"Ein Kol Anos Gevurah ve'Ein Kol Anos Chalushah ? " What did Moshe mean when he retorted "Ein Kol Anos Gevurah ? "?
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Rashi, Rashbam,Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: In response to Yehoshua's claim that he could hear the sounds of battle in the camp, Moshe expained that it was not the sounds of the victor shouting 'Victory!' and the vanquished
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(crying out 'Oy' or 'Run!' - Rashi) that he was hearing.
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Yerushalmi Ta'anis 4:5: And that someone who was destined to lead a nation of six hundred thousand people, ought to be able to distinguish between the different kinds of sounds. See Torah Temimah note 33.
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What did Moshe mean when he retorted " ... Kol Anos Anochi Shome'a"?
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Rashi: He was saying that what he heard was the sound of blasphemy - that torments the one who hears it.
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Ramban: He meant that he heard the voice of reveling.
Oznayim la'Torah, citing the Yalkut, commenting on the Pasuk in Eichah, 1:3 "Galsah Yehudah me'Oni", explains that they went inro exile because they served Avodah Zarah.
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How did Moshe know what the sounds denoted?
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Ramban: Moshe was a master Chacham, who knew how to distinguish between different sounds.
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