1)

What do the breasts represent?

1.

Rashi #1: They represent Moshe and Aharon, who nurse you.

2.

Rashi #2: They are the Luchos.

3.

Seforno: Afterwards the instructors and teachers (Shofet and Kohen Gadol) were like two harts that fight; they did not agree, like Chazal taught about Pinchas and Yiftach (Bereishis Rabah 60:3).

4.

Malbim (Melitzah): They are the powers of desire and of anger. Both command the power of arousal.

2)

What is the significance of twin harts born to a deer?

1.

Rashi #1: A deer normally gives birth to identical twins.

2.

Rashi #2: The two Luchos had the same measure, and there were five Dibros on each; each Dibur corresponds to the one opposite it. Anochi corresponds to Lo Sirtzach, for a murderer diminishes the Divine image. Lo Yihyeh Lecha corresponds to adultery, for idolatry is like a woman who strays from under her husband to take a foreign man. Lo Sisa corresponds to Lo Signov, for one who steals 1 , in the end he will swear falsely. Zachor corresponds to Lo Sa'aneh, for one who transgresses Shabbos 2 testifies falsely about his Creator, to say that He did not rest on the first Shabbos. Kaved corresponds to coveting, for one who desires [another's wife] will ultimately (have Bi'ah with her, and) father a child who will disgrace him (for he does not realize that he is his father) and honor a man (his mother's husband) who is not his father.

3.

Seforno: Refer to 4:5:1:3.

4.

Malbim (Melitzah): Tzeviyah is an expression of desire. Both desire and anger have one mother. E.g. if one desires another's food, he gets angry at him to take it, and also oppositely 3 .


1

Sanhedrin 86a: Lo Signov forbids kidnapping, a capital Aveirah, just like the previous Dibur (adultery)! (However, Rashi (Shemos 21:6, citing a Mechilta) says that we pierce the ear of a Nirtza, for it heard Lo Signov, and he stole. - PF)

2

Even though Zachor is the Aseh to be Mekadesh Shabbos, it was said together with Shamor (Rosh Hashanah 27a). (PF)

3

I.e. if one is angry at another, he will come to desire what that person has. (PF)

3)

What is the significance of grazing [flocks] in roses?

1.

Rashi: They lead them in a pleasant, straight path.

2.

Seforno: They are among the thorns, in the war against the people of Kena'an.

3.

Malbim (Melitzah): Via grazing among roses, which have a good scent, they will desire and be aroused only for spiritual matters, and Avodas Hashem and His Mitzvos.

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