Midrash Hagodol. |
| [30] | Compare the commentary of Rabbi S.R. Hirsch to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 5. |
| [31] | See the commentaries of Radak, Rashi to Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verses 5-10. |
| [32] | See the commentary of Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 10, my commentary to Exodus Chapter 3, Verse 18. |
| [33] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Radak to Genesis Chapter 21, Verse 23. |
| [34] | See the commentaries of Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 9; Rashi to Exodus Chapter 3, Verse 12 and Exodus Chapter 19, Verse l; Shabbath 86B, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 9. |
| [35] | See Ibn-Ezra, Rashbam, Rashi to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 19. |
| [36] | Mechilta D'Rabbi Ishmael. |
| [37] | Compare the commentaries of Rabbenu Behai, Ramban to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 12. |
| [38] | See Sukkah 29A, Nedarim 25A, Midrash Hagadol to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 12, Leviticus Chapter 26, Verse 30, Isaiah Chapter 21, Verse 9. Compare Ezekiel Chapter 29, Verses 2-3, the commentaries of Radak, Rashi and I Samuel Chapters 5-6. |
| [39] | Compare the commentaries of Sforno, Ramban to Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1; The Guide of the Perplexed, Part I, Chapter 2 by Maimonides; Ozer Israel Volume 2 page 15; my commentary to Genesis Chapter 35 Verse 10; the Targum of Onkelos to Psalms 50, Verse 1; Yoma 85B-87. |
| [40] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Radak to Jeremiah Chapter 10, Verses 1-6. |
| [41] | See Mechilta D'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 12. |
| [42] | See and compare Sanhedrin 56B and 66A--Rashi; the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra, Mechilta 1, -1, Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 22, Verses 7 and 27; Midrash Ruth 1, -1. |
| [43] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Sforno, Ramban, to Exodus Chapter 4, Verse 23. |
| [44] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Job Chapter 36, Verses 21-26. |
| [45] | See the commentary of Rabbi S.R. Hirsch to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 21, Judges Chapter 16, Verse 26. |
| [46] | See the Targum of Onkelos to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 22, Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 12; see the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra, Sforno, Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 10, Verses 21-23; Kol Eliyahu by Rabbi Elijah, the Gaon of Vilna; Midrash Hagadol to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 21. |
| [47] | See Midrash Rabbah Exodus 18, -1; the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra, Ramban to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 29. Compare Rabbi S.R. Hirsch to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 29. |
| [48] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 31. |
| [49] | See the commentaries of Ramban, Rabbi S. R. Hirsch to Exodus Chapter 11, Verse 1 and compare Rashi, Rabbenu Behai, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 3, Verses 19-20, Midrash Hagodol to Exodus Chapter 4, Verse 23. |
| [50] | See the commentaries of Rashbam, Ramban, Rabbenu Behai, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 11, Verses 2-3, also Midrash Hagodol, Rashbam, my commentary to Exodus Chapter 3, Verses 21-22. |
| [51] | i.e., as the night divides or halves itself into two parts. See Rashi, Rashbam, Ramban, Ibn-Ezra, Midrash Hagodol to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 29. Compare Rabbi S.R. Hirsch to Exodus Chapter 11, Verse 4. |
| [52] | See Berakoth 4A, Midrash Rabbah Genesis 43, -3, Midrash Rabbah Exodus 18, -1, Yalkut Shmoni, Ramban to Exodus Chapter 11, Verse 4. |
| [53] | See the commentary of Abrabanel, Rabbenu Behai, Onkelos to Exodus Chapter 11, Verse 4, Baba Mezia 61B, Micah Chapter 11, Verse 3, Talmud Jerushalmi Taanith Chapter 2, -1. |
