1)

What is "Shachor"?

1.

Rav Sadya Gaon: It is ink.

2.

Rashi: It is coal.

3.

Ibn Ezra: It is blackness.

2)

What blackened them?

1.

Ibn Ezra: Hunger. Ri Kara - when they were satiated, they were redder than gold!

2.

Palgei Mayim: Poverty and hunger.

3)

Why does it say "Lo Nikeru ba'Chutzos"?

1.

Ri Kara: People who used to recognize them, when their appearance was good, did not recognize them now.

2.

Palgei Mayim: No one had mercy on them. Nikeru is like "Yehi Makirech Baruch" (Rus 2:19). This is why the punishment (written below) came!

4)

What is "Tzafar"?

1.

Rashi: It folded. There is nothing like this in Tanach.

2.

Ibn Ezra, Ri Kara, Rid: It stuck.

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