After Zipporah performed the circumcision, she took the foreskin and “touched his legs” (v. 25). Whose legs did she touch? The Rabbis interpret the vague wording of the verse in different ways. According to one hermeneutical position, Zipporah touched Moses’s legs and said to him: “Take retribution for your debt.” According to another interpretive approach, she touched the legs of the angel and said: “This is the culmination of your mission.” A third understanding has her touching the body of the child, and only then (v. 26) “He let him alone” (JT Nedarim 3:9, 38b).
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 01:50:23 +0000
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