2019年6月5日 · DERASH (or Derush) (Heb. דְּרָשׁ or דְּרוּשׁ from דָּרַשׁ, "to interpret"), a method of exposition of scriptural verses. In the Midrash the distinction between derash and the alternative method called *peshat is not clearly defined and in parallel passages the terms are sometimes interchangeable (cf. Gen. R. 10:7 with Tanh ...

2019年12月7日 · It follows, that Nachmanides was the first to record derash into Onkelos. Yet Onkelos itself does not translate the Bible according to its plain meaning. Onkelos does this on certain occasions as in order to show respect to G-d (an explanation for this is very tedious as it goes well beyond the scope of this answer.

Yes, the definition of pshat evolved over the generations, from a more view more inclusive of allegorical, non-literal understanding, to a more literalist, less fanciful view (besides the variability among authors of a single generation). See R. David …

2024年2月13日 · The idea behind this is not a mnemonic, as one commenter suggested, though perhaps a "bit of derash" works. The theme in the midrash is as follows. Each Nasi is giving an identical gift towards the Mishkan. While identical in surface form, each gift has its own underlying intended meaning related to his tribe's deep identity.

2021年12月1日 · It is said that in Darash Mose דרש משה Parashas Korach, the following quote can be found from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein zt'l Korach thought that every Jew is entitled to fulfill the laws of the Torah in

And so, the sorts of difficulties / irregularities encountered in derash are precisely those which must be addressed in peshat. However, other proponents of peshat (to whom I personally incline) will simply assert that these represent the natural variance of language, idioms, etc., such that one should not make a diyuk.

The Arizal (Pri Eitz Chaim, Shaar Mikrah Kodesh, ch. 4) related it to the idea "Peh sach" - "a mouth converses" (as noted by sam in a comment).

2017年2月27日 · Not really. There is no evidence that those derashot are anything other than derash. No evidence that they reflect original intent. Note Ibn Ezra in the beginning of his second commentary to Esther who writes that we cannot know the meaning of names whose reason isn't stated; particularly of the foreign names in the Megillah.

2020年1月15日 · And Chazal have a general approach that Divrei Hayamim was only given to derash. Therefore, from this pasuk, they darshened many names of Moshe, and gave meanings to these names. Since the end of the pasuk says that these are the sons of Bityah bat Pharaoh, they equate Mered with Calev and Bityah as Bat Par'oh, and make each of the names in ...

2020年10月20日 · This sounds like a remez or derash or sod, but as I stated, I want to know the existence of "yetzer hatov" via peshat. In this passage, there are no explicit mention of yetzer or ra or tov. – ninamag