ויכתוב על הלוחות [את דברי הברית עשרת הדברים] (שמות לד כח), שהיו שוים הראשונים והשניים, וכיצד היו כתובים, י' דברות, ה' על לוח זה וה' על לוח זה, שנאמר עשרת הדברים.
(Exod. 34:28:) AND HE WROTE DOWN UPON THE TABLETS [THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS]. Thus the first and the second (copies of the commandments) were the same.90Exod. R. 47:6. According to Men. 99a and Numb. R. 4:20, the fragments of the earlier, broken tablets were deposited in the Ark of the Covenant along with the second pair of tablets. Cf. Acts 7:38–43, which implies that the Torah which Israel now followed was something other than the “living oracles” which Moses had received the first time on Sinai. And how were <the> ten commandments written? Five on one tablet and five on the other tablet. Thus it is stated (ibid.): THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
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ויהי ברדת משה וגו' מן ההר [ומשה לא ידע כי קרן עור פניו] (שם שם כט), מהיכן נטל משה קרני ההוד, רבותינו אומרים מן המערה, שנאמר והיה בעבור כבודי [ושמתיך בנקרת הצור] (שם לג כב), ר' ברכיה אור מן הלוחות, א"ר ארכן ו' טפחים ורחבן ג' טפחים, והיה משה מחזיק בשני טפחים והקב"ה בשני טפחים וטפחיים ריוח באמצע, משם נטל משה קרני ההוד, ר' יהודה בר נחמיה אומר כשמשה כותב את התורה נשתייר בקולמוס קימעא והעבירו על ראשו, ומשם נעשו לו קרני ההוד, ומשה לא ידע כי קרן. כל ההוד שנטל ממתן שכר, אבל הקרן קיימת, שנאמר (וקרנים) [קרנים] מידו לו (חבקוק ג ד), וכשיטלו הצדיקים את שכרן לעולם הבא יטול הוא שכרו, מנין שכן הנביא מפרש ואמר הנה ' אלהים בחזק יבא וזרועו מושלה לו הנה שכרו אתו ופעולתו לפניו (ישעיה מ י).
(Exod. 34:29:) AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, WHEN MOSES CAME DOWN… FROM THE MOUNTAIN, [MOSES DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SKIN OF HIS FACE WAS SHINING]. From where did Moses receive the rays of glory?91Tanh., Exod. 9:37. Our masters say: From the cave. Thus it is stated (in Exod. 33:22): AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT WHEN MY GLORY PASSES BY, [I WILL PUT YOU IN A CLEFT OF THE ROCK]. R. Berekhyah said: From the tablets.92Cf. Deut. R. 3:12, which attributes this view to R. Samuel bar Nahman. R. <Berekhyah>93The name is supplied from Yalqut Shim’oni, Exod. 406. Cf. Tanh., Exod. 9:37, which attributes what follows to R. Samuel bar Nahman. said: Their length was six handbreadths, and their width was three handbreadths.94See ySheq. 6:1 (49d); BB 14a. Then Moses grasped two handbreadths, the Holy One grasped two handbreadths, and there was a space of two handbreadths in the middle. It was from there that Moses received the rays of glory. R. Judah bar Nehemiah says: While Moses was writing the Torah, a little <ink> remained on the pen.95Lat.: calamus (“reed,” “reed pen”). So he passed it over his head (to dry it on his hair), and it was from there that the rays of glory were produced for him. (Exod. 34:29:) MOSES DID NOT KNOW THAT <THE SKIN OF HIS FACE> WAS SHINING (QRN). All the glory that he received <came> as an < extra > reward, but the principal (QRN) remained in tact, as stated (in Hab. 3:4): {AND} RAYS <COMING> FROM HIS HAND. So when the righteous receive their reward in the world to come, he will <also> receive his reward. Where is it shown? Where the prophet has so declared, when he said (in Is. 40:10): BEHOLD, THE LORD GOD COMES IN MIGHT, AND HIS MIGHTY ARM RULES FOR HIM. BEHOLD, HIS REWARD IS WITH HIM, AND HIS RECOMPENSE BEFORE HIM.
