"va'Hashem Nihag Ru'ach Kadim ... ". Why does the Torah add the 'Vav' in "va'Hashem"?
R. Bachye: it refers to Hashem's Beis-Din. 1
Refer also to Bereishis, 19:24:0.1:1.
Why did Hashem send specifically the east-wind to transport the locusts?
Rashi: Because Egypt is in the south-west (of Eretz Yisrael, as the Torah explans elsewhere.
R. Bachye: Because the east-wind is designated to bring on punishments, as we find in numerous places. 1
See R. Bachye, who lists the Galus of Yehudah and Binyamin, the Galus of the ten tribes, Galus Tzor, Yonah and Gog and Magog.
"ha'Boker Hayah ... ". What is the significance of the fact that the locusts arrived in the morning?
R. Bachye: Because the punishment of Resha'im always takes place in the morning 1 - as does the reward of Tzadikim. 2
R. Bachye: Like we find by Korach (Bamidbar 16:5) "Boker Veyoda Hashem es asher Lo", and as the Pasuk writes in Tehilim 101:8, "la'Bekarim Atzmis Kol Rish'ei Eretz".
R. Bachye: As Hashem said to Moshe "Veh'yei Nachon la'Boker" (34:2), and as the Pasuk writes in Eichah 3:23 "Chadashim la'Bekarim ... ".
