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Meshech Chochma — shelmikra bamidbar 2023 5783

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — shelmikra bamidbar 2023 5783. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2023 / 5783 Pshuto PSHUTOShel Mikra SHEL MIKRA From the Teachings of Rav Yehuda Copperman zt”l Parshat Bamidbar The Mitzvah of Pidyon Haben In the Teachings of the Seforno ‫כִ ּי לִ י כָ ּל בְ ּכוֹר‬ For every firstborn is Mine (Bamidbar 3:13) Our parsha discusses the transfer of avodat hakorbanot from the domain of the Bechorim (Firstborn) to that of the Levi’im in general, and to the Kohanim in particular. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein Parshat Bamidbar - The Mitzvah of Pidyon Haben In the Teachings of the Seforno | 3 required for their pidyon is the value specified for a one-month-old male child in the parsha of Arachin,11 since that is the age at which he is redeemed.12 According to the Seforno, we can understand why no specific sum was mentioned regarding pidyon haben when the mitzvah was first given to B’nei Yisrael upon leaving Mitzrayim. ‫כִ ּי לִ י כָ ּל בְ ּכוֹר בְ ּיוֹם הַ כֹ ּתִ י כָל בְ ּכוֹר בְ ּאֶ ֶרץ מִ צְ ַריִם הִ קְ ַדּשְ ׁתִ ּי לִ י כָל בְ ּכוֹר בְ ּיִשְ ָׂראֵ ל‬ '‫יִהְ יּו אֲ נִי ה‬ For every firstborn is Mine, on the day I smote every firstborn in the Land of Mitzrayim I sanctified every firstborn among Yisrael for Myself … they shall be Mine, I am Hashem. ki li) writes: For every bechor is Mine: Originally, the Avodah lay in the domain of the Bechorim.1 However,2 when the time came for Makat Bechorot, the Bechorim3 were deserving of being punished on account of the generation, since they were the most prominent (among Yisrael),4 and were not deserving of being saved from a widespread plague,5 similar to that which was said (Bereishit 19:15),6 “‫ — פּ ֶ ן תִּ סּ ָ פֶ ה בּ ַ עֲ ו‍ ֹן הָ עִ יר‬Lest you perish due to the sin of the city.” Nonetheless I saved them by sanctifying them for Myself,7 which rendered them forbidden to be involved in mundane pursuits, as is the case with a hekdesh animal that may not be shorn or worked. Therefore, in order for these things to be permitted to them, I required them to undergo pidyon — as is the case for any hekdesh object being released for normal use — as it says (Shemot 13:13) “‫ — וְ כ ֹל בְּ כו ֹר ָאדָ ם בְּ בָ נֶיָך תִּ פְ דּ ֶ ה‬And every human firstborn among your sons you shall redeem.” However, this pidyon was not something t

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Meshech Chochma

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19 мая 2023 г.

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Темы: parsha_commentary