| [54] | See the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra, Rashi, Rabbenu Behai, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 29, The Guide of the Perplexed Part I, Chapter 21, and Part III, Chapter 46, by Maimonides. Compare Abrabanel to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 12. |
| [55] | Like the bulls of Hapi or Apis, and the cows of Athor or Nutathor. The number of deities, i.e.: images worshipped in Egypt and the Nile-valley were a vast number indeed. In the tomb of Thuthonosis/Thutmose, there are enumerated no fewer than seven hundred and forty. These interchanged in character, in time and space. Compare Pesikta Rabbathi Piska 15, -23 and Piska 17, -5. |
| [55a] | Compare the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban to Exodus Chapter 22, Verse 27; Sanhedrin 66A-66B, Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 12, The Guide of the Perplexed, Part 1, Chapter 2 and Part 2, Chapter 6, Rashi, Onkelos to Genesis Chapter 6, Verse 2, Mechilta D'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 12. |
| [56] | Compare The Book of Beliefs and Opinions, Treatise 6, Chapter 6 by Rabbi Saadia Gaon. |
| [57] | See the commentaries of Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 11, Verse 7. Compare Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 5, Verses 15-18. |
| [58] | See Exodus Chapter 6, Verse 1. |
| [59] | See Exodus Chapter 4, Verse 22, the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 5, Verse 1, Aboth D'Rabbi Nathan 28B, Or Hahayim to Exodus Chapter 6, Verse 1, Exodus Chapter 7, Verses 2-6. |
| [60] | See Exodus Chapter 3, Verses 19-20, and Exodus Chapter 4, Verse 23. |
| [61] | See the commentaries of Ramban, Abrabanel, Rabbenu Behai, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 11, Verses 9-10. |
| [62] | Compare the introduction to this volume. |
| [63] | See Midrash Rabbah Exodus 1, -8 and 19, -5, The Guide of the Perplexed by Rambam-Maimonides, Part III, Chapter 46. |
| [63b] | Compare Midrash Rabbah to Song of Songs 2, -14 -2 -5. |
| [64] | See Rashi to Ruth Chapter 1, Verse 3. |
| [64a] | See and compare The Guide of the Perplexed by Rambam-Maimonides, Part III, Chapter 47. Midrash Tanchuma to Leviticus Chapter 14, Verse 33. |
| [64b] | The verses cited from Psalms thus refers to the hail which smote both man and beast and every herb of the field (Exodus Chapter 9, Verse 25) as meaning the actual order of smiting was first herbage, then beast, and finally man. (Compare Psalms 78, Verses 43-51). |
| [65] | See the Introduction to this volume. |
| [66] | See the commentary of Ibn-Ezra, Rashi, Radak to Habakkuk Chapter 3, Verses 1-2. |
| [67] | See the Book of Obadiah. |
| [68] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Micah Chapter 6, Verse 8. |
| [69] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 1 and my commentary to Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 1. |
| [70] | See the commentaries of Ramban, Rashi to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 40-41. |
| [71] | See Exodus Chapter 13, Verses 3-4 and the commentary of Rashi thereto, Rosh Hashanah 10B-12A. |
| [72] | Compare the commentaries of Rashi, Sforno, Ramban, Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 1-2. |
| [73] | Compare Pesikta Rabbathi, Piska 15, -21. |
| [74] | See the commentary of Ramban to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 2, Pirke d'Rabbi Eliezer Chapter 7(8), Rosh Hashanah 25A-B, see Exodus Chapter 23, Verses 14-17; Exodus Chapter 34, Verses 18 and 22-23. |
| [75] | Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verses 1-16; Rosh-Hashanah 21A, Menahoth 68B, 84A. |
| [76] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 4. |
| [77] | Exodus Chapter 34, Verse 18; Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verse 1. " " means "new" or "month". |
| [78] | Sanhedrin 11A-13B, Rosh Hashanah 22A-25B the commentary of Rashi to Leviticus Chapter 23, Verses 2-4, Pesikta Rabbathi 41-1. |
| [79] | T. B. Rosh Hashanah 22A-25A, T. J. Rosh Hashanah 2, -5. |
| [80] | See the commentary of Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 2, Bezah 4B, Arakin 9B, Megillah 5A, Nazir 6B-7A, T. J. Rosh Hashanah 2, -8. |
