1)

What is the significance of a sharp sword?

1.

Rashi: It is a sign of Nebuchadnetzar's sword.

2.

Radak: All this was in a prophetic vision.

3.

Malbim: This is a sign of what will be at the end of the siege. Yechezkel should take a sword and make a razor from it.

2)

Who are "Galavim"?

1.

Rashi #1: It is a Greek word - shoemakers.

2.

Rashi #2: They sell parchments.

3.

Rashi citing Menachem: They are barbers. There is nothing like this in Torah. Radak - they shave people's heads and beards. The blade it very sharp; it cuts quickly. Bereishis Rabah says that an angel held Megalev 1 . Targum Yerushalmi of "v'Chol Zakan Geru'ah" (Yirmeyah 48:37) is Magliva.


1

Bereishis Rabah (41:2): When Avimelech took Sarah, the angel said that he will strike him or leave him, as she desires.

3)

What is the significance of shaving his head and beard?

1.

Radak (2): This is a Mashal for Hashchasah (destruction) via a plague, just like a razor is Mashchis hair totally - "v'Lo Sashchis Es Pe'as Zekanecha" (Vayikra 19:27). It says about Hashem's destruction of Machaneh Ashur "Yegale'ach Hashem b'Sa'ar ha'Sechirah" (Yeshayah 7:20).

2.

Malbim: Hair clings to the body. It hints to the nation that Hashem clung them to Him, and now He removes them from Himself. People used to shave the head hair; it was unsightly to have [much hair]. This is a Mashal for Resha'im. Hair of the beard is honorable; it is a Mashal for Tzadikim. The Nimshal is, Tzadik will perish with Rasha.

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