Tuesday, October 2, 2007

succos question

Here is a devar torah from the first perek of shmual. This question was asked by benji blau. It twice says that channah didn't eat and then it says she "got up from eating and drinking" there are three answers
1)Rashi and Rulbug piont out that eating and drinking is in the masculine and feminine so this was the group meal that she got up from but she didn't eat
2)Some people say she just ate enough to stay alive but didn't eat properly
3)The Radak says that after channah saw she was upseting her husband (as he thought she didn't love him enough and all she wanted was children) she started eating so not to harm his feelings