ויכתוב על הלוחות [את דברי הברית עשרת הדברים] (שמות לד כח), שהיו שוים הראשונים והשניים, וכיצד היו כתובים, י' דברות, ה' על לוח זה וה' על לוח זה, שנאמר עשרת הדברים.
(Exod. 34:28:) AND HE WROTE DOWN UPON THE TABLETS [THE WORDS OF THE COVENANT, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS]. Thus the first and the second (copies of the commandments) were the same.90Exod. R. 47:6. According to Men. 99a and Numb. R. 4:20, the fragments of the earlier, broken tablets were deposited in the Ark of the Covenant along with the second pair of tablets. Cf. Acts 7:38–43, which implies that the Torah which Israel now followed was something other than the “living oracles” which Moses had received the first time on Sinai. And how were <the> ten commandments written? Five on one tablet and five on the other tablet. Thus it is stated (ibid.): THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
ויהי ברדת משה וגו' מן ההר [ומשה לא ידע כי קרן עור פניו] (שם שם כט), מהיכן נטל משה קרני ההוד, רבותינו אומרים מן המערה, שנאמר והיה בעבור כבודי [ושמתיך בנקרת הצור] (שם לג כב), ר' ברכיה אור מן הלוחות, א"ר ארכן ו' טפחים ורחבן ג' טפחים, והיה משה מחזיק בשני טפחים והקב"ה בשני טפחים וטפחיים ריוח באמצע, משם נטל משה קרני ההוד, ר' יהודה בר נחמיה אומר כשמשה כותב את התורה נשתייר בקולמוס קימעא והעבירו על ראשו, ומשם נעשו לו קרני ההוד, ומשה לא ידע כי קרן. כל ההוד שנטל ממתן שכר, אבל הקרן קיימת, שנאמר (וקרנים) [קרנים] מידו לו (חבקוק ג ד), וכשיטלו הצדיקים את שכרן לעולם הבא יטול הוא שכרו, מנין שכן הנביא מפרש ואמר הנה ' אלהים בחזק יבא וזרועו מושלה לו הנה שכרו אתו ופעולתו לפניו (ישעיה מ י).
(Exod. 34:29:) AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, WHEN MOSES CAME DOWN… FROM THE MOUNTAIN, [MOSES DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SKIN OF HIS FACE WAS SHINING]. From where did Moses receive the rays of glory?91Tanh., Exod. 9:37. Our masters say: From the cave. Thus it is stated (in Exod. 33:22): AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS THAT WHEN MY GLORY PASSES BY, [I WILL PUT YOU IN A CLEFT OF THE ROCK]. R. Berekhyah said: From the tablets.92Cf. Deut. R. 3:12, which attributes this view to R. Samuel bar Nahman. R. <Berekhyah>93The name is supplied from Yalqut Shim’oni, Exod. 406. Cf. Tanh., Exod. 9:37, which attributes what follows to R. Samuel bar Nahman. said: Their length was six handbreadths, and their width was three handbreadths.94See ySheq. 6:1 (49d); BB 14a. Then Moses grasped two handbreadths, the Holy One grasped two handbreadths, and there was a space of two handbreadths in the middle. It was from there that Moses received the rays of glory. R. Judah bar Nehemiah says: While Moses was writing the Torah, a little <ink> remained on the pen.95Lat.: calamus (“reed,” “reed pen”). So he passed it over his head (to dry it on his hair), and it was from there that the rays of glory were produced for him. (Exod. 34:29:) MOSES DID NOT KNOW THAT <THE SKIN OF HIS FACE> WAS SHINING (QRN). All the glory that he received <came> as an < extra > reward, but the principal (QRN) remained in tact, as stated (in Hab. 3:4): {AND} RAYS <COMING> FROM HIS HAND. So when the righteous receive their reward in the world to come, he will <also> receive his reward. Where is it shown? Where the prophet has so declared, when he said (in Is. 40:10): BEHOLD, THE LORD GOD COMES IN MIGHT, AND HIS MIGHTY ARM RULES FOR HIM. BEHOLD, HIS REWARD IS WITH HIM, AND HIS RECOMPENSE BEFORE HIM.
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