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quick torah question (Ha'azinu)
This isn't quite "help me do my homework", because I want to know more generally, but if anyone has insights that I can draw on this Shabbat, that'd be especially spiffy.
In Deut 32 (verse 15 and vicinity), Moshe is talking about God and Israel in the third person, talking about how "he" (Israel) did various things. He then switches to second person for a bit, directly addressing Israel, before going back to the third person. Specifically: "But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked--thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross--and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation." ("Jeshurun" is a reference to Israel.)
I'm looking for any significance in this switch noted by the commentaries. The chumashim I've consulted (Soncino and Eitz Chayim) are silent on this point (well, beyond noting that it happens).
In Deut 32 (verse 15 and vicinity), Moshe is talking about God and Israel in the third person, talking about how "he" (Israel) did various things. He then switches to second person for a bit, directly addressing Israel, before going back to the third person. Specifically: "But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked--thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross--and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation." ("Jeshurun" is a reference to Israel.)
I'm looking for any significance in this switch noted by the commentaries. The chumashim I've consulted (Soncino and Eitz Chayim) are silent on this point (well, beyond noting that it happens).