Aliza Feigaโs Bas Mitzvah
Bereshis Pasuk 44:18
ืึทืึดึผืึทึผึจืฉื ืึตืึธึืื ืึฐืืึผืึธึื ืึทืึนึผึืืึถืจึฎ ืึดึผึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ ืึฐืึทืึถึผืจึพื ึธึจื ืขึทืึฐืึฐึผืึธึค ืึธืึธืจึ ืึฐึผืืืึฐื ึตึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดึื ืึฐืึทืึพืึดึฅืึทืจ ืึทืคึฐึผืึธึ ืึฐึผืขึทืึฐืึถึผึืึธ ืึดึผึฅื ืึธืึืึนืึธ ืึฐึผืคึทืจึฐืขึนึฝืื
What Does ืึดึผึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ Mean
Kotzker Rebbe on this Pasuk
Rabbi Mark Dratch – Beverley Javasky-Lyons Bar Mitzvah
Sunday the 24th is Aliza Feiga Siegalโs Bas Mitzvah.ย Shoshana came in from Boynton Beach with Tovah and Tehillah.ย Friday night Eli ate over and Nechama and Itamer stayed over to be with their cousins. ย On Shabbos Mordy, Rivky and the Bas Mitzvah girl came over for lunch.
I had too much cake Friday night and it was hard to wake up Shabbos morning. I got up a 6:30 AM and work on the Parsha.
Torah Chiddush:
This year I am not really saying Torah Chidushim.ย I am more focused on reading the dialogue in the Chumash with the correct emotions and words in English.
I worked extensively on the first Pasuk, Verse 44:18
ืึทืึดึผืึทึผึจืฉื ืึตืึธึืื ืึฐืืึผืึธึื ืึทืึนึผึืืึถืจึฎ ืึดึผึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ ืึฐืึทืึถึผืจึพื ึธึจื ืขึทืึฐืึฐึผืึธึค ืึธืึธืจึ ืึฐึผืืืึฐื ึตึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดึื ืึฐืึทืึพืึดึฅืึทืจ ืึทืคึฐึผืึธึ ืึฐึผืขึทืึฐืึถึผึืึธ ืึดึผึฅื ืึธืึืึนืึธ ืึฐึผืคึทืจึฐืขึนึฝืื
Translations:
1 – Onkelys translates this Pasuk ืึผืงึฐืจึตื ืึฐืึธืชึตืืึผ ืึฐืืึผืึธื ืึทืึฒืึทืจ ืึฐึผืึธืขืึผ ืจึดืึผืึนื ึดื ืึฐืึทืึถึผื ืึฐึผืขึทื ืขึทืึฐืึธืึฐ ืคึดึผืชึฐืึธึผืึธื ืงึณืึธื ืจึดืึผืึนื ึดื ืึฐืึธื ืึดืชึฐืงึตืฃ ืจืึผืึฐืึธืึฐ ืึฐึผืขึทืึฐืึธืึฐ ืึฒืจึตื ืึฐืคึทืจึฐืขึนื ืึถึผื ืึธืชึฐึผ:
Yehudah approached him [Yosef] and said, โPlease, my master, let your servant speak [now] a word in my masterโs ears [before my master], and do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh.”
2 – Artscroll, Gutnick, and JPS translations based on Onkelys:
Then Yehuda approached him and said โIf you please my Lord may your servant speak a word in my Lordโs ears and let not your anger flare up at your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.
3 – Charles Kahanah – Toras Yesharah translates it differently based on the Malbim.
And Judah approached him (Joseph) and said, โI cannot base this case on arguments of justice. But I beg you, master, allow me to plead in the hearing of my master for mercy, and be not angry at your servant thinking that I ask you to debase justice, for as governor you have the power, like Pharaoh, to grant a pardon.ย
What does ืึดึผึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ mean?ย Most translators translate as Onkelys and Artscroll, โPlease, my Masterโ
There is no Rashi here but there is a Rashi in Berseshis 43:20 on ืึดึผึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ that also translates it asย โPlease my Masterโ.ย There is a Ramban in Bereshis 43:20 that translates it differently than Rashi and an Ibn Ezra.ย ย
I want to say first bring down the Kotzker and my Chidush. Then go back to discuss Rashiโs translation in Miketz 43:20.