| [81] | See Exodus Chapter 19, Verse l; Numbers Chapter 10, Verse 11, Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 1, Exodus Chapter 2, Verse 2. |
| [82] | See my commentary to Genesis Chapter 2, Verses 1-3. |
| [83] | See the commentary of Rashi to Leviticus Chapter 23, Verse 39. |
| [84] | See the commentary of Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 2. |
| [85] | See Midrash Rabbah Genesis 48, -9, T. J. Rosh Hashanah 1, -2. There were designations for some of the months. See Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 2, Rashi, Radak, Yalkut Shmoni to I Kings Chapter 6, Verses 1 and 37-38, Chapter 8, Verse 2. |
| [86] | See Jeremiah Chapter 16, Verses 14-25, Chapter 23, Verse 8. |
| [87] | See Zechariah Chapter 1, Verse 7; Ezra Chapter 6, Verse 15, Nehemiah Chapter 1, Verse 1. |
| [88] | See Esther Chapter 3, Verse 7. |
| [89] | See the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 20, Verse 2. |
| [90] | Accordingly, the Sabbath begins Friday at sunset and ends Saturday night. |
| [90a] | See Rosh Hashanah 20A-B, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 2; Ozar Israel Page 250-251. There are 1080 parts in one hour. |
| [90b] | According to Shmuel. But, according to Rab Adda, the solar year is 365 days, 5 hours, 55 minutes, 25 and 25/57 seconds. See Maimonides, Hilchoth Kiddush Hachodesh, Chapter 9, Halachah 1 and Chapter 10, Halacha 1. |
| [91] | See Pirke d'Rabbi Eliezer Chapter 7 (in some editions, Chapter 8). |
| [92] | Numbers Chapter 28, Verses 16-17; Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verses 1-2. |
| [93] | In countries outside the Land of Israel. In the Land of Israel the observance of the feast days is one day respectively. |
| [94] | See Numbers Chapter 11, Verses 20-21; Chapter 29, Verse 6; I Samuel Chapter 20, Verse 5; Hosea Chapter 5, Verse 7; Genesis Chapter 29, Verse 14, Chapter 8, Verse 5. See and compare Onkelos and Rashi, Shabbath 86B, Exodus Chapter 19, Verse 1; Chapter 13, Verse 5. |
| [95] | Compare Midrash Rabbah Genesis 10, -4 -5 -6, The Guide of the Perplexed Part II, Chapter 10, by Rambam-Maimonides. |
| [96] | See Zechariah Chapter 11, Verse 8; Deuteronomy Chapter 21, Verse 13, Chapter 33, Verse 14. See the commentaries of Rashi and Onkelos, Job Chapter 3, Verse 6, Chapter 7, Verse 3, Chapter 29, Verse 2, Chapter 39, Verse 2, I Kings Chapter 8, Verse 2, Chapter 6, Verses 37-38, Ezra Chapter 6, Verse 15. |
| [97] | Compare Zohar II, Page 28A-B. |
| [98] | See my commentary to Genesis Chapter 1, Verses 1-3. |
| [99] | See Rosh Hashanah 34A, Pesachim 96A. |
| [100] | Aries--the lamb or ram. See the commentary of Ramban to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 3. The signs of the zodiac should not be confused with the constellations bearing the same names. See Maimonides, Hilchoth Yesodei Hatorah, Chapter 3, Halachah 6 and Halachah 7. |
| [101] | See the Targum of Onkelos to Exodus Chapter 8, Verse 22; The Guide of the Perplexed Part III Chapter 46, by Rambam-Maimonides; the commentary of Abrabanel to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 3 and Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 7. |
| [102] | Compare Zohar II, page 29A. |
| [103] | See the commentaries of Ramban to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 6; Rashi to Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verse 6--Talmud Yerushalmi Berakoth 1, -2B; T. B. Shabbath 34B; Berakoth 9A. |
| [104] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 6. |
| [105] | See Psalms 55, Verse 18, Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 9. |
| [106] | See the commentary of Rashi to Isaiah Chapter 24, Verse 11. |
| [107] | See Exodus Chapter 30, Verse 8, the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 27, Verse 21, Genesis Chapter 1, Verse 5, Proverbs Chapter 7, Verse 9, Genesis Chapter 19, Verse 1, Exodus Chapter 16, Verses 12-13, the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra, Radak to Psalms 55, Verse 18. |
