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Naso 5781 Numbers Rabbah 6:1 Another explanation: ‘She is more precious than fine rubies,’ refers to Kohath and Gershon. Although Gershon was the firstborn and we find that Scripture always shows honor to the firstborn, yet, because Kohath bore the ark where the Torah was deposited, Scripture gives him precedence over Gershon. Shem Mishmuel, Naso In Midrash Rabbah, the children of Kohath and the children of Gershon use the phrase “Nesiot Rash” in for G-d to give them honor – For Kohath, because of their duties with the Ark, and for Gershon because he was the firstborn, but for Merari whose work was less holy in what they carried, there wasn’t such honor. Biography of Yosef Yavetz, OU Website Rabbi Yavetz was born in Spain and left there during the Expulsion in 1492. He finally settled in Mantua, Italy, and assumed an honored place in the community. He was absorbed with the meaning of the Spanish Expulsion and why it occurred, and wrote an entire treatise, Ohr HaChaim, in which he provided his interpretation. According to R. Yavetz, the catastrophe resulted from Spanish Jewry’s preoccupation with philosophy and secular knowledge which became their central focus, whereas Torah and mitzvot no longer were the primary purpose of their lives. He was not opposed to knowledge per se, but rather to the fact that it had supplanted Torah and mitzvot in importance. R. Yavetz testifies that only one in a hundred philosophers is preoccupied with Torah and mitzvot, and even those few are ambivalent. And in an oft quoted passage points out that the Jewish philosophers were the first to convert, whereas the simple folk, imbued with simple faith, refused to succumb. He quotes approvingly from R. Hai Goan, “those who say to you that one will attain knowledge of Torah through philosophy, do not listen to them and know that they have falsified the truth, for you will not find fear of sin, alacrity, modesty and holiness except among those who are preoccupied with Mishnah and Talmud”. Exodus 19:12 You shall set bounds for the people round about, saying, ‘Beware of going up the mountain or touching the border of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. Exodus 19:21 The LORD said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people not to break through to the LORD to gaze, lest many of them perish. Ohr HaChaim on Exodus 19:21 The Torah means that people should not think that they would catch a glimpse of G'd though they would die in the process; Psalms 63,4 expresses this thought succinctly when David says: "it is better to experience Your faithfulness than life itself." Psalm 63:2-5 2) God, You are my God; I search for You, my soul thirsts for You, my body yearns for You, as a parched and thirsty land that has no water. 3) I shall behold You in the sanctuary, and see Your might and glory, 4) Truly Your faithfulness is better than life; my lips declare Your praise. 5) I bless You all my life; I lift up my hands, invoking Your name. .

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