Rabbi Moshe Kesselman Weekly Parsha Shiur Rabbi Moshe Kesselman

Hashem instructed Moshe not to count the Leviim ‘among the Jewish people.’ The Midrash explains that this was in order to save their lives from the angel of death. The expression ‘Seu Es Rosh’ foretells of the death of the entire Jewish generation in the desert.

Sources

Bereishis Perek 40, Pesukim 5 - 19
Rashi on Possuk 5
Bamidbar Perek 1 Possuk 2 and Pesukim 46 - 50.
Bamidbar Rabba Parsha Aleph Perek 11
Bereishis Rabba Parsha 88 Perek 5 - 6
Likkutei Sichos Volume 4, page 1021

Parsha Shiur Bechukotai 2024

Parshat Bechukotai Perek 26 Possuk 42
Commentary of Rashi on the Possuk
Gemara Zevachim 62 A
Gemara Shabbos 89 B
Likkutei Sichos Volume 25 Page 132

Lag B'Omer Shiur 2024

Bava Metzia 83 A

Reish Lokish taught us about the power of Teshuva. The Sins of the past are transformed into merits. (Yuma 86 B) How does this work?

Sources

Parshas Kedoshim Perek 20 Possuk 1- 3
Commentary of Baal Haturim on the Possuk
Parshas Shemos Perek 2 Pessukim 7 - 9
Gevara Sotah 12 B
Gemara Yuma 86 B
Midrash Rabba Shemos Rabba Parsha 1 Perek 25
Maamar Mayim Rabim 5738 Ois 4

On the holiest day of the year, a goat was pushed off a mountain. On its head it carried the Sins of all the Jews. The Rambam teaches us that they were forgiven for the vast majority of their Sins, through this process, even without doing Teshuva.

How are we to understand any of this?

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Rashbi and his son seem to be sharply divided in the interpretation of the Mitzvah if Tzaraas appearing in the walls of one’s home.



Sources

Chumash Vayikra Perek 14 Pesukim 1 - 4

Rashi on Possuk 2

Gemara Bava Metzia 84 B

Gemara Sanhedrin 71 A

Likkutei Sichos Chelek 2 Devarim Page 359 Ois 3