| [108] | See Berakoth 26B, Pesachim 94A, Kethuboth 106A, the Targum of Onkelos to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 6, Mechilta D'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 6. |
| [109] | See I Chronicles Chapter 2, Verse 55; Kiddushin 30A. |
| [110] | See Talmud Yerushalmi Megillah 1, -9. |
| [111] | The root of the word "sofrim" is "sofar"--meaning to count. (Leviticus Chapter 23, Verse 15; Chapter 15, Verse 13; Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 5). |
| [112] | Compare Megillah 16B, Baba Bathra 13B-15B, Erubin 13A, Soferim 38B. |
| [113] | See Leviticus Chapter 8, Verse 7, the commentary of Rabbenu Behai to Leviticus Chapter 8, Verse 8. |
| [114] | See Kiddushin 30A. |
| [115] | See Nedarim 38A, Megillah 8B-9B. The number of verses according to the Mesorah
in the Book of Genesis is 1534;
in the Book of Exodus is 1209;
in the Book of Leviticus is 859;
in the Book of Numbers is 1288; and
in the Book of Deuteronomy is 955. |
| [116] | See Isaiah Chapter 29, Verses 11-12, Daniel Chapter 1, Verse 4. |
| [117] | See Jeremiah Chapter 36, Verses 13-14. |
| [118] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Radak to Jeremiah Chapter 36, Verses 1-2. |
| [119] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 13, Daniel Chapter 2, Verse 22, Psalms 139, Verse 12, Mechilta to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 13-23 . |
| [120] | See the commentaries of Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 13, Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 23, Pesikta Rabbathi 51, -1. |
| [121] | See the commentaries of Yalkut-Meam-Loez, Mechilta d'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 8-9 . |
| [122] | See The Guide of The Perplexed, Part III, Chapter 46, by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon-Maimonides. |
| [123] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra. Compare Mechilta d'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 8, Pesachim 116B. |
| [124] | See the commentary of Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 8. |
| [125] | See Midrash Rabbah Exodus 19, -5, the commentaries of Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 48, The Guide of the Perplexed Part III, Chapters 46 and 49, Ezekiel Chapter 16, Verse 6 and commentaries, my commentary to Exodus Chapter 11, Verses 9-10, see note to my commentary to Genesis Chapter 18, Verse 14. |
| [126] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 14, also Verses 23-25. |
| [126a] | See the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 16. |
| [127] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban, Ibn-Ezra to Deuteronomy Chapter 6, Verses 20-25. |
| [128] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, Mechilta to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 11, Berakoth 9A. |
| [129] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Radak to Isaiah Chapter 42, Verse 21, Makkoth 23B, Niddah 51B, Aboth d'Rabbi Nathan 34B, Soferim 40B-41B Gerim 61B, The Book of Beliefs and Opinions Treatise 3, Chapter 1, by Rabbi Saadia Gaon. |
| [130] | Compare Menahoth 34A, Midrash Rabbah Exodus 15, -7, Midrash Rabbah Numbers 13, -20. |
| [131] | See Mechilta D'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 27. |
| [132] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 12-13 and 22-23, Baba Kamma 60A-B, Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 27, The Guide of the Perplexed Part I Chapter 21. |
| [133] | See and compare the commentaries of Rashi and Onkelos to Exodus Chapter 22, Verse 27, Rashi to Leviticus Chapter 19, Verse 10, Ibn-Ezra to Leviticus Chapter 19, Verse 16, Targum Yonathan ben Uziel to Deuteronomy Chapter 7, Verse 9, Daath Zekenim M'Baale Hatosfoth to Numbers 33, Verse 4, Sanhedrin 66A-B, Soferim 4, -5, my commentary to Exodus Chapter 10, Verses 21-22. |
| [134] | See the commentaries of Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 17, Mechilta D'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 3. See commentaries of Rashi and Onkelos to Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 29. |
