1)

What is the meaning of the word "Na" here?

1.

Rashi: "Na" here means 'please'. 1


1

In many places it means 'now'. Refer to Bamidbar, 12:13:3:1. See also Targum Yonasan there and refer to 3:26:4:1*.

2)

What are the implications of 'E'ebrah Na ve'Er'eh'?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: Moshe asked to enter Eretz Yisrael as an ordinary citizen 1 - under the leadership of Yehoshua 2 - just in order to see it.


1

See Oznayim la'Torah DH 'E'ebrah Na' #2.

2

See Kol Agados Yisrael - Part #2, Midrash 138 citing Yalkut Shim'oni, and refer to 3:26:.

3)

Why did Moshe describe the west side of the Yarden as "ha'Aretz ha'Tovah"?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: Even the Rabbanan in the first Perek of Bikurim, who maintain that one brings Bikurim from the fruit of Eiver ha'Yarden, concede that it did not 'flow with milk anf haney' - like Eretz Yisrael proper. 1


1

See also Oznayim la'Torah, DH 'es ha'Aretz ha'Tovah'.

4)

Why was Moshe so keen to enter Eretz Yisrael and to see it?

1.

Seforno: He wanted to enter the land in order to destroy the Cana'anim totally, so that Yisrael would never be expelled from the land and to see it in order to bless it that it should always be good for Yisrael.

2.

Sotah, 14a: He wated to enter Eretz Yisrael in order to keep the Mitzvos that only apply there. 1

3.

He simply wanted to see the good land to share in the joy of his beloved people. 2


1

See Torah Temimah, note 6.

2

Refer to 3.25:1.1:1.

5)

What are "ha'Har ha'Tov" and "ha'Levanon" respectively, referring to?

1.

Rashi #1, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: They refer to Yerushalayim 1 and the Beis-Hamikdash 2 (which whitens the sins of Yisrael - Torah Temimah, citing the Sifri). 3 respectively.

2.

Rashi #2 (in Hoshe'a, 3:5): "ha'Har ha'Tov ha'Zeh" refers to the Beis-Hamikdash.


1

See Torah Temimah, note 7.

2

Sifri: As in Yeshayah, 10:34.

3

See Torah Temimah, note 8.

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