Chelek 18, Behaalosecha 01- Rabbi Ari Shishler

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You can well imagine the enthusiasm that everybody had to participate in inaugurating the Mishkan. And Aaron Cohen felt a little bit left out. The head were the leaders of all all of the 12 tribes bringing their carbonois, and he had nothing. So, Rashi tells us that that's why Behaaloscha goes straight after Nasso, because Aaron Cohen was upset. Hol shadaytoy, he felt that he was somehow unworthy maybe still because of the the egal hazav. And so, he felt that he had been left out of the inauguration of the Mishkan. So, Hashem says to him, "I promise you that what you're going to do, which is to prepare and to light the candles, is even greater than what they're going to do." So, we have to understand why does Rashi even examine the juxtaposition of the two parshas? Rashi's not into that kind of thing unless it is relevant directly to the pshat. We need to understand what was bothering Aaron, how exactly it was resolved. We have to understand why Hashem promises him chayecha, "I swear to you that what you're doing is even better than what they're doing." Why it is in the present tense. We have to understand what exactly is the reason that the menorah

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1. 0:00You can well imagine the enthusiasm that everybody had to participate in inaugurating the Mishkan. And…
2. 5:50the menorah cuz that's when the Mishkan went live. So, logically, the instruction to Aaron to…
3. 11:43carbonas, what we know for sure is that Rosh Chodesh Nissan, for sure, the possuk tells…
4. 17:50If Aaron only did one part of the menorah, namely lighting, then you could have all…
5. 23:40that's not how the Torah says it. Surely after brought his carbon, everybody who follows him…
6. 30:04they are. Also base if he's a kind of a natural of his emotion and finished…
7. 35:59So now we suddenly realize that whether or not Aaron's lighting the menorah would qualify as…
8. 41:43consistent, and the way the menorah was was filled was always consistent. What is it What's…
9. 47:53expressions and why in the present tense? Especially it's not mentioned if it's not mentioned in…
10. 53:53menorah represent different branches of how the neshama expresses itself and allows us connection to Hashem.…

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