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וּבַיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן,
מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם:
כָּל-מְלָאכָה, לֹא-יֵעָשֶׂה בָהֶם--אַךְ אֲשֶׁר יֵאָכֵל לְכָל-נֶפֶשׁ, הוּא
לְבַדּוֹ יֵעָשֶׂה לָכֶם Rebbi started the Shiur with a Dvar Halacha. We know
that when Klal Yisrael left Mitzrayim they took everything with them, including
everything they owned and everything they borrowed. In addition, they also had
Ugois Matzos with them. The problem is that Klal Yisrael had already been
commanded to keep the first day of Pesach, Koidesh. At this point Klal Yisrael
had not yet received the Torah, however, they were given some Mitzvois
including Tefillin and Pidyoin Haben. In addition, they also received the
Mitzvah of Chag Hapesach which included eating Matzah for seven days and that
the first and seven days is Koidesh in that no Melacha could be done. The only Melacha that was permitted was for
Oichel Nefesh. So I can understand why they carried out with them from
Mitzrayim the Matzos as that was for Oichel Nefesh, however, what was the Heter
for them to take everything else that they took with them which included the
wealth of Mitzrayim and their personal belongings?
The Chasam Soifer says that is why the Posuk says
that they carried the Matzos in their hands whereas everything else was on the
Behaimos. The reason is they only carried in their hands what was for Oichel
Nefesh while everything else had to be carried by the Behaimos. This really
wasn’t enough because there is an Issur D’oiraissa of Mechamer which applies to
a Behaimah doing a Melacha for you. The Chasam Soifer brings a Gemara in
Maseches Shabbos 153b (24 lines from
the top) where it discusses if a person who is stuck on Friday late afternoon
with a Hefsed Meruba, should have the animal carry and when it stops you lift
the package off the animal and when it starts walking again you put the package
back onto the animal. So in this way there is never an Akira or a Hanacha. אמר מר אין עמו נכרי מניחו על החמור והלא מחמר ורחמנא אמר (שמות כ) לא תעשה כל מלאכה
א"ר אדא בר אהבה מניחו עליה כשהיא מהלכת והא אי אפשר דלא קיימא להשתין מים
ולהטיל גללים ואיכא עקירה והנחה כשהיא מהלכת מניחו עליה כשהיא עומדת נוטלו הימנה The
Chasam Soifer suggests that this is what Klal Yisrael did when they left
Mitzrayim, by taking everything off and putting everything back on the animals.
It seems a bit humorous that each person with 90 Chamoirim full of stuff would
be picking up and putting down the packages as they went and stopped. The Kasha
still remains what was the Heter?
A Teretz was offered. The Biur Halacha brings that
Melacha is permitted for Tzorchei Mitzvah as we know you can carry a Lulav on
Sukkos. Even though there is a Din of Lachem V’loi L’gavoi’a, however, a
Mitzvois Hayoim you can carry for. Mimeila, it is very good, because the
Ribboinoi Shel Oilam was Mechayeiv them to take out the wealth of Mitzrayim.
Whatever they took out was the Dvar Mitzvah of the day. So there was a Heter for
carrying.
This is good for the first day that it was Koidesh.
What about the seventh day that was also Koidesh, they should have also not been
permitted to carry? You can’t say that they parked and sat still, because we
have a Kabbala that Kriyas Yam Suf was on the seventh day. So they obviously
traveled?
When the Yidden walked through the Yam Suf there was
water on either side of them so that there were walls of water on the side of
them. You are permitted to carry if there are walls surrounding you. However,
if there are walls only on 2 sides you are not permitted to carry? The Gemara in Maseches Arachin 15a says that Klal Yisrael crossed the Yam Suf in a U shape
crossing. They went into the Yam Suf and came out on the same southern bank as
where they started however; it was at a different point as is shown in the diagram
in the Artscroll Gemara 15a4. The
question that remains is, why didn’t Klal Yisrael go directly across the Yam
Suf? Had they gone directly across there would be the Issur of carrying. To go
in a U shaped area where the water was in effect a wall on either side of them,
the northern, eastern, and western side of them which in turn makes it
permitted to carry M’doiraissa. This is why they came out the same side that
they went in, in order that there were 3 walls surrounding them.
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