פירוש על ברכות 63:4

At the thought of the severity of their lot because of their guilt. "Enemies of Israel" is an euphemism for Israel.

It is plenty that creates the spirit of insubordination.

Some edd. read : Rab Nahman b. Isaac.

To defend his own cause.

M. : Eleazar.

The Patriarchs.

Moses alone.

With his persistent pleading. Thus the verse is rendered "And Moses wore out the Lord."

Wayyehal is here rendered "And Moses absolved the Lord [from His vow]."

M.: Johanan.

Connecting wayyehal with the root halal "to be slain."

Wunsche, p. 51 n. 2, thinks that wayyehal is here to be interpreted as yahulu in II Sam. iii. 29.

Or, the Great.

The Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew words for "fire of the bones," i.e. fever.

Since it is Moses who is now speaking, the actual words of God being considered to end with the word "heaven."

According to this interpretation, "And all this land" etc. is God's answer to Moses' reminder "And Thou saidst...heaven."

I.e. the feminine form of the word is used in the text.

Pharaoh.

The kings of Canaan.

There follow on here seven teachings of R. Eleazar, and as an aid to the memory (also to prevent any from being lost in oral transmission) a mnemonic is inserted, giving the key-word of each.