Parshas Shelach: Tzitzis the Uniform of an Eved Hashem

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does Rashi at the end of Shelach count eight days from Mitzrayim to the shira, when Rashi in Beshalach puts the shira on the seventh day? Counting from Yud Dalet Nisan, Rashi here marks the day we became avdei Hashem, by getting rid of Mitzrayim's avoda zara and shechting the korban pesach. Tzitzis is the uniform that announces an eved Hashem.

Key points

• The mefarshim on Rashi answer that the two counts depend on when the counting begins.
• A commentary on the Gemara in Menachos calls tzitzis the uniform announcing an eved Hashem.
• The Vilna Gaon matches the tzitzis wrappings, 13, 11, 8 and 7, to the Mishnah's groups of melachos.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rashi on the eight strands of tzitzis
2. 1:32Contradiction with Rashi in Beshalach
3. 3:43Counting from Yud Dalet Nisan
4. 5:21Two themes in the Haggadah
5. 10:01Korban pesach and becoming avdei Hashem
6. 12:09The Gemara in Menachos on techeles
7. 13:57Tzitzis as the uniform of avdei Hashem
8. 16:07Vilna Gaon on tzitzis and melachos

Topics

• Tzitzis
• Parshas Shelach
• Korban Pesach
• Lamed Tes Melachos