Friday, May 15, 2009
21 Iyar
The Midrash Rabah on Vayikra 37,2 explains that Moshe's reward for going out to the people working in Mitzraim who were doing jobs that were unsuitable for them (men doing womans work, old people doing young people's work, and vice versa) and giving them jobs that were suitable for them, is that he gets to explain Erchin (about when people decide to donate someone's value) to the Jews. Why is that a fitting reward above anything else? Isn't that kind of random? Also doesn't Moshe teach the whole Torah, so why wouldn't he have taught this too?
20 Iyar (Behar-Bechukosai)
Why do we need blessings both to be satiated with little food(Vaykra26,5Rashi)and for excess of food(Vayikra26,10) ? Once satiated with little don't need plenty of food?
19 Iyar (Behar-Bechukosei)
Why is Vayikra25,2written when you enter E"Y the land will rest?First Kiddushin37b-Shmitta only starts after7yrs conquering+7dividing,so not when come in?Also first need 6yrs work then Shmitta,so why not write work land 1st?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
18 Iyar (Lag Be'omer)
The Rema seems to hold that we celebrate Lag Be'omer because that is when R' Akiva's students stopped dying. How does that make sense? They stopping dying for the obvious reason that every last one of them died (see Yevamos 62b -"world was desolate until R' Akiva got the 5 new talmidim"). How can we celebrate that they were all finished off?
Monday, May 11, 2009
17 Iyar (Behar-Bechukosai)
Why does Vayikra 27, 1-7, when discussing people's Erech, seemingly not go in a logical order? It doesn't go in order of age (but rather the order of ages is 20-60,5-20, 30 days-5, 60+) or in order of value (instead it's: 50, 30, 20, 10, 5, 3, 15,10). What is the logic of that order?
Sunday, May 10, 2009
16 Iyar (Behar-Bechukosai)
The Toras Kohanim says that Vayikra 25, 48-49 is written in the order of relatives who redeem someone who is sold to a Gentile as a slave, the closer relatives come first and than the more distant relatives. Why is the slave himself listed last in the list of who's considered the closest relative. Seemingly he's the closest relative to himself!
14 Iyar (Emor)
Rashi on Vayikra 23,22 says anyone who gives Leket, Shikcha, and Peah is as if they built the Bais Hamikdash and brought korbanos in it. What is the relevance between Leket, Shikcha, and Peah and building the Bais Hamikdash? Also why specifically them? We don't find this by other mitzvos!
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