(וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה, וְאַהֲרֹן, אֵת הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה, אֲשֶׁר נִקְּבוּ בְּשֵׁמֹת). Moshe and Aaron gathered these individuals who had been designated by their names. Rashi says something that is extremely strange and difficult to understand. Rashi says (אשר נקבו: לו כאן בשמות). That they were designated to him here by their names. What is Rashi adding more to the Posuk? A very puzzling Rashi.
I once saw a Teretz, however, I don’t recall where. Rashi is intending to answer a question as is always his style. The Nasi of Sheivet Shimon we will find later in the episode where he is killed by Pinchas, was Zimri Ben Salu who was the leader of Sheivet Shimon.
We find in the Posuk that it is Shilumiel Ben Tzurishadoi. The Gemara in Maseches Sanhedrin 82b (17 lines from the bottom) says Shilumiel Ben Tzurishadoi is Zimri Ben Salu (א"ר יוחנן חמשה שמות יש לו זמרי ובן סלוא ושאול ובן הכנענית ושלומיאל בן צורי שדי). They are the same person. It may well be that that is why the custom in Yiddish is to refer to somebody who tends to make a lot of mistakes as a Shlimiel. Somebody who tends to drop things as he goes is a Shlimiel. Why such a nickname? Perhaps because Shilumiel Ben Tzurishadoi is Zimri Ben Salu an infamous individual.
At any rate, Rashi here is bothered why was Zimri Ben Salu who was such a Rasha designated as a leader of Klal Yisrael?
Rashi is saying ( אשר נקבו: לו כאן בשמות). We know that the Ribbono Shel Olam works with a person Ba’asher Hu Sham. So here they were designated by their names. At this time they were still people of stature and this is even though one of them in this case was Zimri Ben Salu who was not.
I once saw a Teretz, however, I don’t recall where. Rashi is intending to answer a question as is always his style. The Nasi of Sheivet Shimon we will find later in the episode where he is killed by Pinchas, was Zimri Ben Salu who was the leader of Sheivet Shimon.
We find in the Posuk that it is Shilumiel Ben Tzurishadoi. The Gemara in Maseches Sanhedrin 82b (17 lines from the bottom) says Shilumiel Ben Tzurishadoi is Zimri Ben Salu (א"ר יוחנן חמשה שמות יש לו זמרי ובן סלוא ושאול ובן הכנענית ושלומיאל בן צורי שדי). They are the same person. It may well be that that is why the custom in Yiddish is to refer to somebody who tends to make a lot of mistakes as a Shlimiel. Somebody who tends to drop things as he goes is a Shlimiel. Why such a nickname? Perhaps because Shilumiel Ben Tzurishadoi is Zimri Ben Salu an infamous individual.
At any rate, Rashi here is bothered why was Zimri Ben Salu who was such a Rasha designated as a leader of Klal Yisrael?
Rashi is saying ( אשר נקבו: לו כאן בשמות). We know that the Ribbono Shel Olam works with a person Ba’asher Hu Sham. So here they were designated by their names. At this time they were still people of stature and this is even though one of them in this case was Zimri Ben Salu who was not.
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