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פורסם ברביעי, 25 נובמבר 2020 07:59

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Portion of Naso - Why do Jewish leaders - and ALL Jews - argue?

Gutt Shabbos and Blessings to all!
Why does the Almighty command us in this portion about the Priestly Blessing - Yevare cha chah? 

This portion gives out tasks to the Levites -
and we will read in a few weeks about Korach - the Levite who wanted to "be" Moses-
and causing a big fight ...

And later on the Presidents of all the tribes bring gifts to the Tabernacle -
after some rivalry amongst them -
and some sadness by Aron (who was NOT ordered to participate with the presidents of all the tribes) -

(ever watch kids argue about who has the best ... or who's better than ... ?)

So G-d tells all the presidents
"no rivalry - and each of you have to give the same gifts -
and some gifts are given by a PAIR of SHARING presidents ..."

and G-d tells Aron - " you have a special duty-
to bless the Israelites every day with the Priestly Blessing!
and thus -
to teach them how to bless EACH OTHER..."

But why do we need all that? Because it is NATURAL in the world that not everyone thinks alike -
but it is G-dly in the world to learn to cooperate and to give blessings.

So why is it that often we hear of Rabbis disagreeing and argueing?

Rebbe Nahman of Breslov wrote (see Ein Tzadik) -
If we see 2 Rabbi argueing - we should know
WE don't understand their SPIRITUAL debate -
but on a G-dly plane each of them
and each of us
has a task to do - 
and it is best to do it with blessings
with sharing
and for the sake of G-d's purposes - whether we understand them or not.

Love and Shabbos and Sweet Torah for ALL - 
Rosh Chodesh and Shabbat and Shavuote

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

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