Menorah
Why the Torah uses the word בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙
1) steps going up to the Menorah
2) the flame must rise on its own while lighting
לְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־הַלְוִיִּֽם
וְטִהַרְתָּ֖ אֹתָֽם׃
to atone for Leviim
and you will purify them
why Yisraeliim at inaguration
to do semichah
שהגנתי עליהם
I protected them
connection between bechorim and Leviim
Leviim replaced Bechorim
Why the lights faced the face of the menorah
People should not think Hashem needs light
כַּמַּרְאֶ֗ה
הַזֵּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
like the vision
sprinkle on them
what is the מי חטאת and what was it used for
parah adumah water to get rid of tumah
חָלְשָׁה אָז דַּעְתּוֹ
his mind became weak
What did Hashem do to Bechorim to make them His
saved them night of makas bechoros
what question does the first Rashi have
why is parsha of menorah next to parsha of nesiim
יָבוֹא֙ לִצְבֹ֣א צָבָ֔א
מִקְשָׁ֣ה זָהָ֔ב
will come to serve in the army
beaten gold
why did the Leviim need to be razored
The Leviim were an atonement korban for Klal Yisroel who got Tzaraas when they did the Egel. Since a מצורע needs to be shaven so too Leviim
וְאֵין הַמּוּמִין פּוֹסְלִים בָּהֶם
and blemishes do not invalidate
Hashem protected them from who on night of makas bechoros
angels of destruction
Rashi says that Hashem consoled Aharon with the mitzvah of the menorah. What bothers the Ramban?
Why did He not console him with the Avodah that he gets to do everyday in the mishkan or the korbanos that he brought on the day of the inauguration?
בְּלוּלָ֣ה בַשָּׁ֑מֶן
וְהִ֨קְהַלְתָּ
mixed will oil
and you shall gather
why Leviim waved
just like Asham Metzorah
"כאשר צוה י״י כן עשו"
להגיד שבח
העושים
והנעשה בהם
שאחד מהם
לא עיכב
to tell praise to the doers and the ones receiving the doing for none of them hesitated
According to the Sforno, what did Hashem specifically do to them that night and what ramifications does the act of Hashem have on them even today?
sanctified them to be his servants in mishkan and therefore they need pidyon haben
According to the Ramban, why was Aharon specifically consoled by the mitzvah of menorah?
He wanted to be part of the voluntary inauguration, and Hashem foreshadowed that the Chashmonaim his descendants would inaugurate the mishkan with the lighting of menorah which we will continue to be practiced even after the mikdash destroyed
עַד־יְרֵכָ֥הּ
פִּטְרַ֨ת כׇּל־רֶ֜חֶם
until its base
(first)opening of every womb
Name 4 other things a Levi can do after age of 50 and 1 thing he cannot
yes load wagons assemble kelim watchmen/ lock gates sing
no carrying keilim
"והניף אהרן את הלוים תנופה".
כְּדֶרֶך
ְ שֶׁאֲשַׁם מְצֹרָע
טָעוּן
תְּנוּפָה חַי;
and aharon shall wave the Leviim
the way an asham metzorah need live waving
How do we see from the Pesukim that Hashem showed Bechorim contined love even after being replaced? Explain the significance of that number?
Bnei Yisroel 5 times like % books of the Torah which every Jew has a portion