EXOD110 Does not "the daughter of Aminadav" tell me that she was the sister of Nachson? Why need it be explicitly mentioned? To teach that when one marries a woman he should inquire after her brothers [their characters generally being similar] (Bava Bathra 110a)

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EXOD111 R. Elazar said: One should always ally himself with the good [families]. For Moses, who married the daughter of Jethro, there descended from him Yehonathan [who was a priest of idolatry]; whereas Aaron, who married the daughter of Aminadav, there dissented from him Pinchas (Bava Bathra 109b).

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EXOD112 Who is Puthiel? Joseph. Why was he called "Puthiel"? Because he made light of [pitpel] his evil inclination [i.e., he banished it, in the episode of the wife of Potiphar] (Bava Bathra 109b)

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EXOD113 [Moses and Aaron] were steadfast in their righteousness from the beginning to the end. (Megillah 11a)

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EXOD152 As those going on a journey. R. Yossi Haglili says: Scripture is hereby teaching proper deportment to those setting out on a journey -- that they do things with dispatch. (Mechilta).

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EXOD164 This teaches that all of Israel must guard themselves upon it (Mechilta).

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EXOD188 "Sending" here is "accompanying." And how was he rewarded for this? (Deuteronomy 23:8): "Do not despise an Egyptian" (Mechilta).

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EXOD194 "With the measure that one measures, so it is measured out to him." Moses appropriated the merit [of looking after] the bones of Joseph, as it is written: "And Moses took the bones of Joseph." And there was none in Israel greater than he; accordingly, he, likewise, merited that the Holy One Himself occupy Himself with him [i.e., with his burial], as it is written (Deuteronomy 34:6): "And He buried him (Sotah 9b).

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EXOD196 From here it is derived that a master may waive the honor due him (Kiddushin 32a).

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EXOD197 It was taught: "There will not depart, the pillar of cloud, by day, and the pillar of fire, by night"- This teaches us that the pillar of cloud overlapped [in the transition] the pillar of fire, and the pillar of fire overlapped the pillar of cloud (Shabbat 23b). Scripture hereby teaches us proper deportment vis-à-vis the eve of Sabbath [namely, to add from the non--consecrated (i.e. Friday afternoon) to the consecrated (Sabbath). While the pillar of cloud was still in place, the pillar of fire emerged. (Mechilta)

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