Shnayim Yomi - Behaalotecha - Sheni - #2- Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff - Set Apart for Holiness

Parasal the aliyah of Sheni. In the Aliyah of Sheni, we continue our discussion of the consecration of the Levim. But we're told that the Levim were not consecrated in a vacuum, but rather they replaced the Burim. And as we know, the Torah tells us that after Makas Boros in Mitzim, when Hashem killed the firstborn of the Egyptian families, all of the firstborn of the Jews, every firstborn child of the Jewish people was dedicated and consecrated to Hashem. However, we know that because of their involvement in theel, the Bharim were not permitted to retain that level of dedication and therefore the Levim replaced the Burim as assistants in the Bikdash. Moshe Aron and B is all consecrate the Levim to replace the aliyah then describes the age at which the Levim do their avod. The levim worked in the bikdash. The Torah says from the age of 25 to 50. In reality, the mafarim say that really the levian began their avod at age 30. So what was the initial 5-year period of 25 to 30. So Rashi says those initial five years were years of apprenticeship when the levim were trained how to do their avod properly. In the BA mikdash, the Ramadan says that the five years were not an apprenticeship, but rather the five years were years of volunteer work. At 30, they were assigned a role. But from 25 to 30, they had the ability to volunteer and to help out in the B mikdash in a volunteer role. After age 50, the Levim could no longer do their main avod, which was to carry the Mishkan and the Caleb. However, the mafaram tell us they were still permitted to do the other avodos such as guarding the gates of the of the Mishkan and according to some they would still sing in the Mishkan although according to the Ramban they stopped singing at age 50 as well. If you look at is fascinating because in persess the words ben Israel appear five times says I will give theim to Aaron and his sons from Ben Israel to serve the of Israel Israel and to atone for Ben Israel is b Israel will not have any sort of plague as ben Israel approached the kesh and the question is why is the term ben Israel used so often five times in one p says rashi it's to allude to the love that has for Israel that just like hashem loves the Torah and just like the Torah the five books of the Torah the Torah are so integral to who we are as a people so to Hashem has an incredible love for the Jewish people just like those five books of the Torah really in essence we also see the connection between Israel and the Torah. As the Zor tells us, quoted by many many that the Jewish people, the Torah and are really all one. And we see this connection between and Israel and the Torah in the five times that Ben Israel is mentioned in