1)

What are the implications of "u'mi'Meged Eretz u'Melo'ah"?

1.

Ramban #1 (citing the Ibn Ezra): Having discussed the fruits of the mountains and hills in the previous Pasuk, the Torah now praise fruits of the plains and the valley.

2.

Ramban #2: "Eretz u'Melo'ah" comes to inorporate a B'rachah on the people and the animals. 1 similar to "Baruch P'ri Bitn'cha u'Feri Admasecha u'Ferei Behemt'cha". 2


1

Ramban: As in Tehilim "Yir'am ha'Yam u'Melo'o" and in Yirmiyah, 51:14.

2

In Ki Savo, 28:4.

2)

What are the connotations of "me'Rosh Har'rei Kedem"?

1.

Rashi and Targum Onkelos: It means that Yosef's land is blessed from the beginning of the ripening of the fruit of the mountains, which ripen before those of the other tribes. 1

2.

Targum Yonasan: Yosef's land is blessed from the first-fruit of the mountains, which the B'rachah of the original Avos, who are compared to mountains, bequeathed to him'.

3.

Sifri: It means that the B'rachah comes from the blessing of the Avos, who are called 'Harim', and "mi'Meged Giv'os Olam", from the blessing of the Imahos, who are called 'Gevahos'. 2


1

Refer to 13:14:2:2*. Hadar Zekenim (in Pasuk 14) and Rosh: Efrayim was mountainous, as the Navi writes in Shmuel 1 1:1 "Tzofim me'Har Efrayim".

2

Sifri: As the Pasuk writes in Shir Hashirim, 4:6 "Eilech Li el Har ha'Mor, ve'el Giv'as ha'Levonah". See Torah Temimah, note 52.

3)

What are the connotations of "mi'Meged Giv'os Olam"?

1.

Rashi and Targum Onkelos: It means that Yosef's land is also blessed on the hills that produce fruit continuously - and are not deterred by a lack of rain.

2.

Targum Yonasan: 'And from the sweet fruits of the hills that they produce continuously, which the B'rachah of the original Imahos, who are compared to hills, bequeathed to him'.

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