| [135] | See the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra, Rashi to Leviticus Chapter 19, Verses 10-16, Rabbi S. R. Hirsch to Leviticus Chapter 19, Verse 12, Shabbath 119B, Rashi and Tosafoth, Baba Meziah 58B, Aboth 2, -13 -14. |
| [136] | See the commentaries of Rabbenu Behai, Rashi, Mechilta to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 17; Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 3, Rashi and Onkelos to Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 29. |
| [137] | See the commentaries of Daath Zekenim M'Baale Hatosfoth to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 15, also Genesis Chapter 2, Verse 2, Ibn-Ezra, Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 17, my commentary to Genesis Chapter 2, Verses 1-3. |
| [138] | See my commentary to Genesis Chapter 35, Verse 10, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 19, Verses 5-6; Rashi to Leviticus Chapter 19, Verse 2, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, Sforno, Ramban, Rabbenu Behai to Leviticus Chapter 21, Verse 6, Rabbenu Behai, Ramban, Rashbam to Leviticus Chapter 23, Verses 2-3. |
| [139] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, Ramban, Rashbam, Ibn-Ezra, Mechilta to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 14-16, Rashi, Sifra to Leviticus Chapter 23, Verse 35. |
| [140] | See the commentaries of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 14, Verse 5 Rabbenu Behai, Ramban, Abrabanel to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 15. |
| [141] | See the commentaries of Abrabanel, Mechilta to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 15. |
| [142] | See Daath Zekenim M'Baale Hatosfoth to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 15, Genesis Chapter 2, Verse 2, my commentary to Genesis Chapter 1, Verses 1-3 and 26, and Chapter 2, Verses 1-3; Zohar I page 47A-B. |
| [143] | See the commentary of Rashi to Leviticus Chapter 23, Verse 35. |
| [144] | See T. B. Bezah 15B. |
| [145] | See the commentaries of Abrabanel, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 15 . |
| [146] | See the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra, Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 20, Pesahim 99B-120. |
| [147] | See the commentaries of Rashi and Mechilta to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 15-16. Compare Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verses 3-4 and the commentaries of Rashi and Sforno thereto. |
| [148] | See Mechilta D'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 22. |
| [149] | See Pesikta Rabbathi 15, -23. Note my commentary to the verse of Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 12. |
| [149a] | At mid night--see Mechilta D'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 29. |
| [150] | See the commentaries of Abrabanel, Rashbam, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 29. |
| [151] | See the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 4, Verse 23, Exodus Chapter 11, Verses 4-5, Job Chapter 36, Verse 22. |
| [152] | See T. B. Sanhedrin 91B. |
| [153] | See the commentary of Ibn-Ezra to Proverbs Chapter 24, Verses 17-18. |
| [154] | See the commentaries of Sforno to Exodus Chapter 1, Verses 9-11, Rashbam to Genesis Chapter 43, Verse 32, my commentary to Genesis Chapter 6, Verses 12-13 and Chapter 11, Verse 4, also Exodus Chapter 3, Verses 19-20 and Exodus Chapter 5, Verses 1-5, Rashi, Ramban, Sforno, Rashbam thereto. |
| [155] | See the commentary of Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 32. |
| [156] | See the commentary of Ramban to Exodus Chapter 10, Verse 25, Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 32 . |
| [157] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Rashbam and Sforno and my commentary to Exodus Chapter 6, Verse 1; also Rashi, Rashbam and Ramban to Exodus Chapter 6, Verse 2, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 6, Verses 1-3 and Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 33. |
| [158] | See my commentary to Genesis Chapter 24, Verses 19-20, Genesis Chapter 28, Verse 15, Genesis Chapter 29, Verse 20, Taanith 21A, Shebuoth 26A, Sanhedrin 108 A-B. |
