1. בִּמקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִיש
Adina Broder

2. בִּמקוֹם in a place שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, men, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל try לִהְיוֹת
אִיש
in a place
where there are no
men,
try
to be
a man

3. What does it mean It means
“In a place where there are no men”?
It means
In a situation where no one is ACTING like a man,
Meaning no one is
BEHAVING CORRECTLY

4. This applies to men and women, boys and girls
In such a situation,
Chazal tell us:
“Try to be a man”
Meaning:
YOU should try to
BEHAVE CORRECTLY
This applies to men and women, boys and girls

5. Here is an example:

6. In Shemot, when Moshe saw a Mitzri man hitting a Jewish man…
וירא איש מצרי מכה איש עברי מאחיו
(שמות ב:יא)

7. The pasuk says that Moshe looked here and there…
ויפן כה וכה(שמות ב:יב)

8. And he saw that no man was there
וירא כי אין איש (ב:יב)
There is no one to see me kill the Mitzri in order to protect this Jew
This could mean that literally there was no one else there.

9. Or (according to הכתב והקבלה) that there were people there, but…
No one was ACTING like a man –
No one was willing to protect the Jew from getting beaten

10. I’m not going to help him I’m not going to help him

11. So Moshe had to act like a man – *********************
He protected the Jew:
ויך את המצרי (ב:יב)
ויטמנהו בחול(ב:יב)
*********************
(= special name of Hashem)

12. It’s easy to follow everybody and do the wrong thing

13. Chazal are reminding us to do the right thing
Even if you are the only one doing it!

14. בִּמקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִיש
In a place where
there are no men,
try to be a man