Derasha 85 on Shemos 4:24

Parashas Shemos · Passuk 4:24

The Complete Passuk

וַיְהִ֥י בַדֶּ֖רֶךְ בַּמָּל֑וֹן וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁ֣הוּ יְהֹוָ֔ה וַיְבַקֵּ֖שׁ הֲמִיתֽוֹ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Nedarim 32a (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 4:24
Sefaria — Nedarim 32a
E-Daf — Nedarim 32a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Nedarim 32a
רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: לֹא לְמֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ בִּקֵּשׁ שָׂטָן לַהֲרוֹג, אֶלָּא לְאוֹתוֹ תִּינוֹק, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי חֲתַן דָּמִים אַתָּה לִי״, צֵא וּרְאֵה מִי קָרוּי חָתָן — הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה הַתִּינוֹק.

English: “Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: It was not Moses our teacher whom Satan sought to kill, but the uncircumcised infant, as the expression “bridegroom of blood” indicates.”

On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Talmudic interpretation of whom the angel sought to kill

What Is Learned

Chazal explain that the threat at the lodging-place concerned Moses’s uncircumcised son, whose circumcision immediately resolved the danger.