Bamidbar 5786

So we begin now with Safer Bidor. Safer Bidbbor begins with a counting of Israel. go ahead and count claw Israel. The truth of the matter is that safer bameidbar begins with the counting of claw Israel in parases by midbore and at the very end or towards the very end by midbar in paras the terror the counts again that was after their being in the desert for 40 years two countings that is Why in kazal safer midbar is referred to as the theim it's the book of counting. It's the book of numbers. And in fact as many of you may know the English word for sidbar is the book of numbers. Why numbers? Because it begins with the counting and it ends with the counting. and it ends with the counting as well. Now Rashi over here says famously says loves us as we've said he counts them all the time. When we left, he counted us when there was a when the happened and thousands of people were killed. He counted us again. And now that he put they put up the Mishkan, he counts him again. That's why Basham keeps on counting us. You know, it's like, you know, you have a you have a stamp collection or whatever it is or what kind of colle you so every once you count them again. You know what the number is. That's how starts. That's why he counts them so much. The only problem with that is you would think that counting is a is a very good thing. Well, counting has its downsides. And that's why the pik says in parish is that when they counted, they didn't count numbers. They have to give a maske. And when counted them, he counted them. But each one had to give a sheep. And when counted them improperly, the says and say there was a so which is it is counting good is counting not good. On the one hand the banishes counts on the other hand when you don't count correct correctly you open yourself to Ayinhara etc to mifa. So with this perhaps we can explain the word that the use over here in parame is. Now there are there are many words in Hebrew or certain sever several words in Hebrew that you can use the word count. Manet counterimer the lash as it is. So lift up the head of everyone in CL is a very strange way to express counting. Use the old Sor Sephora Manet etc. Minion. I heard once heard the name of chief rabbi Jonathan Saxs of Ashalam the former chief rabbi of the u British Empire a brilliant man. He says that is why the Torah uses the word over here lift up the head of all of Israel because the downside of numbers is because you look at every person as a number. You know you have 67 oh there are 600,000 people. Yeah that's a mess. But somehow or another, the individual seems to get lost when you're just dealing with numbers. You know, there are several banks or companies that their tagline is you're not a number with us. You know, you're a cherished client and and when you come into the bank, the vice president of the bank is going to come out and give you a shalom and hug you. You're not a number. The worst thing is to be a number. So therefore means don't forget the individual. Lift up the head of the individual. Don't forget that 600,000 people is 600,000 individuals. Different people with different personalities with different talent talents with different desires with different abilities. Each is an individual and therefore the word that the Terry uses sus lift up the head. Yes, you count you get a big number at the end, but that big number is made up of of individual people that are not diamond to themselves at all. You know, the Kumar says that the bras that if you see if you seek of you see 600,000 people, you make a We've never made the because we haven't seen that many people together. But what's blessed is who's theim who's the one that knows the secrets looks at 600,000 people. We see a mass a mass of humanity. looks at 600,000 peoples. He's theim. He's the one that knows the secrets of every individual. How each person is different, how each person's secrets are different, how their desires are different, personalities are different, how they're different. Isam has that ability. But we have to keep that in mind when we talk about a mass of people. Yes, it's mass of people. But Sue is rich. Don't forget the individual.