Daf Hashavua
Bava Kama 38b
א"ר חייא בר אבא א"ר
יוחנן
אין הקב"ה מקפח שכר
כל בריה
Lot's first born daughter
named her child מואב thus
recalling
she bore him from her
father.
Lot's second daughter named her child בן עמי which does
not explicitly recall the child was from her
father.
For being more discreet
than her older sister, she was
rewarded.
In the Hakdama to the Igros
Moshe (O.Ch.5) there is a very
interesting story told by Reb Moshe zt"l.
Reb Moshe went to be
Mevaker Choleh in Luban a sick person
whose tongue had swelled up.
He told Reb Moshe the reason
why he contacted this disease.
He said he had a Kushya.
"How is it, that the
Mashiach will be an offspring of these two
women who weren't even ashamed to
name their children and publicize
having relations with their own
father ?"
One day he had a dream, two
elderly women came to him and claimed to be
the daughters of Lot. They told him they
heard his complaint and want to respond.
They said they could have
easily claimed that the children were born
by an immaculate conception.
They intentionally named them
עמון ומואב (embarrassing
themselves) to publicize there is no such
thing as an
immaculate conception.
They were therefore rewarded
that the True Mashiach will come
from them.
They also told him that he
was being punished for speaking badly
about them.
After he finished telling the
story to Reb Moshe he turned to the other side
and died.
immaculate conception [sinless birth] is the wrong term . you meant virgin birth.....
ReplyDelete""How is it, that the Mashiach will be an offspring of these two women who weren't even ashamed to name their children and publicize having relations with their own father ?"
ReplyDeleteראה ספורנו על אתר, וגם רמב"ן ורבינו בחיי