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The very first verse of our chapter states: \u201cThe LORD said to me, \u201cEven if Moses and Samuel were to intercede with Me, I would not be won over to that people. Dismiss them from My presence and let them go forth!\u201d Moses, of course, was the master of intercession; of all the other Israelite prophets, why did God use the example of Samuel?<\/span><\/p>\n

This question, quite naturally, engaged the earlier exegetes. Rashi stipulated that \u201cboth had to seek compassion for Israel, which they did by restoring them to a better condition before praying on their behalf.\u201d Radak saw it as an <\/span>a fortiori<\/span><\/i> argument: If God, on this occasion, would reject the prayers of Moses and Samuel who were greater than Jeremiah, then surely his prayers would not avail. Neither explanation, however, accounts for the specific choice of Samuel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shadal*, too, recognized Moses and Samuel as exemplars of leaders who prayed on behalf of their people and defended them, citing Psalms 99:6: \u201cMoses and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel, among those who called His name; they call to the Lord who answers them.\u201d He then added a most astute insight, which he credited to his student, Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh Usemo:<\/span><\/p>\n

Moses extracted water from a flint rock, and Samuel brought about an unseasonal rain, and here they were situated in a time of drought and a scarcity of rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

We can learn two lessons from Shadal, one exegetical and one ethical. The exegetical lesson, linking Moses and Samuel to the state of drought in which Jeremiah was situated, is that the more an interpretation suits the details of its immediate context, the more effective it is. The ethical lesson is that teachers should not withhold credit from their students even though they themselves are likely responsible for their successes.<\/span><\/p>\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary,<\/span> see this introductory essay.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":70075,"id":70075,"title":"jer15-dancing-in-the-rain","filename":"jer15-dancing-in-the-rain.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/who-you-gonna-call-when-its-unseasonably-dry\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer15-dancing-in-the-rain","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":70074,"date":"2020-02-11 14:36:48","modified":"2023-02-14 12:11:37","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1265,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain-300x198.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":198,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain-768x506.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":506,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain-1024x675.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":675,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1012,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1265,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain-1200x791.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":791,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/jer15-dancing-in-the-rain-637x420.jpg","home_baner-width":637,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Who You Gonna Call - 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