Parashas Ki Sisa · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 31:18
Sefaria — Or HaChaim on Ki Sisa 31:18
English: ויתן …שני לוחות הברית "He gave to Moshe….the two Tablets of the covenant, etc." Why did G'd insert the words ככלותו לדבר אתו בהר סיני between the announcement that He gave something to Moshe and the announcement of what it was that G'd gave to Moshe? We would have expected that the Torah would either write: "After G'd finished speaking to Moshe, He gave him the two Tablets, etc," or: "G'd gave to Moshe the two Tablets of the covenant after He finished speaking to him, etc." Why this peculiar insertion of the words "after He had finished speaking with him at Mount Sinai?" Why did G'd delay giving Moshe the two Tablets until this point in time? Seeing that the only thing which was engraved on
Commentary (Rishon) on a TT-silent passuk — EXTRA side-ring only.
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