Shemos 4:7 · unit 1 — he took it out of his bosom

Parashas Shemos

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הָשֵׁ֤ב יָֽדְךָ֙ אֶל־חֵיקֶ֔ךָ וַיָּ֥שֶׁב יָד֖וֹ אֶל־חֵיק֑וֹ וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙ מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹ וְהִנֵּה־שָׁ֖בָה כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ׃

And [God] said, “Put your hand back into your bosom.”—He put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, there it was again like the rest of his body.—

Chabad.org — 4:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Rava — Shabbos 97a (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

ויוציאה מחיקו — אמר רבא: מדה טובה ממהרת לבא ממדת פורעניות.

English: “And he took it out of his bosom” — Rava said: The attribute of good comes more quickly than the attribute of punishment.

On the daf / in context: In the affliction the verse says “he took it out and behold it was leprous”; in the healing it says the flesh was already restored as he withdrew the hand — showing that restoration is swifter.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that divine favor arrives more rapidly than divine punishment, as shown by the timing of the two signs.