| [159] | See T. B. Sotah 31A. |
| [160] | Compare Zohar I page 47A. |
| [161] | See the commentaries of Rabbenu Behai, Abrabanel, Rashi, Rashbam, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, Midrash Hagadol, Rabbi S.R. Hirsch to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 35-36. |
| [162] | See my commentary and notes to Exodus Chapter 3, Verses 19-22, and to Exodus Chapter 11, Verses 2-3. |
| [163] | See Pesahim 87B-88A and 119A, Aboth d'Rabbi Nathan 34A, Mechilta to Exodus Chapter 17, Verse 8, I Kings Chapter 14, Verses 25-26. |
| [163a] | See Exodus Chapter 32, Verse 19 and Pesahim 87B. |
| [164] | See the commentaries of Ramban, Rashi to Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 11. Also Ibn Ezra to Exodus Chapter 1, Verse 11. |
| [165] | See Midrash Hagadol, Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 37, the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 30, Verse 16. Compare the verses of Numbers Chapter 1, Verse 46; Exodus Chapter 38, Verse 26; Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 38. |
| [166] | See the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 38, Zohar II, Pages 45B-46A. |
| [167] | See the commentary of Abrabanel, Sforno, Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 38, Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 38, Rashi to Numbers Chapter 11, Verse 4; Exodus Chapter 32, Verse 4. |
| [168] | See my commentary to Genesis Chapter 37, Verse 2 and compare Genesis Chapter 31, Verse 2. |
| [169] | Compare Yebamoth 62B-63A, Aboth 5, -19, Berakoth 6B. |
| [170] | See the commentaries of Ramban, Abrabanel to Genesis Chapter 10, Verses 13-15, compare the Hebrew Lexicon to the second letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. |
| [171] | See Isaiah Chapter 19, Verse 6, Abrabanel to Chapter 37, Verse 25, commentaries of Radak, Abrabanel to II Kings Chapter 19, Verse 24, Abrabanel to Micah Chapter 7, Verse 12, Jeremiah Chapter 44, Verse 1. |
| [172] | Compare Ezekiel Chapter 29, Verse 10. |
| [173] | Compare Isaiah Chapter 7, Verse 18; Chapter 11, Verse 11. |
| [174] | Compare Genesis Chapter 10, Verses 6 and 13, Ezekiel Chapter 30, Verses 5-6. |
| [175] | See Genesis Chapter 13, Verse 12. |
| [176] | See Genesis Chapter 10, Verse 22, Genesis Chapter 25, Verse 20, see Onkelos. |
| [177] | See my commentary to Genesis Chapter 47, Verses 4-6 and 9. |
| [177a] | Zohar 2, Pages 39B, 48B-49A, T. B. Pesahim 94A. |
| [178] | See the commentaries of Abrabanel, Rabbenu Behai to Genesis Chapter 12, Verse 10. |
| [179] | See the commentaries of Sforno, Rashbam, Rashi, Ramban, Rabbenu Behai to Genesis Chapter 26, Verses 1-2. |
| [180] | See Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 13 and the commentary of Rabbenu Behai thereto. |
| [181] | See the commentaries of Ibn Ezra, Sforno, Ramban, Yalkut- Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 40, Mechilta d'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 40, the commentary of Abrabanel to I Kings Chapter 6, Verse 1, Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 40, Soferim 35A, Pesahim 94A; Zohar II 49A; Seder Olam. |
| [182] | See Midrash Rabbah Genesis 75, -7. Compare The Book of Beliefs and Opinions Treatise VIII Chapter 5 by Rabbi Saadia Gaon, Pirke d'Rabbi Eliezer Chapter 10 (11). |
| [183] | See Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 40; Seder Olam. |
| [184] | See Pirke d'Rabbi Eliezer Chapter 67 (Chapter 68). |
| [185] | See the verses of Proverbs 23, Verses 6-9. |
| [186] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Radak, Daath Zekenim M'Baale Hatosfoth to Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 13. |
| [187] | See the commentaries of Jonathan-ben-Uziel, Ibn-Ezra, Ramban, Or-Hachayim, Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 42. |
| [188] | See the Haggadah of Pesach, Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 40-42. |
| [189] | See the commentary of Sforno to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 42. |
