Or HaChaim on Shemos 4:27

Parashas Shemos · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 4:27

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Sefaria — Or HaChaim on Shemos 4:27

Core Text — Or HaChaim on Shemos 4:27
לֵךְ לִקְרַאת מֹשֶׁה וְגוֹ׳. וַהֲגַם שֶׁאָמַר אֵלָיו ה׳ מִקּוֹדֶם (שמות ד:יד) ״הִנֵּה הוּא יוֹצֵא״ וְגוֹ׳, לְפִי מַה שֶׁנּוֹדַע לָנוּ כִּי יְדַבֵּר ה׳ דְּבָרִים רַבִּים בְּדִבּוּר אֶחָד, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאָמַר לְמֹשֶׁה ״הִנֵּה הוּא״ וְגוֹ׳ יָצָא דִבּוּר אַחֵר לְאַהֲרֹן בְּמִצְרַיִם. וּנְבוּאָה זוֹ אֵין סָפֵק שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרָה לְאַהֲרֹן, הֲגַם שֶׁאָמְרוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (תורת כהנים א) שֶׁכָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיְדַבֵּר ה׳ אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן״ לֹא נֶאֱמַר הַדִּבּוּר אֶלָּא לְמֹשֶׁה שֶׁיֹּאמַר לְאַהֲרֹן, וַאֲפִלּוּ לְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי שֶׁסּוֹבֵר (שם) שֶׁנִּתְמַעֵט אַהֲרֹן אֲפִלּוּ בְּדִבּוּרִים שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרוּ בְּמִצְרַיִם, דַּוְקָא בִּדְבָרִים הַשַּׁיָּכִים בִּשְׁלִיחוּת לְהַזּוּלַת, אֲבָל פְּרָט זֶה שֶׁיַּעֲשֶׂה אַהֲרֹן מִצְוָה, הֲרֵי שֶׁלְּךָ לְפָנֶיךָ שֶׁדִּבֵּר אֵלָיו ה׳, וּמִזֶּה אַתָּה לָמֵד שֶׁהָיָה נָבִיא לְעַצְמוֹ.

English: לך לקראת משה , "go towards Moshe, etc!" Although we have heard G'd say to Moshe already in 4,14 that his brother Aharon was on his way to meet him, the actual instruction to Aharon came from G'd while Aharon was still in Egypt. There is no question that the prophecy in this verse was adressed directly to Aharon even though we learned in Toras Kohanim 1 that wherever the Torah writes: "G'd spoke to Moshe and Aharon," that the directive was spoken to Moshe only and he in turn was to convey it to Aharon, this does not apply here. Even according to the view of Rabbi Yossi Haglili who excludes Aharon from receiving a communication from G'd directly even while both were in Egypt, he referred only to communications which concerned an independent mission to outsiders. There is no reason to believe that G'd did not speak to Aharon directly concerning what Aharon himself was to do. Our verse proves that Aharon was a prophet in his own right.

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