Rashi on Ki Sisa 32:6

Parashas Ki Sisa · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 32:6

Torah Temimah has no citation on this passuk. Side-ring material from Rashi.

Sefaria — Rashi on Ki Sisa 32:6

Core Text — Rashi on Ki Sisa 32:6
וישכימו. הַשָּׂטָן זֵרְזָם, כְּדֵי שֶׁיֶּחֶטְאוּ: לצחק. יֵשׁ בְּמַשְׁמַע הַזֶּה גִּלּוּי עֲרָיוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּ' לְצַחֶק בִּי (בראשית ל"ט), וּשְׁפִיכוּת דָּמִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּ' יָקוּמוּ נָא הַנְּעָרִים וִישַׂחֲקוּ לְפָנֵינוּ (שמואל ב ב'), אַף כָּן נֶהֱרַג חוּר (שמות רבה):

English: וישכימו AND THEY ROSE UP EARLY [IN THE MORNING] — Satan made them zealous in order that they might sin, for later on in the forenoon Moshe actually came down from the mountain. לצחק TO PLAY — There is implied in this term besides idolatry also sexual immorality, — as we find the word used in, (Genesis 39:17) “to mock (לצחק) me” where unchastity is meant as is evident from the context — and blood-shed, as it is said, (II Samuel 2:14) “Let the young men arise and play (וישחקו) before me; [and they caught every one his fellow by the head and thrust his sword in his fellows side]”— here, too, Hur was assassinated (Midrash Tanchuma 3:9:20).

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