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מצוות התורה בפרשת כי תשא | הרב יורם סרי

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Rabbi Daniel Zer

מצוות התורה בפרשת כי תשא | הרב יורם סרי

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Good evening, we continue with the commandments and virtues, and this time we will discuss the parashah in the Book of Exodus, where God spoke to Moses, saying, "I will make the head of the children of Israel to be their leaders, and each unbeliever will give a ransom for his life to God, in leading them, and there will be no stumbling block among them in leading them." That is, when counting the people of Israel, this is the famous Shekels Parashat, which prevents the people of Israel from counting them 1, 2, 3 or A, B, the people of Israel from counting them 1, 2, 3 or A, B, Gad, but they must each give half a shekel. And by giving half a shekel, he will know how many people there are. If there are 200 million half-bags, that means there are 600,000 bags. So if there are 600,000 shekels, then that means there are how many. So this is the calculation according to the number of So this is the calculation according to the number of shekel halves. Know how many people there are. Each half shekel is one person, each shekel is two, and so on. Therefore, it is forbidden to count the people of Israel. It is forbidden to count the people of Israel in numbers or letters. Why, because it is the evil eye, it gives them an evil eye. And in the case of King David, it is written that King Saul, as is well known, persecuted him, and David, King Saul's son-in-law, entered the cave and almost could have killed Saul, and Saul

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