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Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 17

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הפעלים שנאמרו בציוי המצוות בלשון רבים – נשקיף בהם לפי הענין.

Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021

The verbs that are said in plural imperative – we understand them according to their context.

אם דרך שיעשה להכלל – נפרש שמוסב על הכלל; כמו "ועשו לי מקדש", "והבאתם את עומר".

Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021

If the way of doing is as a group – it means that it is referring to the public, like ועשו לי מקדש (And let them make Me a sanctuary)⁴³ or והבאתם את עומר (you shall bring the sheaf)⁴⁴.

footnotes: ⁴³ Exodus 25:8. ⁴⁴ Leviticus 23:10.

ואלה שדרך לעשות ע"י כל יחיד בפני עצמו – נפרש שרצונו לומר כל אחד ואחד; כמו "וכי תזבחו זבח שלמים", "ועשו להם ציצית".

Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021

And those for which the way to do them is for every individual to do it for himself – it is interpreted that it means to say each and every individual; like וכי תזבחו זבח שלמים (And when you offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings)⁴⁵ and ועשו להם ציצית (and bid them that they make them throughout their generations fringes)⁴⁶.

footnotes: ⁴⁵ Leviticus 19:5. ⁴⁶ Numbers 15:38.

ומזה עמד פלוגתא בין ר' יהודה ורבנן בפעל 'ונטעתם' שלגבי ערלה. (קדושים ס' סג)

Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021

And from this, there is a disagreement between Rabbi Yehuda and the sages about the verb ונטעתם (and shall have planted)⁴⁷ that is with respect to fruits from the first three years of a tree's life⁴⁸.

footnotes: ⁴⁷ Leviticus 19:23. ⁴⁸ Babylonian Talmud Pesachim 23a.

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