Musar for Nedarim 63:3
דרש רבי יהודה בר ביזנא בשעה שנתרשל משה רבינו מן המילה באו אף וחימה ובלעוהו ולא שיירו ממנו אלא רגליו מיד ותקח צפורה צור ותכרת את ערלת בנה (שמות ד, כה) מיד וירף ממנו (שמות ד, כו)
Go forth and see: who is called a hathan? Surely the infant [to be circumcised].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hathan generally means bridegroom, son-in-law: but in connection with circumcision it refers to the infant to be circumcised ');"><sup>5</sup></span> R. Judah b. Bizna lectured: When Moses was lax in the perform ance of circumcision, Af and Hemah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Wrath and anger personified. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
This is alluded to in Numbers 23,23: כי לא נחש ביעקב קסם בישראל, כעת יאמר ליעקב ולישראל מה פעל השם. "For there is no augury in Jacob, no divining in Israel; Jacob is told at once, yea Israel, what G–d has accomplished." [the traditional translation of this verse bears no semblance to the author's interpretation, and is presented only to demonstrate how far the author departs from the plain meaning, פשט. Rashi brings a similar explanation. Ed.] As a first step in his rise to lofty spiritual regions, Jacob got rid of נחש and its powerful influence. Once he had attained the stature of ישראל, not even a vestige of such an influence i.e. קסם remained The word Kessem is the same as קיסם, a sliver, splinter, something very small and insignificant. Israel continues to ascend higher and higher until a time comes when the ministering angels say to Jacob turned Israel who has penetrated and surpassed their ranks: "What did G–d do?"
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