Tanach
Bamidbar 15:32-34 במדבר ט״ו:ל״ב-ל״ד
Part of: Sh'lachSh'lach, Aliyah 7Chapter 15
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וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּמִּדְבָּר וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ אִישׁ מְקֹשֵׁשׁ עֵצִים בְּיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃
Bnei Yisroel were in the desert, and they found a man gathering wood on the day of the Shabbos.
Bnei Yisroel were in the desert, and they found a man gathering wood on the day of the Shabbos.
Rashi
וַיַּקְרִיבוּ אֹתוֹ הַמֹּצְאִים אֹתוֹ מְקֹשֵׁשׁ עֵצִים אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶֽל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל כׇּל־הָעֵדָֽה׃
Those who found him brought him near—he who was gathering wood—to Moshe and to Aharon, and to the entire congregation.
Those who found him brought him near—he who was gathering wood—to Moshe and to Aharon, and to the entire congregation.
Rashi
המצאים אתו מקשש. שֶׁהִתְרוּ בוֹ וְלֹא הִנִּיחַ מִלְּקוֹשֵׁשׁ, אַף מִשֶׁמְּצָאוּהוּ וְהִתְרוּ בוֹ (שם; סנהדרין מ"א):
Those who found him gathering. They warned him, but he did not desist from gathering, even after they found and warned him.
וַיַּנִּיחוּ אֹתוֹ בַּמִּשְׁמָר כִּי לֹא פֹרַשׁ מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂה לֽוֹ׃ {ס}
They placed him under guard since it was not specified, what was to be done to him.
They placed him under guard since it was not specified, what was to be done to him.
Rashi
כי לא פרש מה יעשה לו. בְּאֵיזוֹ מִיתָה יָמוּת, אֲבָל יוֹדְעִים הָיוּ שֶׁמְּחַלֵּל שַׁבָּת בְּמִיתָה (שם ע"ח):
Since it was not specified, what was to be done with him. [They did not know] how to execute him, but they knew that someone who desecrates the Shabbos must be put to death.
ויהיו … במדבר וימצאו. בִּגְנוּתָן שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל דִּבֵּר הַכָּתוּב, שֶׁלֹא שָׁמְרוּ אֶלָּא שַׁבָּת רִאשׁוֹנָה, וּבַשְּׁנִיָּה בָא זֶה וְחִלְּלָהּ (ספרי):
[Bnei Yisroel] were in the desert and they found. Scripture speaks disparagingly of the Israelites. They kept only the first Shabbos, then this person came and desecrated the second.