לזכות אבי מורי ואמי מורתי שיחיו!
לזכות שיינדי חנה בת מלכה!
לזכות ר' ישראל דניאל בן שיינא דינה וכל ב"ב!
The Torah says after the bad report of the spies and the negative reaction of the Jews:
יג וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה, אֶל-יְהוָה: וְשָׁמְעוּ מִצְרַיִם, כִּי-הֶעֱלִיתָ בְכֹחֲךָ אֶת-הָעָם הַזֶּה מִקִּרְבּוֹ. יד וְאָמְרוּ, אֶל-יוֹשֵׁב הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת, שָׁמְעוּ כִּי-אַתָּה יְהוָה, בְּקֶרֶב הָעָם הַזֶּה: אֲשֶׁר-עַיִן בְּעַיִן נִרְאָה אַתָּה יְהוָה, וַעֲנָנְךָ עֹמֵד עֲלֵהֶם, וּבְעַמֻּד עָנָן אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם יוֹמָם, וּבְעַמּוּד אֵשׁ לָיְלָה. טו וְהֵמַתָּה אֶת-הָעָם הַזֶּה, כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד; וְאָמְרוּ, הַגּוֹיִם, אֲשֶׁר-שָׁמְעוּ אֶת-שִׁמְעֲךָ, לֵאמֹר. טז מִבִּלְתִּי יְכֹלֶת יְהוָה, לְהָבִיא אֶת-הָעָם הַזֶּה, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-נִשְׁבַּע לָהֶם; וַיִּשְׁחָטֵם, בַּמִּדְבָּר
Moshe said to Hashem, "But the Egyptians will hear that You have brought this nation out from its midst with great power. They will say about the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that You, Hashem, are in the midst of this people; that You, Hashem, appear to them eye to eye and that Your cloud rests over them. And You go before them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night. And if You kill this nation like one man, the nations who have heard of Your reputation will say as follows: 'Since Hashem lacked the ability to bring this nation to the Land which He swore to them, He slaughtered them in the desert.'
What does it mean "ושמעו מצרים" - The Egyptains will hear. Did they just "hear"? They saw it with their own eyes and felt on their own flesh the 10 Makkos! Rashi and the Ramban says that the hearing is referring to what it says in the previous pasuk that the Jews will be killed ח"ו [for their sin]. but the Sifsei Chachomim says that this is not the simple meaning of the pasuk. See Ohr Hachaim and Alshich.
We also have to understand what Moshe opened with that the Egyptians will hear etc. But later he says "ואמרו הגוים אשר שמעו את שמעך" - "The Goyim who have heard Your reputation etc." If the issue is ALL the Goyim so why does he start with the Egyptians?? [See Ohr Hachaim and Alshich].
We ALSO have to understand that Moshe started by saying that the Jews shouldn't be killed so that the Goyim shouldn't say "מבלתי יכולת" that Hashem lacked the ability to bring this nation to the land etc. Then he goes on [פסוקים י"ז -י"ט]:
וְעַתָּ֕ה יִגְדַּל־נָ֖א כֹּ֣חַ אֲדֹנָ֑י כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לֵאמֹֽר:
יְ-הֹ-וָ֗-ה אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֨יִם֙ וְרַב־חֶ֔סֶד נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֹ֖ן וָפָ֑שַׁע וְנַקֵּה֙ לֹ֣א יְנַקֶּ֔ה פֹּקֵ֞ד עֲוֹ֤ן אָבוֹת֙ עַל־בָּנִ֔ים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁ֖ים וְעַל־רִבֵּעִֽים:
סְלַח־נָ֗א לַֽעֲוֹ֛ן הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה כְּגֹ֣דֶל חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וְכַֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֨אתָה֙ לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם וְעַד־הֵֽנָּה:
Now, please, let the strength of Hashem be increased, as You spoke, saying. 'The Hashem is slow to anger and abundantly kind, forgiving iniquity and transgression, Who cleanses [some] and does not cleanse [others], Who visits the iniquities of parents on children, even to the third and fourth generations. Please forgive the iniquity of this nation in accordance with your abounding kindness, as You have borne this people from Egypt until now."
This is non-sequitur - it doesn't follow!? It starts with what the Goyim will say and then goes in the 13 middos of Rachamim! How does that follow? [See Ohr Hachaim, Kli Yakar and more].
