Derasha 94 on Shemos 5:20

Parashas Shemos · Passuk 5:20

The Complete Passuk

וַֽיִּפְגְּעוּ֙ אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאֶֽת־אַהֲרֹ֔ן נִצָּבִ֖ים לִקְרָאתָ֑ם בְּצֵאתָ֖ם מֵאֵ֥ת פַּרְעֹֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Nedarim 64b (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 5:20
Sefaria — Nedarim 64b
E-Daf — Nedarim 64b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Nedarim 64b
וְהָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה דְּכָתִיב בְּהוּ ״נִצִּים״ וּ״נִצָּבִים״ — אֵינָן אֶלָּא דָּתָן וַאֲבִירָם. דִּכְתִיב ״וַיִּפְגְּעוּ אֶת מֹשֶׁה וְאֶת אַהֲרֹן נִצָּבִים לִקְרָאתָם״.

English: “Rabbi Yochanan said in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai: Wherever the Torah uses “nitzim” or “nitzavim” for these confrontational figures, it refers to Dathan and Abiram. Thus the men who stood to confront Moses and Aaron here were Dathan and Abiram.”

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

Type of Learning

Talmudic identification of Dathan and Abiram

What Is Learned

Chazal identify the hostile men confronting Moses and Aaron as Dathan and Abiram, linking this encounter with their earlier confrontation with Moses.