Chelek 33, Bamidbar 1, Full Sicha, Mendel Lipskier

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On the possuk achas mateh Levi l'sifkoid v'sroishum l'siso b'soich b'nei Yisroel, that you should not count shave it Levi amongst the rest of b'nei Yisroel, which is said in continuation of count after speaking about the count of b'nei Yisroel. Rashi quotes the words achas mateh Levi l'sifkoid, and he explains k'dayu ligyoin shel melech, liyasnimnu l'vado, he's deserving the legions of the king. Shave it Levi or legions of the king are worthy to be legions of the king are worthy to be counted by themselves. Dover acher, another explanation, Hashem saw that in the future there is going to be a g'zeira on all of those that are going to be counted from 20 and over, that they're eventually going to die in the midbar. Of course, this is referring to the story of the miraglim. And Hashem says, "These the Leviim shouldn't be part of this because they're mine. They never um made the mistake with the eigel." made the mistake with the eigel." Now, from the simple reading of Rashi, it seems to be that what Rashi is coming to tell us, he's not coming to negate the fact that we may have thought that shave it Levi wasn't counted at all. When you read the possuk achas mateh Levi l'sifkoid, you may have thought that Levi shave it Levi was not counted at all. And Rashi is coming to tell us, "No, you should realize they were counted as it explicitly says later in the parsha." But rather, he's being counted by himself. So, the Rebbe says, "That's not what's concerning Rashi, that you may

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1. 0:01On the possuk achas mateh Levi l'sifkoid v'sroishum l'siso b'soich b'nei Yisroel, that you should not…
2. 3:06So, if Rashi is not coming to tell us why Shevet Levi is being counted by…
3. 6:37king. They're going to be appointed over the Mishkan. But according to the second period that…
4. 9:41was as the positive says Al Pi Hashem. What does it mean Al Pi Hashem by…
5. 13:19that knowing that the sum total is not going to be it's not going to be…
6. 16:21where it says the Levite were not counted? Well, Rashi is not bothered by it over…
7. 19:56The Levite weren't part of the problem as Rashi himself tells us. So it's not because…
8. 22:59just cleaving to Hashem, like the idea of t'fillah. And the ultimate of that is the…
9. 26:32him, could do the same thing. And so, this is the second level, the masters of…
10. 29:33that they're totally not within together of counting at all. Lo sief ka, don't count them…

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