Shnayim Yomi - Bamidbar - Rivi'i - #4- Rabbi Yaakov Moskowitz

[Music] Parasidbar rev the aliyah opens up by telling us told us Aron Moshe these are the offspring of Aon and Moshe but then theim only delineate the children of Aon what's going on what happened to the children of Moshe so Rashi tells us something so unbelievable that since Moshe was the rebby of the children of our own. So it's teaching us that the children of Aon are really also viewed as the children of Moshe because Rashi says that anybody who teaches Torah to somebody else is really viewed as their father. So not only is Aon their father but Moshe is their father as well since he was their rebi. And theim go on to say who are these children? It was Nad and Ai who who unfortunately had died before Hashem earlier on and as well Elazar and Isamar who were working together with Aron in the Kahuna. And the Sukim go on to say that uh that that Hashem told Moshe to bring the ley in front of Aon for them to be sheru for them to serve him. And what does it mean that they should serve him? What is this service? The service is to ensure Rashi tells us that no zar no person not from the shv of ley should come near the the avoda of the bame mikdash. It's specifically there to be done by the shvet levy. What's interesting is that the sukum later tell us that they call this service that's being done by shvet levy the mishmearis bene the charge of all of kalisra and rashi's bothered by what what do you mean this is really the service of shvet levy not all of kalisrael and he answers so beautifully that really no the aboda that was done in the mishkun really needed to be done by all of kalisrael shvet lei were theim they were the ones who were assigned by all of Kalisel to fulfill the avoda in the Mishkan. Theukim go on to tell us that all of Shvet Levy should be given over to Aron to Aron Vamu and that they should guard the priesthood. They should guard the Kahuna and Rashi again tells us what does that mean? That means the specific avoda that kohanim need to do. The kabalas dumim receiving the blood of the animals after the zika throwing the blood onto the misbay the hakara setting the specific parts of the animal aside for the offerings. All of this should be done by the members of the kahuna. The aliyah then concludes that hashem tells Moshe that I'm taking shet ley in place of all of the firstborn of klusel. And Rashi tells us that what's going on over here is that really originally the plan was that the firstborn should be the ones to perform the avoda in the Mishkan in the basikdash. However, due to the a of the egalaz and the firstborn were involved in that, Hashem took away that right from them and Hashem gave it over to Shvet Ley who did not get involved in the Egalaz at all. And the aliyah finishes off by telling us why are firstborn considered special in the first place? Because at the time period when Hashem struck every single firstborn in Egypt, he said, "All of the firstborn of Clal Israel should be special to me. [Music]