EXTRA 1 on Lech Lecha 12:8

EXTRA · Ohr HaChaim · Parashas Lech Lecha · Passuk 12:8

Complete Passuk

וַיַּעְתֵּ֨ק מִשָּׁ֜ם הָהָ֗רָה מִקֶּ֛דֶם לְבֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳלֹ֑ה בֵּֽית־אֵ֤ל מִיָּם֙ וְהָעַ֣י מִקֶּ֔דֶם וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֤ם מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽה׳ וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּשֵׁ֥ם ה׳׃

He moved from there to the mountain east of Beit-El and pitched his tent, with Beit-El on the west and Ai on the east; he built an altar there to Hashem and called on the name of Hashem.

Source

Ohr HaChaim on Genesis 12:8

Core Text

Core Text לֹא זָכַר לְמִי הֶעְתִּיק. וְרַשִׁ״י זִכְרוֹנוֹ לִבְרָכָה פֵּרֵשׁ ״אָהֳלֹה״… וְאוּלַי כִּי רָמַז שֶׁהֶעְתִּיק צוּר מִמָּקוֹם שֶׁנִּרְאָה אֵלָיו שָׁם.
English: It does not state to whom he moved… Rashi explains “his tent”… Perhaps it hints that he moved the Rock (the Divine Presence) from the place where He had appeared to him.
Context: The unexplained “from there” is read as carrying the residual presence of the prior revelation.

What Is Learned

Each stage of the journey relocates both the tent and the memory of revelation.