The Kotzker says onย ืึทืึดึผืึทึผึจืฉื ืึตืึธึืื ืึฐืืึผืึธึื that the ืึตืึธึืื is extra. Therefore the Kotzker says that it means ืฉื ืืฉ ืื ืขืฆืื.ย Yehuda approached himself; he looked inwards.ย I believe the Kotzker means that Yehuda paused for a few seconds, steeled himself, and searched for the right argument.ย The viceroy who was effectively the most powerful man in the world spoke and said Binyamin is staying here.ย No one debates a viceroy. Just responding to the viceroy may mean death to Yehuda.ย Picture the scene.ย Yosef as viceroy was sitting on his throne; around him were his ministers, the captains of the army and it was very frightful.ย Yehuda had to argue correctly to free Binyamin.ย Yehdua had to pause for a few seconds and gather himself for the future depended on what he said.
I want to add to the Kotzker that Yehuda thought or uttered under his breathย the next two words,ย ืึดึผึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ.ย โIn me Hashemโ.ย Harshem – speak through me the proper words to the viceroy so he may free Binyamin.ย I am translating ืึดึผึฃื as โin meโ.ย Artscroll on verse 43:20 footnote 7 says that the word ืึดึผึฃื normally means “in me”; however, this translation does not work in the Passuk.ย I am arguing that this is precisely the definition and the word ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ refers to hashem.ย Just like we find in Parshas Vayera that the word ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ can be Chol – referring to man or Kodesh – referring to Hashem.
Perhaps you can say it means both. He uttered it to himself and also spoke it to Josef as โplease my lordโ.
I first heard this Kotzker in the late 1980s from Rabbi Mark Dratch at a cousin’s, (Beverly and Eliot Javasky-Lyons), kid’s Bar Mitzvah at the Shaarei Shamayim Shul in Toronto.As I recall Rabbi Dratch said the Kotzker slightly different. ย I recall Rabbi Dratch said that Yehuda did an introspection;ย he askedย himself, where do I stand, do I have the moral courage to defend Binyomin?
The Rosh Yeshiva of HTC Skokie Yeshiva, Rabbi Moshe Revah, liked it and shook my hand. At the Baral wedding on December 28, 2023 I told over my Torah to Rabbi Doivd Zucker, Rabbi Eliyahu Millen and Rabbi Efraim Twerski. Rabbi Twerski said that he say in two Chassidic Seforim The ืึฒืึนื ึดืึ of thjis Pasuk is a reference to the opening of the Shemonei Esra words of ืึฒืึนื ึธื ืฉึฐืืคึธืชึทื ืชึดึผืคึฐืชึธึผื ืึผืคึดื ืึทืึดึผืื ืชึฐึผืึดืึธึผืชึถึฝืึธ.
Boruch hashem that I found my source for my Torah.
Analysis:
Bershis 43:20 says ืึทืึนึผืืึฐืจึืึผ ืึดึผึฃื ืึฒืึนื ึดึื ืึธืจึนึฅื ืึธืจึทึืึฐื ืึผ ืึทึผืชึฐึผืึดืึธึผึื ืึดืฉึฐืืืึผืจึพืึนึฝืึถืื
โIf you please, my lord,โ they said, โwe came down once before to procure food. Almost all translations use the word Please.
Rashi comments on ืื ืืื ื.
– ืื ืืื ื. ืึฐืฉืืึนื ืึทึผืขึฐืึธื ืึฐืชึทืึฒื ืึผื ึดืื ืืึผื, ืึฐืึธืฉืืึนื ืึฒืจึทืึดึผื ืึทึผืึธึผื ืึทึผืึธึผื
This is an expression of beseeching and supplication, In the Aramaic language (we find a related word with the same meaning) ืึทึผืึธึผื ืึทึผืึธึผื. This is Arscroll and they do not translate ืึทึผืึธึผื ืึทึผืึธึผื.
We have three places where the Gemora has the words ืืืื ืืืื and all three are translated by Seferia and Artscroll as woe, woe. Yuma 59B, Sanhedrin 64A and Yevamos 97A,
Yuma 69B and Sanhedrin 64A are the same Gemora and Rashi in each location are slightly different. The Rashi on the third Gemora in Yevamos is also slightly different from the other two. .
