What is the translation of "Vayis'aber Hashem bi"?
What did Moshe mean when he said "Lema'anchem"?
Rashi: He meant that it was Yisrael who caused him to sin. 1
Seforno: Because contrary to Moshe's wish to establish Yisrael permanently in the land, 2 Hashem had already sworn that He would scatter them among the nations'. 3
Oznayim la'Torah: "Lema'anchem", as opposed to "bi'Gelalchem" - in 1:37 - means 'for your good', since Moshe was appeasing on the fact that that Hashem would not allow him to take them into Eretz Cana'an. He explained to them that it was to their advantage. 4
Rashi: As the Pasuk states in Tehilim, 106:32.
Because Hashem knew that Yisrael would sin and He would need to desroy the Beis-Hamikdash and take it as a security, so that Yisrael should live, but, had Moshe entered Eretz Yisrael and built the Beis-Hamikdash, this would not have been possible. Refer to Bamidbar, 20:12:3:2*.
What did Hashem mean when He said to Moshe "Rav lach!"?
Rashi #1 (citing Sotah 13b): He meant that the people should not claim that the 'Rav' 1 is so harsh whilst the Talmid is so patient as he pleads with Him.
Rashi #2: He was reassuring Moshe that much more reward (than entering Eretz Yisrael) was reserved for him and stored away in the world to come.
Da'as Zekenim #1, Rosh #1 and Moshav Zekenim (in Sh'mos 2:21, citing the Midrash Agadah): Moshe told Hashem that if He vowed or swore that he will not enter the land, He can annul it, just like He annuled 2 the vow that he (Moshe) swore 3 to Yisro. 4
Da'as Zekenim #2: Moshe said to [Korach and his supporters] "Rav lachem B'nei Levi" (Bamidbar 16:7); So Hashem stopped him with "Rav lach!" 5
Da'as Zekenim #3: You have a Rav [to succeed you], i.e. Yehoshua; it is his time to reign.
Da'as Zekenim #4: Moshe said, You called me "Avdi Moshe" (Bamidbar 12:7). It says "ha'Yarbeh Elecha Tachanunim?; ha'Yichros B'ris Imach Tikachenu le'Eved Olam" (Iyov 40:27,28). I supplicated in front of You, and You said "Anochi Koreis Bris" (Sh'mos 34:10) - will You not fulfill it?! Also, if an Eved Ivri says "Ahavti es Adoni? va'Avado le'Olam" (Sh'mos 21:5,6)! 6 Hashem said Rav lach - your Ba'al Riv (opposing litigant), Adam ha'Rishon, already [caused that I] decreed that all people will die.
Rosh: You have reigned a long time. Yehoshua's time to reign has come, and one king cannot encroach on another's reign even by a hair's breadth.
Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: He meant 'You have Davened enough (and must now stop)!'
Oznayim la'Torah: With reference to 3:25:1.1:1, Hashem told Moshe that it is fitting for Moshe to be the Rav and not a Talmid. 7
See Sifsei Chachamim.
Moshav Zekenim: - "Hachilosa" (in Pasuk 24) is like "Lo Yachel Devaro" (Bamidbar 30:3). Hashem permitted it without Yisro's permission.
To which Hashem replied "Rav Lach" - 'You have a Rebbi to permit your vow, I have no one to permit Mine'. (I do not know the source that a Talmid, or a Beis Din, cannot permit vows of his Rebbi. Rabah bar bar Chanah (Bava Basra 74a) heard a voice from Heaven say 'who will permit My oath?!' He and Rabanan understood that Hashem was hinting that he permit His oath (not about Moshe). In any case this Drashah is unlike R. Yehoshua, who holds that Hashem can permit His oath by Himself (Chagigah 10a). (PF)
Daliyos Yechezkel (p.272): What was wrong with Moshe's words to Korach? Initially Korach aspired to higher levels in Ruchniyus; Moshe said 'you have enough.' Therefore, when Moshe wanted to enter the land to reach higher levels in Ruchniyus, he was told similarly. Oznayim la'Torah in Korach: It has nothing to do with Moshe sinning. It is that Hashem used the same Lashon as Moshe used when he addressed korach - with the same connotations. See Torah Temimah on Bamidbar, 16:7, note 7.,
Chumash ha'Gra citing Ma'ase Ilfas: Also, "Ahavti Es Ishti" - the Torah; "ve'es Banai" - Yisrael; "Lo Eitzei Chafshi" - from the Mitzvos (through death). Hashem answered Rav lach; Al Tosef - the slave must say so twice; I forbid you to do so. Kovetz Shi'urim Kidushin 132, Maharil Diskin al ha'Torah - so says a Midrash. Moshe knew that there is no refutation of this; had he repeated it, Hashem would have needed to agree.
See Oznayim la'Torah and refer to 3:25:1.1:1 and note #2.
What are the words "Al Tosef Od ba'Davar ha'Zeh" referring to?
Divrei Eliyahu (citing the Zohar): Moshe knew that if he says "Na" twice in his Tefilah, it will be accepted. Consequently, having said "E'ebrah Na" (in Pasuk 25), he intended to say 've'Er'eh Na', but Hashem told him not to repeat that word. 1
Divrei Eliyahu: Like we find in his Tefilah for Miriam "Keil Na Refa Na lah" (Bamidbar 12:13). Chumash ha'Gra - the Zohar says that Moshe had a tradition for this. Some say that the angel of death told him this when he ascended to receive the Torah. (Why didn't he say "Na" twice when Davening for Yisrael after the Eigel? Perhaps he understood from "Hanicha Li" that his Tefilah will be accepted even without that. - PF).
