יום שלישי, 22 במאי 2012

The Suspense! - Bamidbar 5771

In 1:4 the Posuk says (וְאִתְּכֶם יִהְיוּ, אִישׁ אִישׁ לַמַּטֶּה--אִישׁ רֹאשׁ לְבֵית-אֲבֹתָיו, הוּא). Hakadosh Baruch Hu says I am going to get you somebody from each Sheivet to be a leader to be counted. Who are they? (וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הָאֲנָשִׁים) these are the names of them and we go through the list of names. 
We can only picture the drum rolls and the suspense of who in each Sheivet will be chosen to be a Nasi. There is a problem. This counting took place in the second year on Rosh Chodesh Iyar in the Midbar. Prior to that there had been a Chanukas Hamishkan during the first 12 days of Nissan. What happens there actually took place at the end of Parshas Naso and although it is later in the Chumash it actually took place earlier. We know Ein Mukdam U’muchar BaTorah. There at the end of Parshas Naso we read that 12 Nesiim brought Korbanos one each day in the beginning of Nissan. 
What do you know, those 12 Nesiim are exactly the same as the 12 Nesiim in Parshas Bamidbar. Well if you read Chumash consecutively everything makes sense, however, if you read it chronologically we know that what happens at the end of Parshas Naso was first. So now Hakadosh Baruch Hu said to Moshe Rabbeinu (אִישׁ אִישׁ לַמַּטֶּה--אִישׁ רֹאשׁ לְבֵית-אֲבֹתָיו, הוּא). Hashem says to Moshe use the Nasi and then (וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הָאֲנָשִׁים). Who needs it, Moshe Rabbienu knew their names, they had just brought Korbanos. Why did Moshe Rabbeinu need Hashem to tell him who the names of these people are? Tzorech Iyun Gadol!

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