The Three Gemoras
The Gemara Yuma 69B says:
ืดืึทืึดึผืฆึฐืขึฒืงืึผ ืึถื ืืณ ืึฑืึนืึดืื ืึฐึผืงืึนื ืึธึผืืึนืืด. ืึทืื ืึฒืืึผืจ? ืึธืึทืจ ืจึทื, ืึฐืึดืืชึตึผืืึธื ืจึทืึดึผื ืืึนืึธื ึธื: ืึดึผืึธึผืื ืึดึผืึธึผืื
The Gemara recounts the event described in the verses: The verse states: And they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God (Nehemiah 9:4). What was said? Rav said, and some say it was Rabbi Yoแธฅanan who said: Woe, woe.
Rashi in Yuma – ย ืืืื ืืืื – ืืฉืื ืืขืงื ืืงืืืื ื:ย The word ืงืืืื ื in the Hebrew-English dictionary is “complaint.”
The Gemora in Sanhedrin 64A is the same Gemora, but Rashi is slightly different.
ืช”ืฉ (ื ืืืื ื, ื) ืืืืขืงื ืืงืื ืืืื ืื ื’ ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืจ ืจื ืืืืื ืืืืชืืื ืจ’ ืืื ืชื ืืืื ืืืื
The Gemara suggests: Come and hear another proof, from the verse: โAnd they cried in a loud voice to the Lord their Godโ (Nehemiah 9:4). What did they say in that prayer? Rav Yehuda says, and some say it is Rav Yonatan who says: Woe, woe [baya, baya],
Rashi in Sanhedrin 64A
ืืืื ืืืื – ืืืฉืื ืืจืื ืืื ืืฉืื ืื ืื ืืฆืขืงื ืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืงืืืฉ:
ืืื means per the dictionary – oh, alas
Gemora in Yevomos 97A – ืดืึดึผืึธึผืื ืึดึผืึธึผืื ืึตืึทื, ืึฐืืึผื ืึทื, ืึฐืืึผื ืึฐึผืขึตื, ืึฐืืึผื ืึทึผืจ ืึฐึผืขึตื, ืึฐืืึผื ืึทึผืขึฐืึทืึผ ืึฐึผืึตื, ืึทืึฒื ึธื ืึฐึผืจึทืชึทึผืึผ ืึฐึผืึดืืชึฐึผืชึตืืึผ, ืึฐืึธื ืึธืึตืื ืคึดึผืืชึธึผื ืึทืึฒืืึผืึผ ืึทืชึฐืึตื ืึฐึผื ึตื ืึฐืจึทืชึตึผืืืด
The Gemara cites another riddle: Woe, woe [baya, baya] for my brother, who is my father, and who is my husband, and who is the son of my husband, and who is the husband of my mother, and I am the daughter of his wife; and he does not provide bread for his brothers, who are orphans, the sons of me, his daughter.
Rashi in Yevomos – ืืืื ืืื – ืงืืืืช ืื ื ืขื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืขืื ืืื ืืขืื ืืืื ืืขืื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื ื ืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืคืืฉื ืืืื ืืื:
Here Rashi translates ืืืื as ืงืืืช – as a complaint
The problem is that Rashi in quotingย ืึทึผืึธึผื ืึทึผืึธึผื – woe, woeย seems to be more like the Ramban who says thatย ืื ืืื ืย is an expression of distress and affliction over a tragedy and mishap, similar to the word avoi in Hebrew.ย It does not seem that the source of Rashi is the Gemara in Yuma.ย The standard Chumash I have does not put in brackets any source of Rashi. Look below for the Rambam and Ibn Ezra.
