Aharon's lighting the menorah in the mishkan is the title of this week's parsha. Rashi explains the Torah found it necessary to tell us ויעש כן אהרון “Aharon did so” in order to praise Aharon that he did not change from the command of HaShem.

However, the Sfas Emes points out that Aharon’s greatness was more than just...

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As any bar mitzvah boy knows, Parshas Naso is the longest parshah in the Torah. However, it is not so difficult to lain, as a large part of the parshah is basically repetition of the various gifts offered by the נשיאים in honor of the dedication of the Mishkon. The Torah tells...

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Sefer Bamidbar is known as ספר הפקודים, since it begins with a census of Klal Yisroel. The parshah teaches us that the mitzvah to count all males of Shevet Levi begins at the age of one month. The rest of Klal Yisroel was counted from age twenty when they were eligible for being drafted into the army. By that...

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There is an apparent redundancy in this posuk: ”ויאמר ה' אל משה אמר אל הכּהנים בּני אהרן ואמרת אלהם לנפש לא יטּמּא ”בעמיו. Say to the Kohanim, the sons of Aaron, and you shall say to them: for a [dead] person he shall not become tomei...”. It repeats the command ואמרת, “and you...