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MAOR CENTRE publications — Pinchas 5784

Выпуск: MAOR CENTRE publications — Pinchas 5784. Темы: chassidus_hashkafa, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: хасидут, хасидский взгляд, chassidus, hashkafa, חסידות, השקפה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. The evil must be punished and the message Anyone looking at the surface of the opening of this While in exile after the destruction of week’s Parsha, would see Zimri as a poor innocent heard clearly that “such a thing shall not be done”, to the first Beis Hamikdash, Hashem civilian and Pinchas as a violent aggressor. This is alluded to in brothers and sisters and violated them in the most Hashem responded “just because My the shared Gematria of their names ‫ פינחס‬and ‫יצחק‬ horrific manner, embracing and glorifying the evil ways children are in exile should the con- (208). for the destruction of the Beis Hamik- But Yaakov was upset with his son’s actions, fearing that their reprisal would anger the inhabitants of the ‫ שלום‬has the same Gematria as ‫זהו משיח‬, “this is dash is an appropriate time to study land, causing them to turn on him. He engaged in mur- There are those like Yaakov, who fear that the nations ing about the structure of the Beis der, rape and idolatry, even attempting to kill his own of the world will turn against us and Israel will become Hamikdash, and I will consider it as if brother Yaakov. Esav became the contains within it lessons on how we father of Edom, the nations of the world who are the But far from bringing peace, their pacifism and mis- are to serve Hashem, so that His pres- source of the scourge of antisemitism, a hatred, that placed compassion for evildoers of the worst kind, ence can rest within us and we be- has caused so much innocent Jewish blood to be would only reward terror, encourage and embolden come a Mishkan for His presence. atrocities against our people, the words of Shimon and Taking a different approach, the Kabbalistic texts teach The Jewish people were in exile be- Levi ring in our ears and pulse in our veins, “should that Zimri was a reincarnation of Shechem and Kozbi cause of their sins and the destruction they treat our sister like a harlot?” was a reincarnation of Dinah. And just as Yaakov’s fears of what Hashem instructed Yechezkel to teach This episode too illustrates the harm caused by mis- the other nations will do was just a perceived fear that the Jewish people the details

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MAOR CENTRE publications

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25 июля 2024 г.

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Темы: chassidus_hashkafa, parsha_commentary