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Torah Studies — Studies-Korach-imp 5783

Выпуск: Torah Studies — Studies-Korach-imp 5783. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. ƚŽŵĂŬĞƚŚĞǁŽƌůĚĐŽŶƐĐŝŽƵƐŽĨƚŚĞŝŵŵŝŶĞŶƚ  ZĞĚĞŵƉƚŝŽŶĂŶĚƚŽƉƌĞƉĂƌĞĂŶĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚ   ǁŚĞƌĞƚŚŝƐŝĚĞĂůĐĂŶďĞƌĞĂůŝƐĞĚ͘  ‫לעילוי נשמת שליח כ"ק אדמו"ר‬ ‫נשיא דורינו לאוסטרליא‬ ‫הרה"ג הרה"ח ר' יצחק דוד בן‬ ‫הרה"ח ר' מרדכי אברהם ישעי' ע"ה‬ ‫גראנער‬ ‫נפטר ד' תמוז ה'תשס"ח‬  ‫נדפס ע''י‬ ‫ועד להפצת המעיינות‬  Published by:   Reprinted and Redistributed by:   VAAD LAHAFOTZAS HAMAYONOS Melbourne, Australia VaadMelbourne@gmail.com Schneerson PARSHAS KORACH 5783 Korach KO R AC H T H E I N D I V I D U A L A N D TH E COMMUNITY Rashi in his second comment on the verse1 "Moshe was greatly angered [with the band of rebels] and said to G-d: 'Do not pay heed to their offering...,' " notes the following: "The Midrash says:2? 2 3 Torah Studies individual Jew was commanded to give a half-shekel from which the communal offerings were to be purchased,3 and since, moreover, this donation brought about personal atonement,4 each and every Jew therefore had a portion in the offerings.5 And although it was necessary that each individual "hand over [the half-shekel] 'extremely well' "6 in order to create the new entities known as "communal money" and "communal offerings," it was impossible to wholly eradicate the individual's contribution.7 This will be better understood in light of the fact that as explained in Kabbalah,8 "Holiness does not move from its place," which as the Alter Rebbe explains,9 means that "even after it [i.e., holiness] has ascended on most high, it is still not totally uprooted from its first place." See Rashi, Shmos 30:15. In light of the above, we may better understand why Moshe said "I know (that they have a portion in the communal offerings)," rather than simply saying "they have a portion in the communal offerings." The words "I know" uttered by Moshe emphasize that this knowledge is not something readily grasped by most people on their own, but rather emanates from Moshe, the nasi, the leader, of the generation. For ordinarily the individual and the community are two distinct and even competing entities, similar to individual and communal offerings, each of which is entirely different from the other.10 This difference also descended into the world at large, giving rise to two types of soci

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Torah Studies

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23 июня 2023 г.

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Темы: parsha_commentary