Pisqa’ 197325H:216; JN2:87. 1. “And the officers shall continue to speak with the people, saying:” (Dt.20:8)— thus, we learn that they should speak exactly those words.
“Who is the man, fearful and faint-hearted” (Dt.20:8)— this is one who has committed a hidden transgression. “He shall go and return to his home”(Dt.20:8).
2. R. Akiva says: Fearful and faint-hearted means just that! R. Yose the Galilean says: Fearful and faint-hearted implies that he suffers from an infirmity.326//M.Sotah 8:5
“So that the hearts of his brothers not faint away like his” (Dt.20:8)— this teaches that if only one of them was worried about his transgressions, they must all return home.327//M. Sotah 5:8.
(דברים כ ח) וְיָסְפוּ הַשֹּׁטְרִים לְדַבֵּר אֶל הָעָם וְאָמְרוּ, לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁהֵם הַדְּבָרִים.
Pisqa’ 197325H:216; JN2:87.
1. “And the officers shall continue
to speak with the people, saying:” (Dt.20:8)—
thus, we learn that
they should speak exactly those words.
מִי הָאִישׁ הַיָּרֵא וְרַךְ הַלֵּבָב – שֶׁיֵּשׁ עֲבֵרָה בְּיָדוֹ בַּסֵּתֶר, יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב לְבֵיתוֹ.
“Who is the man,
fearful and faint-hearted” (Dt.20:8)—
this is one who has committed a hidden transgression.
“He shall go and return to his home”(Dt.20:8).
רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה אוֹמֵר: הַיָּרֵא וְרַךְ הַלֵּבָב כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי אוֹמֵר: הַיָּרֵא וְרַךְ הַלֵּבָב – שֶׁהוּא בַּעַל מוּם.
2. R. Akiva says:
Fearful and faint-hearted
means just that! R. Yose the Galilean says:
Fearful and faint-hearted
implies that he suffers from an infirmity.326//M.Sotah 8:5
וְלֹא יִמַּס אֶת לְבַב אֶחָיו כִּלְבָבוֹ, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאִם הָיָה אֶחָד מֵהֶם מִתְיָרֵא מִן הָעֲבֵרוֹת שֶׁבְּיָדוֹ – כֻּלָּם חוֹזְרִים וּבָאִים.
“So that the hearts of his brothers not faint away like his” (Dt.20:8)—
this teaches that if only one
of them was worried about his transgressions,
they must all return home.327//M. Sotah 5:8.