Continuation of Pasuk 44:18
There are three other Rashiโs in the first Pasuk on VaYigash:
ืืืืฉ ืืืื ืืืืืจ โฆ ืืืจ ืืืื ื ืืื ื. ืึดืึธึผื ึฐืกืึผ ืึฐึผืึธืจึทื ืึฐึผืึธืึฐื ึถืืึธ:
ืืื ืืืจ ืืคื. ืึดืึธึผืื ืึทืชึธึผื ืึธืึตื ืฉึถืืึดึผืึตึผืจ ืึตืึธืื ืงึธืฉืืึนืช:
ืื ืืืื ืืคืจืขื. ืึธืฉืืึผื ืึทืชึธึผื ืึฐืขึตืื ึทื ืึฐึผืึถืึถืึฐ, ืึถืืึผ ืคึฐืฉืืึผืืึน. ืึผืึดืึฐืจึธืฉืืึน ืกืึนืคึฐืึธ ืึดืึฐืงืึนืช ืขึธืึธืื ืึฐึผืฆึธืจึทืขึทืช ืึฐึผืืึน ืฉึถืืึธึผืงึธื ืคึทืจึฐืขึนื ืขึทื ืึฐืึตื ืึฐืงึตื ึธืชึดื ืฉึธืืจึธื ืขึทื ืึทืึฐืึธื ืึทืึทืช ืฉึถืืขึดืึฐึผืึธืึผ (ืืจืืฉืืช ืจืื). ืึธึผืึธืจ ืึทืึตืจ ืึทื ืคึทึผืจึฐืขึนื ืืึนืึตืจ ืึฐืึตืื ืึน ืึฐืงึทืึตึผื, ืึทืึฐืึดืืึท ืึฐืึตืื ืึน ืขืึนืฉึถืื, ืึทืฃ ืึทืชึธึผื ืึตื; ืึฐืึดื ืืึน ืึดืื ืฉึดืืืึทืช ืขึทืึดื ืฉึถืืึธืึทืจึฐืชึธึผ ืึธืฉืืึผื ืขึตืื ึฐืึธ ืขึธืึธืื? ืึธึผืึธืจ ืึทืึตืจ, ืึดึผื ืึธึผืืึนืึธ ืึฐึผืคึทืจึฐืขึนื, ืึดื ืชึทึผืงึฐื ึดืืึตื ึดื ืึถืึฑืจึนื ืืึนืชึฐืึธ ืึฐืึถืช ืึฒืืึนื ึถืึธ (ืืจืืฉืืช ืจืื):
How do you read the above Pasuk? Do you read it that Yehuda was meek and asking in a begging tone change his mind as the Malbim seems to says or was he speaking harshly, demanding in his words, but still telling Yosef that he – Yehuda – will become a servant to Yosef like Rashi suggests
Ibn Ezra – ืื. ืืฉืื ืืงืฉื. ืืืคื ืืขืชื ืฉืืื ืืจื ืงืฆืจื. ืืื ืื ืืื ื ืืขืื. ืืืืขื ืขืื ืืืงืื ืืื ืืืขื ืืืื ืขืื ื ืื ืฉืื ืืืืขื ืขืฉื ืื ืื ืฉืชืจืฆื ืืชืฉืืขื ื:
OH. Bi adoni (Oh, my lord) is a supplicatory expression. I believe it is an abridged statement. It is like, bi ani adoni he-avon (upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity) (I Sam. 25:24). Avon (iniquity) here has the same meaning as avon in My iniquity (avoni) is greater than I can bear (Gen. 4:13). The meaning of bi adoni he-avon is, do to me as you wish but first listen to me.
