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מדרשים ואגדות על ימי בין המצרים ופרשת מטות מסעי - הרב רוזנבלום (תשפ"ג)

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Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum

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This week's torah, Matot Mashai, concludes the Pentateuch. The fourth five-part series is the end of the five-part series. And these parshiot, Matot Mesa, conclude the Pentateuch on this Shabbat. Although the Torah reading is longer, announce at home that you are coming half an hour later on Shabbat. We have 244 verses and another Shabbat blessing, but we would like to focus today on one point, with God's help, that is related focus today on one point, with God's help, that is related to these days, the days that we are preparing for the days between the Egyptians, especially towards the first day of the month of Av which could be next week, on this day, next Wednesday, we should do good and learn several requirements for the work of these days. But to get to these days and the work of these days, we will begin with a general summary of the commandments mentioned in general summary of the commandments mentioned in these parshiot. In fact, in Parashat Matot, we have a total of two commandments, one do and one do not do. Both deal with matters of breaking vows. Doshet Neter, the dissolution of vows, these are the commandments that we have in Parashat Matot. In Parashat Mashai we have six commandments. Two do's and four don'ts. Three of them deal with matters of the with matters of the Lion Mountains or the Mountains of Refuge. The commandment of the Israelites is to give mountains to the Levites to dwell in, and they accept it. This is one commandment. The commandment of the court to send a person who accidentally kills a person to a place of refuge, and the murderer must go there himself. The commandment of the tag: not to take a ransom from those who are obliged to go into exile. To exempt a person who accidentally kills from exile. Not to

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