Menorah: Why Aaron's Light Outshined the Princes | P' Beha'alotecha

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Aaron L Raskin’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

What does it mean to kindle the manora? And how do we apply this mitzvah nowadays when there is no holy temple? We look into the very first rashi of the portion of rashi says the following when you kindle the manura. Why was the passage or the paragraph dealing with the kindling of the minora next to the previous para of the previous dealing with the offering of the princes? When Aaron saw the inauguration of the princes bringing a daily sacrifice, he felt badly about it. He was not part of the inauguration ceremony. Not he nor his tribe. God said to Aaron, listen to this. God says to Aaron, "I swear I swear by your life that your role is greater than theirs for you kindle and prepare the lamps." Next when you kindle because the flame rises. In other words, what is the meaning of it's an unusual word? Because the flame has to rise. Expression of rising. For one must kindle and hold the fire to the wick. I shall have until the flame rises by itself. Furthermore, our rabbis tell us from here there was a stoop or a steer in front of the manora. upon which the coen would stand and prepare the candles. Let's try to analyze this rashi. First and foremost, the previous para, the para of at the very end of the para talks about the nim, how the 12 princes of each tribe brought a sacrifice for the first 12 days of the month of Nissan. when they inaugurated the holy temple, they inaugurated the Mishkon in the desert on

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