Ramban:
ืื ืืืื ื ืืฉืื ืืขืื ืืชืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืฉืื ืืจืืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืฉืื ืจืฉ”ื (ืจืฉ”ื ืขื ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืณ) ืืื ืืืจ ืืจ ืืื ืืกืืื ืื ืืืช ืืฉืื ืืืจืกื ืืืื ื ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืชืฉืชื ื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืื ื ืื ืืขืื ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืืื ื ืืฉืื ืืขืื ืืชืื ืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืจื ืืื ืืื ืืฉืื ืฆืขืงื ืืชืจืขืืืช ืขื ืฉืืจ ืืขื ืขืืืช ืืืจ ืืืื ืืืช ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืงืืฉ ืืืื ืืืืขื ืืืฉืื ืขืจื ืืจืืืื ืืืชื ืืงืื ืืชืืื ืืืื ืืคืชืืืช ืืื”ืช ืืืืฉืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื”ืช ืจืคื ืืฉื”ื ืืืืจื ืืืชื ืขื ืืืืืง ืืืฆืขืจ ืืืืจืืฉืืช ืจืื ืกืืจ ืืจืืฉืืช (ืื ื) ืืื ืกืื ืืจืืื ืืขืจืืืช ืืื ืฉืื (ืชืืืื ืกื ื) ืืื ืื ืื ืืงืื ืืืงืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืืื ื ืขื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืืจืืงืืก ืืืืื ื ืืืื ื ืขื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืืจืืืก ืืืืื ื ืืืื ื ืขื ืืืื ืฉืื ืื ืื ืืืื ื ืขื ืืืื ืฉื ืขืืืื ืืงื”ื ืจืืฆื ืืืืจ ืฉืืื ืืงืื ืืฉ ืืืฉ ืืืื ื ืขื ืืฆืขืงื ืืขื ืืขืืืช ืืืงื”ื ืืืื ื ืขื ืฆืขืงืช ืืขืฉืืงืื ืืขืืื ืืฆืืขืงืื ืืืื ืืขืื ืืคื ืื ื ืืคืจืฉืช ืืืืฉ ืืืื (ื”ืจ ืฆื ื) ืืืจ ืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืชื ืืขืืืจ ืขืืื ื ืฉืื ืืืจืช ืื ื ืืืฉืืื ืขืื ื ืขืืื ืื ืืื ืืฉืืช ืขืื ืืืคืจืฉืช ืืืื ืืฉืื (ื ื) ืฉืื ืื ื ืืขืืืจ ืืืื ืขื ืืจืื ืืืคืจืฉืช ืืืฉืืข ืืชืจื (ืื ื) ื ืชืื ื ืืื ืื ืื ืืืืช ืื ืืืจื ืฆืืืืจ ืขืืื ืื ืจืื ืืื ืืขืืืจ ืืืื ืขื ืืืจื ืื ืขืืืจ ืขืืืจื ืืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ื ืขื ืฉ ืขืืื ืืืคืจืฉืช ืืฉื ืื ืชืืจืืข (ืขืืื ืขืจืื ืขืจื ืืืื) ืฆืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืขืืืืื ืืื ืืืงืืืืช ืืจืื ืืืื ืงืืืก (ืชืจืืื ืืื ืงืืืก ืขื ืืจืืฉืืช ืืดื:ืืณ) ืฉืชืจืื ืื ืืื ื ืืืขื ืจืืื ื ืื ืฉืืืฆืื ืืืช ืื ืื ืืขื ืืื ืจืืฃ ืืขื ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืื ืืงืื ืืขื ืื ืืืงืฉื ืืจืื ืืืจืื ืืืจ ืื ืื ืืื ื ืืจื ืงืฆืจื ืืืฉืื ืืงืืฉ ืืืื ืืื ืื ืื ื ืืื ื ืืขืื ืืืืขื ืขืฉื ืื ืื ืฉืชืจืฆื ืืชืฉืืขื ื ืืื ืื ื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืืืจ ืืื ืื ืืื ืื ืื ืฉืืขื ื ืืื ืืฆืืชื ืฉืชืื ืืืช ืื ืจืง ืขื ืืื ื ืื ืขื ืืฉื ืื ืืื ืื ืืชื ืืื”ืฃ ืืื”ืช ืฉืื ืืื ืืฉืื ืืืื ืืืื ืื ื ืืืืจ ืฉืคืืจืืฉื ืื ืืขืฆืื ืืชื ืืืื ืืืืฉื ืืืื ืฉื ื ืื ืืืื ืืืืืง ืืื ืืื ืื ื ืขืืื (ืืืืื ื ื ืื) ืื ืื ื ืืื ื (ืฉืืืื ื ืื ืื) ืืืืื ืืื ืื ืื ืืขืืจื (ืืืฉืข ืื ื) ืื ืขืืจื ืืขืืจื ืื ื:
โBI ADONIโ (O, MY LORD). The word bi is an expression of entreaty and supplication. In Aramaic, we have bai bai. Thus the language of Rashi.
