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Or HaChaim on Deuteronomy 32:18/אור החיים על דברים ל״ב:י״ח
אצוּר יְלָדְךָ תֶּשִׁי. יִתְבָּאֵר עַל דֶּרֶךְ אָמְרָם זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (זוהר חלק ג רז:) בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁרָצָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִבְרֹא אֶת הָאָדָם, נִמְלַךְ בַּמַּלְאָכִים וְאָמְרוּ לְפָנָיו ״מָה אֱנוֹשׁ״ וְגוֹ׳ (תהלים ח:ה), וְנִתְעַצֵּם ה׳ נֶגֶד דִּבְרֵי הַמַּלְאָכִים וּבְרָאוֹ וְהֶעֱנִישׁ הַמְּנַגְּדִים, עַד כָּאן, וְלָזֶה כְּשֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל עוֹבְרִים רְצוֹנוֹ מַחְלִישִׁים טַעַם לֵידָתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם, וְהוּא אָמְרוֹ ״יְלָדְךָ תֶּשִׁי״.
1 צור ילדך תשי, "You neglected the Rock that begot you;" This is best understood in connection with Sanhedrin 38 that at the time G'd was about to create man, He consulted with the angels about His project. Some angels strenuously opposed the creation of man. G'd not only ignored these angels and created man, but He punished the angels who had opposed man's creation. Whenever Israel sins this weakens G'd's argument in favour of having created man. This is what Moses meant when he said ילדך תשי, "you weaken the One who begot you."
בוַתִּשְׁכַּח אֵל מְחֹלְלֶךָ. תִּתְפָּרֵשׁ לְשׁוֹן עֲדִי, כְּדֶרֶךְ אָמְרוֹ (הושע ב:טו) ״וַתַּעַד נִזְמָהּ וְחֶלְיָתָהּ״, וְהַכַּוָּנָה שֶׁעֲשָׂאֲךָ מָחוֹל, עֲדִי עַל כָּל הַנִּבְרָאִים, אֲפִלּוּ עַל הַמַּלְאָכִים, כְּאָמְרוֹ (תהלים סו:יב) ״הִרְכַּבְתָּ אֱנוֹשׁ לְרֹאשֵׁנוּ״, אוֹ עַל דֶּרֶךְ אָמְרוֹ (ישעיה מט:ג) ״יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר בְּךָ אֶתְפָּאָר״, שֶׁעֲשָׂאֲךָ עֲדִי לוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ. וְרַזַ״ל אָמְרוּ (ספרי) דְּרָשׁוֹת וּכְפַטִּישׁ וְגוֹ׳.
2ותשכח אל מחללך, "You forgot the G'd who brought you forth." The word מחללך may be understood as a reference to jewels as in Hoseah 2,15 ותעד נזמה וחליתה, "when she was decked out with her nose-rings and her jewelry," etc. What Moses means is that Israel forgot the very G'd who had made her a more precious jewel than any other creature including the angels. Compare Psalms 66,12, or Isaiah 49,3 "Israel in whom I glory." G'd means that He wears the name of Israel like a person wears a jewel. Our sages have offered a variety of interpretations of this verse.