Parashas Ki Sisa · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 33:17
Sefaria — Or HaChaim on Ki Sisa 33:17
English: כי מצאת חן בעיני ואדעך בשם . "for you have found favour in My eyes and I have become intimate with you by My revealing to you My attribute י־ה־ו־ה ." When Moshe had previously referred to his having found favour in G'd's eyes he had reversed the relationship of his finding favour and his being granted an insight into the meaning of the Ineffable Name (verse 12). The Torah revealed here that the revelation of the meaning of the attribute of the name י־ה־ו־ה was the mark of the highest degree of finding favour in G'd's eyes. After all, even Noach had found favour in G'd's eyes (Genesis 6,8) but G'd's attribute י־ה־ו־ה had not been revealed to him. The Torah also wanted to make it abundantly cl
Commentary (Rishon) on a TT-silent passuk — EXTRA side-ring only.
See the Or HaChaim on this passuk for the full derash and implications.