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Meshech Chochma — h-chochmah tetzaveh 2024 5784

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — h-chochmah tetzaveh 2024 5784. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2024 / 5784 MESHECH CHOCHMAH Parshas Tetzaveh The Choshen and the Urim ve’Tumim ‫ְוְ ָנַָתַ ָּתּ ֶאֶ ל ֹחֹ ֶׁשׁ ן ַהַ ִּמּ ְׁשׁ ָּפּ ט ֶאֶ ת ָהָ אּוִרִ ים ְוְ ֶאֶ ת ַהַ ֻּתִּּמּ ים ְוְ ָהָ יּו ַעַ ל ֵלֵב ַאֲהֲ ֹרֹן ְּבּ ֹבֹאֹוֹ ִלִ ְפְ ֵנֵי ה' ְוְ ָנָָׂשׂ א‬ ‫ַאֲהֲ ֹרֹן ֶאֶ ת ִמִ ְׁשַּׁפּ ט ְּבֵּנֵי ִיְִׂשָׂרֵָאֵ ל ַעַ ל ִלִ ּבֹוֹ ִלִ ְפְ ֵנֵי ה' ָּתּ ִמִ יד‬ You shall place in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Tumim, and they shall be on Aharon’s heart when he comes before Hashem, and Aharon shall bear the judgment of the Bnei Yisrael constantly before Hashem (28:30) Foreshadowing History The Urim ve’Tumim, mentioned in the first half of the verse, were names of Hashem that were placed in the folds of the Choshen (breastplate).1 When comparing the two halves if our verse, a discrepancy seems to emerge: Z In the first half, when describing how the Urim ve’Tumim will be on Aharon’s heart, it does not use the word “tamid - constantly”. would not always be present within the Choshen, as indeed, the Gemara states that in the time of the second Beis Hamikdash, the Urim ve’Tumim were absent.2 Hence, the word “tamid”, which denotes constancy, is not used with reference to the Urim ve’Tumim, but only with regards to the Choshen itself, which was always present in the Beis Hamikdash. With the above idea in mind, the Meshech Chochmah proceeds to suggest that this will explain another discrepancy within the verse: Z The first half, which describes Aharon wearing the Urim ve’Tumim, says that “they will be on his heart”, but does not describe him as carrying them. It was only as he approached the camp where the people had made the Egel, that the script flew off of the luchos, at which point Moshe needed to exert effort in order to bear their weight.4 This special property, says the Meshech Chochmah, also existed within the Urim ve’Tumim. It is only the second half of the verse which, as we have seen,5 refers to the time when there are no Urim ve’Tumim in the Choshen, that the verse refers to Aharon bearing, i.e. Similarly, the Midrash relates that when Moshe originally received the luchos, he did not have to carry them, on account of the Divine script that was engraved upon them. By virt

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