Now it is a very strange thing to associate the Hebrew word bi with a word from the Tarsian language, which is unlike it, for the word bai is all one root; it cannot be changed, nor can you obtain the form of the word bi from this Aramaic root.
Moreover, this word bai does not connote entreaty and supplication, as the Rabbi [Rashi] states. Rather it is an expression of distress and affliction over a tragedy and mishap, similar to the word avoir in the Sacred Language. This is well known in the Arabic language, where the poets customarily use it in their elegies, always with a patach under the beth: bai. In the Greek language the word is bia โ the beth having a shva โ and is used to express distress and grief. Thus you find in Bereshith Rabbah, Seder Bereshith, that the Sages say: โWhat is the meaning of the verse, Extol Him that rideth upon the skies, the Eternal (โbayahโ) is His Name? There is no place whatever that does not have an officer in charge of its grievances. Agricus is in charge of grievances in his state; Agratus is in charge of grievances in his state. In the same way, who is in charge of the grievances (baya) in His world? [It is] the Holy One, blessed be He.โ That is to say, every place has someone in charge of hearing complaints of distress and injustice, and the Holy One, blessed be He, is in charge of the cries of the oppressed, who cry, baya.
Again, before us in the Midrash Bereshith Rabbah of the Parshath (section of) Vayigash Eilav: โJudah said to Joseph, โYou do baya (violence) against us. You had said to us thus: That I May set mine eyes upon him. Is this โcasting an eyeโ upon him?โโ
And in the Parshath Vayโhi Bโshalach, you find in Shmoth Rabbah: โDo I ever baya (wrong) any creature?โ And in the Parshath Vayishma Yitro, we find in Shmoth Rabbah: โOnce a man has been appointed and he has put on the mantle of leadership, all communal burdens are upon him. If he sees a man doing baya against his fellow, or committing some transgression, and he fails to protest it, he is punished on account thereof.โ And in the Parshath Isha Ki Thazria we find: โI raise a cry of violence (baya) against you.โ And so also in many places.
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Now Onkelos, who translated Bi Adoni here as bโvaโu riboni (O please, my lord), did not intend to suggest that the Hebrew word bi is a derivative of the Aramaic baโu, but he merely translated it in accordance with its context, for the word bi is always found as an expression of supplication.
Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra says that bi adoni is a shortened form in the Sacred Language, and its meaning is as in the verse, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity, thus meaning, โdo to me whatever you wish, but listen to me.โ But if this interpretation of Ibn Ezra is correct, it should follow that a person should also be able to say in Hebrew, โโbiโ my brother,โ or โโbi,โ listen to me.โ And yet nowhere do we find the word bi except in conjunction with the word adoni (my lord), or with the Honored Name of G-d when it is written with the letters aleph, daleth, which is also an expression of lordship. It is for this reason that I say that the meaning of the word bi is โby myselfโ: โBy my life! you are lord and ruler.โ The two pronouns serve for the purpose of emphasis, just as: But me, even me thy servant; Upon me, my lord, upon me. Similar to this is the verse, That thou art against Me, against thy help, meaning โI serve as your help.โ
Sefariaโs English translation of this Rashi is โ The word ืื is an expression of entreaty (ืืขืื) and supplication. In Aramaic we have ืืืื ืืืื โwoe, woe!โ (Yoma 69b).
Their Hebrew version says ( ืื ืืื ื. ืึฐืฉืืึนื ืึทึผืขึฐืึธื ืึฐืชึทืึฒื ืึผื ึดืื ืืึผื, ืึฐืึธืฉืืึนื ืึฒืจึทืึดึผื ืึทึผืึธึผื ืึทึผืึธึผื (ืืืืืช ืฆ”ื, ืกื ืืืจืื ืก”ื:
Rashi starts by saying that ืื means please and then uses the Aramaic words of ืึดึผืึธึผืื ืึดึผืึธึผืื. Seemingly everyone translates this as woe, woe. Aren’t please and woe two different expressions.
Artscroll, Oz Vehadar and Gutnick put in brackets in this Rashi that Rashiโs source for the Aramaic meaning is the Gemora on Yuma 69B. Seferia also links it to the Gemara in Sanhedrin 64A and Yevomos 97B.
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