What are the connotations of "Amim Har Yikra'u? To whom is "Amim" referring?
Rashi #1 and Targum Onkelos: It means that the tribes of Yisrael will be called to congregate on Har ha'Moriyah 1 (with reference to the Beis-Hamikdash) to sacrifice Korbanos on the Yamim-Tovim. 2
Rashi #2 and Targum Yonasan: It means that the merchants of many nations who come to do business with Zevulun will go to Yerushalayim to find out more about their G-d and once there, 3 they will declare that there is no nation like Yisrael, and end-up converting.
Seforno: Yisachar and Zevulun will invite the nations to the good mountain (the Beis-Hamikdash, via the rare items of merchandise that they were selling. 4
Da'as Zekenim, Hadar Zekenim and Rosh: When nations will come via the sea (B'chor Shor
See Sifsei Chachamim, note 20.
Refer to 33:19:151:1.
Rashi: When they will see that Yisrael worship one G-d, and they all eat one kind of food - as opposed to the Nochrim, who worship a variety of gods, and each eats a different kind of food.
Megilah, 6a: Following Zevulun's complaint that Hashem had given him mountains, hills, seas and rivers, to his brother Yisachar he had give fields and vineyards.
Which "Zivchei Tzedek" is the Pasuk referring to?
Rashi #1 and Targum Onkelos: Refer to 3:19:1:1.
Rashi #2 and Targum Yonasan: It refers to the Korbanos that Geirim bring after their conversion.
Seforno: It refers to the righteous sacrifices that the Nochri merchants who came to do business with Yisachar and Zevulun, will bring. 1
Ibn Ezra: It refers to the righteous Todah offerings that the B'nei Zevulun will offer to thank Hashem for their great wealth.
What are the connnotations of "Shefa Yamim" and who was blessed with it?
Rashi: It means 'the bounty of the seas' - with reference to the income that Zevulun will receive from their business trips overseas, thereby giving both Yisachar and Zevulun 1 time to study Torah.
Seforno: It refers to merchandise that comes from the sea.
Targum Onkelos: It refers to the property that the tribes of Yisrael will 'consume' from the nations (overseas).
Targum Yonasan: With reference to the Geirim who come from overseas, 2 it means simply that Zevulun dwelt by the seashore - to welcome the visitors when they arrived.
Da'as Zekenim, Hadar Zekenim and Rosh: It is the commercial profits.
Refer to 33:19:4:1*.
What are the "Sefunei Temunei Chol"?
Rashi: It refers to the Taris 1 (a species of fish), the Chilazon 2 (used to make the Techeles dye for Tzitzis) and white glass, which were found 3 in the land of both Yisachar and Zevulun. 4
Seforno: They are the blood of the Chilazon (used to make the Techeles dye for Tzitzis) and white glass.
Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It refers to treasures hidden in the sand. 5
Da'as Zekenim, Hadar Zekenim and Rosh: It refers to boats that sank in the port which the sea casts on to the shore, 6 revealing their treasures -which the people find and which they bury in the sand..
Ibn Ezra: Zevulun will have so much wealth that they will bury it in the sand.
Megilah, 6a: "Sefunei" refers to the Chilazon; "Temunei", to the T'ris and "Chol" to the white glass.
Mizrachi: Taris and the Chilazon are from the bounty of the seas; the seas' sand is suitable for making white glass. See Torah Temimah, note 65, who popints out that various other tribes also received their inheritance beside the sea.
And "Sefunei" means the hidden things that were revealed (Rashi, in Beitzah, 7a).
Rashi: See Megilah, 6a.
Chizkuni: When it is low tide, they are found on the shore
QUESTIONS ON RASHI
Rashi writes that the tribes of Yisrael will be called to the Mikdash to sacrifice on the Yamim-Tovim. How is this connected to Zevulun and Yisachar?
Gur Aryeh and Sifsei Chachamim (citing Rashi himself): Yisachar fix the calendar 1 (when to make a leap year), on which the Yamim Tovim depend. Zevulun enable them to engage in Torah [which includes fixing the calendar, which determines the days on which the people gather to the Beis-Hamikdsh.
Divrei ha'Yamim 1 2:32: "u'mi'Benei Yisachar Yod'ei Binah la'Itim".
