Shoftim: The Violence That Saved Klal Yisroel

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

Hi, this is David Alansky with the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes we try to give you a little insight into the Parsha. And this week is Parsha Shoftim. And I want to read you something that's close to my heart, what with being a Kohen and all. So, we Kohanim, we don't get land in Israel. Uh but we get certain gifts that the Jewish people give us. We get Trumah Gedolah, we get Trumas Ma'aser. Yeah, we get Reishis HaGez, the first of the wool. Uh we get certain things that the wool. Uh we get certain things that that we get the Pidyon HaBen. Yeah, we get the Bechor of the cows and the sheeps and the goats. So, we uh we we get certain gifts, but there's one gift that's in this week's Parsha. I'm reading Perek Ches, Pasuk Gimmel. V'zeh yihiyeh mishpat hakohanim me'eis ha'am. This is what the Kohanim get from the people. Me'ei zovchei hazevach, when they shecht an animal, im shor im seh, whether it's an animal, im shor im seh, whether it's a sheep or a goat, including in sheep really means bovines and ovines, so it includes the goats. Nosen lakohain hazroa v'halchayaim v'hakeiva. You will give to them the forearm, the cheeks, and the stomach. Says Rashi, "Hazroa, min haperesh shel ha'akov ad kaf hayad." The bottom part of the leg. The bottom part of the leg. "Halchayaim, the cheeks, im halashon." They also get the tongue. And they get the keiva, the stomach. Now says Rashi, "Durchei shmuos hayu omerim." Yeah, the people who tell us, give us explanations, write writes the following reason why the Kohanim get this. Z'riah tachas yad vayikach ramach ramach b'yado.

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1. 0:00Hi, this is David Alansky with the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes we try…
2. 0:33the wool. Uh we get certain things that that we get the Pidyon HaBen. Yeah, we…
3. 1:04an animal, im shor im seh, whether it's a sheep or a goat, including in sheep…
4. 1:34The bottom part of the leg. "Halchayaim, the cheeks, im halashon." They also get the tongue.…
5. 2:04vayikach ramach ramach b'yado. All of this is because of what Pinchas did against the Zimri.…
6. 2:34V'akevas ha'isha el kavosah. And they get the keva because when he stuck the spear in…
7. 3:05reason. And he saw nobody was doing anything. And Zimri, who according to one view in…
8. 3:36afterwards. Took the spear, risked his life, davened that he should be successful and that the…
9. 4:06But that's not how you become a cohain. But it was only on the surface that…
10. 4:36He stood up and he took his hand and he davened and he stuck in the…

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