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Ba'al Shem Tov, Beha'alotcha 10/בעל שם טוב על התורה·
אויאמר ה' אל משה ואביה ירק ירק בפניה הלא תכלם שבעת ימים וגו'. ופירש"י ק"ו לשכינה י"ד יום וכו', בשם האלקי רבש"ן מה השיב הקב"ה למשה ק"ו לשכינה, מה השיב לו בדרך דרוש, ותירץ כי בי"ג מדות התורה נדרשת, והראשון בקל וחומר, והוא נגד המדה אל, ומשה אמר אל נא רפא נא לה והשיב הקדוש ברוך הוא המדה קל וחומר כנגדה:
(כתבי קודש דכ"ו ע"א).
(כתבי קודש דכ"ו ע"א).
1And God said to Moses, “If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been embarrassed for seven days? Let her remain quarantined for seven days outside the camp, and then she can return home.” (ibid. 12:14)If her father had been angry at her, would she not be embarrassed seven days? All the more so, the Divine Presence, [let her be ashamed] for fourteen days. However, it is sufficient for the derived law to be the same as the source law. Therefore, despite My anger, let her be quarantined for seven days.RashiWhat did the Holy One means “all the more so, the Divine Presence?” Why did He respond with this hermeneutical principle?The answer is that the first of the thirteen principles of Torah interpretation2” – “all the more so”; i.e. we learn from a lesser principle to a greater one. In this case, since Miriam would have been embarrassed for seven days had her father been angry with her, all the more so she should be embarrassed in the face of G‑d’s angry. is the kal v’chomer, which corresponds to the quality “E-l.”3 Moses said: “E-l, please heal her!” (ibid. 12:13). Thus G‑d answered with the trait of kal v’chomer.Kisvei Kodesh, p. 26a
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