There is a good proof in parshat Vayeshev that the Avot, and Shevatim, kept the Torah before it was given, and I don't think I've remarked on it before, so here it is before I forget:
Bereishit 37:26:
כד וַיִּקָּחֻהוּ--וַיַּשְׁלִכוּ אֹתוֹ, הַבֹּרָה; וְהַבּוֹר רֵק, אֵין בּוֹ מָיִם. | 24 and they took him, and cast him into the pit--and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. |
כה וַיֵּשְׁבוּ, לֶאֱכָל-לֶחֶם, וַיִּשְׂאוּ עֵינֵיהֶם וַיִּרְאוּ, וְהִנֵּה אֹרְחַת יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים בָּאָה מִגִּלְעָד; וּגְמַלֵּיהֶם נֹשְׂאִים, נְכֹאת וּצְרִי וָלֹט--הוֹלְכִים, לְהוֹרִיד מִצְרָיְמָה. | 25 And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt. |
כו וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה, אֶל-אֶחָיו: מַה-בֶּצַע, כִּי נַהֲרֹג אֶת-אָחִינוּ, וְכִסִּינוּ, אֶת-דָּמוֹ. | 26 And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? |
The implication is that if they would have slaughtered him, then certainly they would have performed
kisui hadam.
QED.
3 comments:
Tongue in cheek?
Well, anyways, Yosef is compared to a Shor, which is clearly a Beheima - not a Haya - so no Kisui Hadam is required. :)
I just noticed that one of your labels is "Humor".
Whew! You scared me there for a second.
:)
tongue planted firmly in cheek.
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