Masks

Sources

Whenever Moses went in before יהוה to converse, he would leave the veil off until he came out; and when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,

מסוה, a cloth bearing this name. The letter ו in this word is integral to it, just as the same letter in the word מקוה in Jeremiah 14,8. Also the letter ת in the word סותה in Genesis 49,11 is integral to the word. We are speaking about garments of different kinds in the various instances, but the words have different origins. The author accepts the view of the commentator Dunash.

Rashbam on Exodus 34:33:1

ויתן על פניו מסוה AND HE PUT A VEIL ON HIS FACE — Render it (מסוה) as the Targum does: בית אפי, a cover for his face. מסוה is an Aramaic expression (from the root סוי, “to look”). It occurs in the Talmud (Ketubot 62b) “her heart perceived (סּוי), and again in Ketubot 60a “הוה קא מסוה לאפה”, where מסוה is an expression for looking: “he looked into her face”, i. e. he gazed at her. Here, too, מסוה denotes a cloth that was put in front of the face and of the region of the eyes. And out of reverence for the “rays of glory” — that not everybody should feast himself on them — Moses used to put the…

Rashi on Exodus 34:33:1

A VEIL. Masveh (veil) is a garment (kesut). Some say that the word suto (vesture) in And his vesture in the blood of grapes (Gen. 49: 11) is similar. Do not be amazed that the vav in masveah is enunciated while the vav is suto is silent, for we find the same with the words avlatah (wickedness) (Hos. 10:13) and olatah (iniquity) (Job 5:16). We similarly find ul yamim (an infant of days) (Is. 65:20) and avilim (urchins) (Job. 19:18); el tokh ha-machneh (within the camp) (Deut…

Ibn Ezra on Exodus 34:33:1

Esther did not reveal her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had told her not to reveal it.

When Mordecai learned all that had happened, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went through the city, crying out loudly and bitterly,

So Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor, let royal garb which the king has worn be brought, and a horse on which the king has ridden and on whose head a royal diadem has been set; and let the attire and the horse be put in the charge of one of the king’s noble courtiers. And let the man whom the king desires to honor be attired and paraded on the horse through the city square, while they proclaim before him: This is what is done for the man whom the king desires to honor!”…

Yet I will keep My countenance hidden on that day, because of all the evil they have done in turning to other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:18

Relatedראו גם

Sheetsדפי מקורות

We use cookies to give you the best experience possible on our site. Click OK to continue using Sefaria. Learn More.OKאנחנו משתמשים ב"עוגיות" כדי לתת למשתמשים את חוויית השימוש הטובה ביותר.קראו עוד בנושאלחצו כאן לאישור