1)

What are the implications of the words "Va'tikrenah ha'Am"?

1.

Sanhedrin, 106a #1: It means that when the B'nos Mo'av met the people they were naked. 1

2.

Sanhedrin, 106a #2: It means that all the men became Ba'alei-Keri (had an emission), 2

1

See Torah Temimah, note 4.

2

See Torah Temimah, note 4.

2)

What are the connotations of "Va'yochal ha'Am"?

1.

Rashi (in K'sav-Yad Teiman): Refer to 25:2:1:1. "Vayochal ha'Am" means that they committed adultery.

2.

Targum Onkelos: It means that they ate from their sacrifices.

3.

Targum Yonasan: It means that they ate in their banqueting-houses.

3)

What is the significance of the sequence of events "Vayochal ha'Am Va'yishtachavu l'Eloheihem""?

1.

Seforno: Such is the way of the Yeitzer ha'Ra, to go from bad to worse. 1

2.

Oznayim la'Torah: Refer also to 25:1:4:1.

1

Seforno: Refer to 25:1:3:1 - as the Gemara states in Shabbos, 105b.

4)

What caused Yisrael to worship Ba'al Pe'or?

1.

Rashi (citing Sanhedrin 106a): When their desire was aroused, the women produced the images from their bosoms and demand that the men first worship them. 1

1

This too was part of Bil'am's plan. See Oznayim la'Torah in Matos, 31:162 DH 'bi'Devar Bil'am'.

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