## Da'at Zekenim on Genesis Chapter 34

###### Da'at Zekenim on Genesis 34:7:1
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**כי נבלה עשה בישראל לשכב.**אפי' עם בת הדיוט כל שכן עם בת יעקב שהוא אדם חשוב:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
כי נבלה עשה בישראל, “that a vile deed had been committed against Israel;” it would have been a vile deed against anyone, all the more so against the daughter of a man of the stature of Israel.


###### Da'at Zekenim on Genesis 34:25:1
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**ויהי ביום השלישי בהיותם כואבים.**תימה מה ראו לרמות בני העיר לאמר להם להמול ואח"כ הרגום. י"ל שלא עשו רמאות כי ביום השלישי היו מצטערין והיו מתחרטין על המילה ולכך הרגום. ותימה למה המתינו עד יום השלישי דאין לומר שהיו כואבים יותר ביום השלישי מביום הא' וב'. אלא נראה הטעם כי כל אנשי שכם לא יכלו להמול כלם ביום אחד ולא בשנים וביום השלישי היו כלם כואבים שכבר מלו כלן מיד ויקחו איש חרבו:

**Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk:**
ויהי ביום השלישי בהייותם כואבים, “it was on the third day (after circumcision) when they were all in pain, etc.” it is difficult to understand why the brothers had insisted that all these people circumcise themselves when they had meant to kill them anyways. Why did they have to resort to such deceit? Our verse may provide the answer by reporting that on that day the men of Sh’chem regretted having circumcised themselves. It was on account of that Shimon and Levi killed them. There had been no intent to kill them when they demanded that they circumcise themselves if they wanted to become members of the clan of Semites. Their act of circumcision was perceived by them as an initiation rite. Also, there is no reason to assume that they should have been in greater pain on the third day than on the previous two days. In fact, it is likely that they had not been able to circumcise themselves all on a single day, and the third day that the Torah speaks of was the day when these circumcisions were completed. This is why Shimon and Levi did not take their swords until the third day.