54) \u201cAnd Jethro, Moses\u2019 father-in-law, took Zipporah, and her two sons.\u201d Were her sons not the sons of Moses? Because Zipporah labored with them without her husband, the Torah calls them, \u201cher sons,\u201d and not \u201chis sons.\u201d Even though they were Moses\u2019 sons, it speaks the truth, for they were certainly her sons, since Moses connected in another place, high and holy, and it was not respectful toward him to call them \u201chis sons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although they were his sons, due to the honor of that place to which he connected, which is the Shechina, it writes here \u201cher sons.\u201d Afterwards, it is written, \u201chis sons\u201d because at the time when they reached Moses, Moses was conversing with the Shechina. After he parted from the Shechina and went out toward his father-in-law, it is written, \u201cThen Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons,\u201d and Moses\u2019 wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
55) Certainly, because of the honor of the Shechina, which is the bonding of the upper one to which Moses bonded, it is written, \u201cher sons.\u201d But why does it write \u201chis sons\u201d in the verse, \u201cThen Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses\u201d? It is because it is all one inclusion. When it writes \u201chis sons,\u201d it means Jethro\u2019s sons, since after Moses came to him he had sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
56) And so it was with Jacob. When he came to Laban and lived with him, he had sons. Here, too, when Moses lived with Jethro, he had sons, and he brought his entire household with him to put them under the wings of the Shechina. Jethro said to Moses, \u201cI, your father-in-law, am coming to you, as well as your wife, and her two sons with her. It does not say, \u201cAnd your two sons.\u201d How do we know that Jethro had sons? It is written, \u201cThe sons of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the city of palms,\u201d and he left his sons with Moses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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