| [190] | Compare Mechilta d'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 42, Rosh Hashanah 8A-B. |
| [191] | See Mechilta d'Rabbi Ishmael, Midrash Hagadol to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 43. |
| [191a] | See the commentaries of Ramban, Rashi to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 43, Zebahim 22B, Pesahim 61B, Ezekiel Chapter 44, Verses 7-9. |
| [192] | See the commentary of Radak to Ezekiel Chapter 44, Verse 9. |
| [193] | See Midrash Rabbah Exodus 19, -1 -4. |
| [194] | See Midrash Rabbah Exodus 19, -4. |
| [195] | See the commentary of Radak to Isaiah Chapter 56, Verse 3. Compare the verse of Isaiah Chapter 56, Verses 3-8. |
| [196] | See the commentary of Rashi to Job Chapter 31, Verse 32. |
| [197] | See the commentaries of Abrabanel, Midrash Hagadol to Deuteronomy Chapter 31, Verse 12. |
| [198] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Mechilta d'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 49, Pesahim 87B, Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 48-49. See Deuteronomy Chapter 17, Verse 15 and Rambam-Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilchoth Melachim, Chapter 1, Halachah 4. |
| [199] | Meaning to say "to separate." See Midrash Hagadol, Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 13, Verses 1-2, see the commentary of Rabbenu Behai to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 1. |
| [200] | See Bekoroth 4B, 19A, 46A, Mechilta to Exodus Chapter 13, Verses 1-2 and 11-12, Numbers Chapter 8, Verse 17. |
| [201] | See the commentaries of Abrabanel, Rabbenu Behai, Yalkut-Meam-Loez, to Exodus Chapter 13, Verses 1-16. |
| [202] | Compare Berakoth 33B, Aboth 2, -12, the commentary of Rashi to Deuteronomy Chapter 10, Verse 12, The Guide of the Perplexed, Part III Chapter 39. |
| [203] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban, Sforno, Daath Zekenim M'Baale Hatosfoth to Deuteronomy Chapter 10, Verses 12-13, Aboth 3, -7 -12, 15-17 and the commentaries thereto. |
| [204] | See my commentary to Genesis Chapter 18, Verses 1-8. |
| [205] | See my commentary to Genesis Chapter 24, Verse 1, Genesis Chapter 29, Verse 11, Genesis Chapter 37, Verse 20. |
| [206] | See the commentaries of Ramban, Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 13, Verses 12-15. |
| [207] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 13, Midrash Hagadol to Numbers Chapter 18, Verses 15-16. |
| [208] | See Deuteronomy Chapter 7, Verse 8. |
| [209] | See the commentary of Sforno to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 2. |
| [210] | Compare the commentary of Rabbi S. R. Hirsch to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 13 and Numbers Chapter 18, Verse 15. |
| [211] | Compare Leviticus Chapter 19, Verses 1 and 37. See the commentaries of Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, Ramban, Sforno to Leviticus Chapter 19, Verse 1, Deuteronomy Chapter 10, Verses 12-21, Chapter 14, Verse 2. See Sforno thereto, also Deuteronomy Chapter 24, Verses 10-22 and Chapter 25, Verses 1-19. |
| [212] | See Yoma 9A-B, 86A-B, Aboth 3, -5, 10. |
| [213] | See the commentaries of Sforno, Ramban, Rashbam, Rashi, Rabbenu Behai, Midrash Hagadol, Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 19, Verses 5-6. |
| [214] | See the commentary of Rabbi S. R. Hirsch to Psalm 121. |
| [215] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn Ezra to Proverbs Chapter 28, Verse 5 and Chapter 27, Verse 24, Yoma 87A, Midrash Hagadol to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 17. |
| [216] | See the commentaries of Rashi and Ramban to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 5, Exodus Chapter 3, Verse 8 and Exodus Chapter 23, Verse 25. |
| [217] | See the commentaries of Ramban to Exodus Chapter 3, Verse 8 and Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 5, Mechilta d'Rabbi Ishmael to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 5, Sifre to Deuteronomy Chapter 26, Verse 9, Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 5. |
