Reply To: I Guess I’m Pulling for the “Chabad Media” Now?

“If they appear to contradict a pesuk in the Chumash you are interpreting the mefoiresh wrong.”

No, it means that you’re interpreting the pasuk wrong. Don’t accuse me of parroting just in the event that other people already point out this mistake before I do. We don’t interpret pasukim ourselves. Pashut pshat is not a usable proof unless chazal and rishonim say to interpret as the pashut pshat. You yourself have said this on other threads regarding the yad of Hashem and other examples, yet you seem unwilling to do so with this pasuk you keep bringing.

“When you want to have a Talmudic discussion you can bring a rishon.”

Chumash discussions are no different. You’re making an arbitrary distinction. In 2024, we don’t look at the base text, make up our own understanding, and force all meforshim to shtem with our understanding. You are the one doing that, not us.

“It’s very concerning that not one person here properly understood anything I said.”

Really? I thought my Samaritan shmooze was spot on. Was that not what you were going for?