5 Sharp Divrei Torah on Parshas Beha’aloscha {Pninei Kedem}

Okay, good afternoon friends. Parshas Behaaloscha I want to share with you some amazing insights that are found in the safer Pnei Kedem on Parshas Behaaloscha. Rashi comments on the words Behaaloscha es Haneros as Rashi Mechaan shema'alah hoyisa lifnei Hamenorah. From here we see there was a a steps before the menorah that the cohen would stand on it and clean the menorah. Question. This is a question of of Reb Leib since the menorah is only three amos tall. Let's say the average person is between five and six feet, maybe closer to six feet, and with your hand it's well over six feet. I mean, you know, I'm uh roughly six feet tall and but the hand goes uh you know, more than a foot over the head. What does he need a step for? What's the step for? He could easily raise his hand and light the menorah. No, we're talking about Aaron. Aaron was the Cohen Gadol. He wore the tzitz. You're not allowed to raise your hand higher than the tzitz. So therefore the like the Gemara says in Tamid daf chof zayin, so he needed a step so that not to raise his hand over his head. Cuz Aaron's the Cohen Gadol. Next. That was from Reb Aryeh Leib since. Reb Kalish. Rashi says when Aaron had chalishas hadaas that he did not participate in the Chanukas Hamizbei'ach so Hashem says what you do is greater than them. You're madlik umatev es haneros. Question. Why madlik umatev? It's out of order. First you clean it and then you light it. Why should I tell Madlik Meitiv? Says of Kalish, this is talking about the inauguration of the Mizbeach when they lit the menorah for the first time. They didn't have to clean it. So, for that occasion, it was Madlik first and then Meitiv. Now, the possuk says Zacharnu es Hadoga asher nochal b'Mitzrayim chinam es hakishuem v'es havatichim v'es hachatzir v'es habatzalim v'es hashumim. We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for free, the melons, the watermelons, the grass, the onions, the garlic. Question, what what's the connection between the fish and these vegetations? Zacharnu es Hadoga sh'nogalnu sham. And then we remember the kishuem and the avatichim. Says of Sholom Amsterdam, the connection is the Nile river would rise and water the fields and irrigate the fields. Mamila, the fish rose up from the Nile and the the fish were dumped in their yards and their gardens together with the melons that were growing there. And that's what Klal Yisrael ate. So, the the juxtaposition and the connection between the doga and the kishuem and the avatichim were that these were all things that were together through the Nile river. Now, this is from Reb Sholom of Brisk. He says like this. Says of Sholom of Brisk, Vayitzak Moshe el Hashem. Vayitzak Moshe El Hashem. Question. We the Gemara tells us "Hamagbiha kolo betfilah hu miktanei ha'amanah." But if a person believes that Hashem knows what you're thinking, you're not ba'al amanah. Now, I mean what why are you miktanei ha'amanah if somebody cries out? Cuz it's like saying Hashem Hashem doesn't know what I'm thinking. I have to I have to make sure he hears. But we obviously know Moshe knows what Hashem is thinking, cuz he just said "Kel na refa na lah." For her. Who's her? Who's she? So obviously Moshe already demonstrated that he knows Hashem is yode'a machshavot. So in such a circumstance, it was okay for him to be vayitzak. But now Moshe gave a very short tefilah. He said "Kel na refa na lah." It's not as long as a shacharis, not as a mincha, not as a maariv, not as Yom Kippur katan, not as selichos. Why did Why was Rashi Why was Moshe not marech betfilah? So that klal Yisrael wouldn't say, "Your sister's betzar and you're you're just davening?" Question. Maybe it's because he didn't daven long because you're not supposed to be marech betfilah. But the Gemara brought in Berachos says there's a student who is marech in tefilah, and they said, "Why are you so marech?" So they said, "It's not longer than Moshe for 40 days." Then there was a student that was mekatsar, and they said, "Why are you so short?" He said, "It's not shorter than Moshe said 'Kel na refa na lah.'" So that means the best is a medium tefilah. The medium tefilah is somewhere in between "Kel na refa na lah" and 40 days. So that's why say why was so it's only because that people shouldn't say your sister suffering and you're being Makassar. Okay, those are five ideas from the safer Paninim Stay tuned tonight for an amazing share on Why don't we blow the amazing question of the of God? Why do we not blow at times of distress? And can we? Have a great day everyone. Have a good day. >> Recording stopped.