Tuesday, December 13, 2022

A Sad Parsha

 


The מדרש לקח טוב writes that every פסוק in פ' וישב
starts with the letter 'ו (vav) except for the following
8 פסוקים
 

אלה תולדות (לז ב).
לכו ונמכרנו (לז כז)
היא מוצאת (לח כה)
איננו גדול בבית (לט ט).
בעוד קמא (מ יג)
כי אם (מ יד)
כי גנב (שם טו)
בעוד בתרא (שם יט)

The letter 'ו symbolizes ווי לשון צער
In this Parsha we have so many Woes

The מדרש לק"ט enumerates the many Woes
(If you count carefully the people you will find
8 woes אמבצי)

The מדרש לק"ט  actually missed one more פסוק
(אין שר בית הסהר (ל"ט כ"ג 
that brings us to a total count of 9 פסוקים
and not 8
ומצוה ליישב
 

 
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2023 at 5:40 PM

    Just did random search, looks like most pesukim in the Torah start with a vav!

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