1)

What are the connotations of "Asher Nasasi Es Yadi"?

1.

Rashi: Hashem informed Moshe that He would bring Yisrael to the land that He raised His Hand to swear by His Throne, to give to the Avos, to give them as an inheritance.

2)

Why did Hashem use the word "Morashah," and not 'Yerushah'?

1.

Ba'al ha'Turim: This is a hint that the current generation will not inherit the land, but will pass it on to their children. 1

2.

Bava Basra, 117a & b): We learn from this Pasuk 2 that Eretz Yisrael was divided according to the people who left Egypt. 3

1

See Ba'al ha'Turim.

2

Though this is not connected to the question.

3

See Torah Temimah, notes 13 & 14.

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

3)

Rashi writes: "I have lifted My Hand - [I.e.,] I have raised it to swear by My throne!" Why explain this way?

1.

Gur Aryeh: "Raising the hand" alone does not imply an oath in Halacha. Rashi explains that the oath comes from the implied reference to Hashem's Throne. A throne represents the kingdom itself; 1 as if to say, "I swear by My Kingship."

1

Gur Aryeh: As in Bereishis 41:40.

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