| 1God said to Moses, “Hew yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will inscribe upon the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you shattered. |
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אוַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־משֶׁ֔ה פְּסָל־לְךָ֛ שְׁנֵֽי־לֻחֹ֥ת אֲבָנִ֖ים כָּרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑ים וְכָֽתַבְתִּי֙ עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֔ת אֶת־הַ֨דְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֛וּ עַל־הַלֻּחֹ֥ת הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ: |
| פְּסָל־לְךָ - Hew yourself. God showed Moses a sapphire quarry inside his tent and said to him, “The surplus (פְּסֹלֶת) of the sapphire will be yours,” and from this Moses became extremely wealthy. |
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פְּסָל־לְךָ.
הֶרְאָהוּ מַחְצַב סַנְפִּירִינוֹן מִתּוֹךְ אָהֳלוֹ וְאָמַר לוֹ הַפְּסֹלֶת יִהְיֶה שֶׁלְּךָ; מִשָּׁם נִתְעַשֵּׁר מֹשֶׁה הַרְבֵּה (תנחומא):
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| פְּסָל־לְךָ - Hew yourself. It is as if God were saying: “You shattered the first set of tablets, so you carve out for yourself others.” This may be compared to the case of a king who went to a faraway land, leaving his new wife together with her maidservants. As a result of the immorality of the maidservants, she became implicated in their wrongdoing, so her good friend arose and tore up her wedding contract, saying, “If the king wishes to kill her I will tell him: ‘She is not yet your wife.’” The king investigated and found that the immorality was only among the maidservants, so he became reconciled with his wife. Her friend then said to the king, “Write for her another wedding contract, for the first one was torn up.” The king answered him, “You were the one who tore it up, so you be the one to buy for her another paper and I will write it for her in my handwriting.” So, too, here the king refers to the Holy One, blessed be He, the maidservants are the mixed multitude, the friend is Moses, and the wife of the Holy One, blessed be He, is Israel. The verse therefore says: “Hew yourself.” |
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פְּסָל־לְךָ.
אַתָּה שִׁבַּרְתָּ הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת, אַתָּה פְּסָל לְךָ אֲחֵרוֹת, מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁהָלַךְ לִמְדִינַת הַיָּם וְהִנִּיחַ אֲרוּסָתוֹ עִם הַשְּׁפָחוֹת, מִתּוֹךְ קִלְקוּל הַשְּׁפָחוֹת יָצָא עָלֶיהָ שֵׁם רָע, עָמַד שׁוֹשְׁבִינָהּ וְקָרַע כְּתֻבָּתָהּ, אָמַר אִם יֹאמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהָרְגָהּ, אֹמַר לוֹ עֲדַיִן אֵינָהּ אִשְׁתְּךָ; בָּדַק הַמֶּלֶךְ וּמָצָא שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה הַקִּלְקוּל אֶלָּא מִן הַשְּׁפָחוֹת, נִתְרַצָּה לָהּ, אָמַר לוֹ שׁוֹשְׁבִינָהּ כְּתֹב לָהּ כְּתֻבָּה אַחֶרֶת, שֶׁנִּקְרְעָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, אָמַר לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ אַתָּה קָרַעְתָּ אוֹתָהּ אַתָּה קְנֵה לָהּ נְיָר אַחֵר וַאֲנִי אֶכְתֹּב לָהּ בִּכְתָב יָדִי; כֵּן הַמֶּלֶךְ זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, הַשְּׁפָחוֹת אֵלּוּ עֵרֶב רַב, וְהַשּׁוֹשְׁבִין זֶה מֹשֶׁה, אֲרוּסָתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר פְּסָל לְךָ (שם):
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| 2Prepare yourself for the morning, and in the morning you must ascend Mount Sinai for the third time and stand before Me there, on the mountaintop. |
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בוֶֽהְיֵ֥ה נָכ֖וֹן לַבֹּ֑קֶר וְעָלִ֤יתָ בַבֹּ֨קֶר֙ אֶל־הַ֣ר סִינַ֔י וְנִצַּבְתָּ֥ לִ֛י שָׁ֖ם עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הָהָֽר: |
| נָכוֹן - means here “prepared.” |
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נָכוֹן.
מְזֻמָּן:
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| 3No man may go up with you, and no man may be seen on the entire mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze before that mountain.” |
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גוְאִישׁ֙ לֹא־יַֽעֲלֶ֣ה עִמָּ֔ךְ וְגַם־אִ֥ישׁ אַל־יֵרָ֖א בְּכָל־הָהָ֑ר גַּם־הַצֹּ֤אן וְהַבָּקָר֙ אַל־יִרְע֔וּ אֶל־מ֖וּל הָהָ֥ר הַהֽוּא: |
| וְאִישׁ לֹא־יַֽעֲלֶה עִמָּךְ - No man may ascend with you. The first tablets, because they were given amid fanfare, great sounds, and crowds, were subject to the “evil eye.” There is no better trait than modesty. |
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וְאִישׁ לֹא־יַֽעֲלֶה עִמָּךְ.
הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת עַל יְדֵי שֶׁהָיוּ בִתְשׁוּאוֹת וְקוֹלוֹת וּקְהִלּוֹת, שָׁלְטָה בָהֶן עַיִן רָעָה – אֵין לְךָ יָפֶה מִן הַצְּנִיעוּת (שם):
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