| [218] | See Midrash Hagadol, Mechilta d'Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 5. Compare Talmud Jerushalmi Terumoth 11, -2, T. B. Berakoth 7B. My commentary to Exodus Chapter 3, Verse 8 and 17, and notes 73-73A. |
| [219] | See the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra, Sforno to Exodus Chapter 32, Verse 33. |
| [220] | See T. J. Sh'kalim 2, -3, Midrash Rabbah Genesis 84, -18, Rashi to Numbers Chapter 3, Verse 46; Yalkut-Meam-Loez to Numbers Chapter 3, Verse 45; Daath Z'kenim M'Baale Hatosfoth to Numbers Chapter 3, Verse 47. My commentary to Genesis Chapter 37, Verses 4-36. |
| [221] | A "sela" is four shekels, as (calculated) in Rabbinic times. The Biblical shekel is the same as a "sela". |
| [222] | Benjamin was absent; therefore ten brethren received five 'selas', half a 'sela', i.e. shekel, each. See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 38, Verse 26. |
| [223] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban, Ibn-Ezra, to Exodus Chapter 13, Verses 9, 15, 16. |
| [224] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ramban, Rashbam, Ibn-Ezra to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 14; compare my commentary to Genesis Chapter 48, Verses 15-16; Abrabanel to Exodus Chapter 13, Verse 1. |
| [225] | Compare T. B. Pesahim 87B. |
| [226] | Compare the first part of the Haggadah of Pesach (Passover). |
| [227] | See Exodus Chapter 19, Verse 16. Rashi, Ibn-Ezra, Midrash-Hagadol thereto. Shabbath 86B-88A, The Guide of the Perplexed, Part III, Chapter 43 by Rambam-Maimonides. |
| [228] | See the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 23, Verse 16; T. B. Menachoth 68B. |
| [229] | See the commentary of Rashi to Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verses 9-12; T. B. Menachoth 71A; Isaiah Chapter 9, Verse 2. |
| [230] | See the commentary of Rashi to Leviticus Chapter 23, Verses 10-16; T. B. Menachoth 84B. |
| [231] | See the commentary of Rashi to Numbers Chapter 28, Verse 26, Exodus Chapter 34, Verse 22. |
| [232] | See the commentary of Rashi to Exodus Chapter 23, Verses 12-16, Daath Z'kenim M'Baale Hatosfoth to Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verse 15. |
| [233] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra to Proverbs Chapter 24, Verses 17-20, Aboth 4, -19, see Bartenura thereto among others. |
| [234] | See the commentary of Rashi to Leviticus Chapter 26, Verses 3-6; T. B. Taanith 22B-23A. |
| [235] | See The Guide of the Perplexed Part III, Chapter 39 and 43. |
| [236] | See The Guide of the Perplexed Part III, Chapters 39 and 43. |
| [237] | See Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verse 3; the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra, Sforno to Deuteronomy Chapter 16, Verses 1-6; The Guide of the Perplexed Part III, Chapters 39 and 46, Pesahim 99B-120. |
| [238] | See also Exodus Chapter 23, Verse 9; the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra, Ramban, Rashbam to Exodus Chapter 22, Verse 20. |
| [239] | Compare the commentaries of Rabbenu Behai, Radak, Ramban, Abrabanel to Genesis Chapter 18, Verses 17-20; Midrash to Psalms 112, -1; T. B. Yebamoth 79A; Sukkah 49B; Baba- Bathra 7B-11A, Peah 1, -1; T. J. Peah 1, -1. Tzedakah--see The Guide of the Perplexed Part III, Chapter 53 by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon-Maimonides. |
| [239a] | Compare The Guide of the Perplexed Part III, Chapter 27. |
| [239b] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra, Sforno to Genesis Chapter 18, Verse 19. |
| [240] | See the commentaries of Ibn-Ezra, Ramban, Rashi to Exodus Chapter 13, Verses 8-9; also Rashbam, Sforno to Exodus Chapter 12, Verses 26-28. |
| [241] | See the Midrash to Psalms 121. |
| [242] | See Psalms 34, Verses 13-16; compare Kiddushin 40A-41A, Berakoth 7A, Yebamoth 109A-B, Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 21, the commentary of Ibn-Ezra to Proverbs Chapter 21, Verse 21; compare my commentary to Genesis Chapter 48, Verses 15-16. |
| [243] | See the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn-Ezra, M'Zudath David, Rabbi S. R. Hirsch, Midrash Tehillim to Psalm 78, Verses 1-7. |