Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan Parshat Nasso 2

he shall cause the woman to drink the water this water that was taken from the holy kior the Laver and a little bit of the earth of the betamic dash was mixed with it and the scroll with the verses of Torah and God's name was dissolved in it she now drinks it and through this water she will be tested verse 27 he shall cause her to drink the water and it shall be that if she had become defiled her stomach shall be distended it will burst and her thigh shall collapse she will die and embarrassing and painful death and the woman shall become a curse amid her people by her stomach and by her thigh we refer to the female organs that were involved in this transgression however verse 28 if the woman had not become defiled and she is pure then she shall be proven innocent and she shall bear seed she will have a healthy and beautiful baby as a reward for her going through this embarrassment and her husband will remain silent he will not suspect her anymore he will apologize and he will calm down because God confirmed that this woman is innocent now we go to page 759 and here we start another big topic and that is Nazir Nazir is a person who in his desire to come closer to Hashem undertakes not to drink wine for 30 days not to come into contact with a dead body for 30 days and not to shave or cut any of his hair for 30 days and afterwards she goes through a procedure to come out of that state brings offerings let's start page 759 chapter 6 verse 1. Hashem spoke to Moshe saying a man or a woman who shall this this us dissociate himself by taking a Nazarite vow of abstinence for the sake of Hashem so both men and women as well as children can become Nazir what are the rules from new or aged wine shall he abstain cannot drink wine not only that any great products not wine vinegar and not um fresh grapes and not the dried grapes is he allowed to drink from here we learn that the Torah itself provides fences for its laws that not only he's not allowed to drink wine but he cannot eat any grape products so that he should not come to drink wine this is an example a rare example where the Torah itself places a fence and from here we learn that the rabbi is also and every individual if he notices that a certain area is dangerous for him he must Place fences around it to protect himself from here we have the rabbinic laws that's rule number one he cannot drink wine or consume anything that comes from grapes verse 5 the second rule all the days of his Nazarite vow a razor shall not pass over his head and here we learned that the Nazarite vow can be more than 30 days 30 days is a minimum because we notice that a person didn't take a haircut if he did not cut his hair for 30 days less than that it's not noticeable so the minimum size the minimum length of Nazir period is 30 days however he can take multiples of 30 days he can say I want to be Nazir for two periods of 30 days or 5 or 10 or 100 as many as he wants now rule number three verse six all the days of his abstinence for the sake of Hashem he shall not come near a dead person and uh in his um severity in his commitment to Purity he is even greater than kohen gadol verse 7 describes to even to his father or to his mother he shall not contaminate himself and surely not to his brother and his sister for the crown of his God is upon his head all the days of his abstinence he is Holy to Hashem unlike kohen who is allowed to come into contact with his closest relatives he is like um who does not come even to his close relatives now on page 761 if everything goes well and 30 days pass then he goes through the procedure to come out of the zero however what if he by mistake becomes contaminated with the corpse in the middle of his naziroud it breaks it he has to start again but before he starts again he has to purify himself and bring atonement verse 9 if a person should die near him with quick suddenness and contaminate his Nazarite head what should he do he shall shave his head on the day he becomes purified on the seventh day shall he shave it first he waits seven days sprinkles on the third and Seventh Day the ashes of the red cow mixed with spring water then on the seventh day he goes to the maker and then at the end of the seventh day he shaves all his hair and then on the eighth day he brings his offering to turtle doves or two young doves one is a sin offering and one as Ola elevation offering and then he brings a sheep in his first year as a guilt offering as an asham and then he restarts his 30-day period now verse 13 tells us what does he do when his term of 30 days is completed successfully this shall be the law of the Nazarite on the day his abstinence is completed he shall bring his offering to Hashem one male sheep for Ola one female sheep fojat and one ram for shilamim as well as basket of unleavened loaves as well as wine uh libation pouring and verse 18 continues the explanation on that day he shall shave his Nazarite head he shall take the hair of his head and put it on the fire that is under the shalami the fist piece offering as he is cooking the ram of shalami Into the Fire he throws his own hair then verse 19 the kohen shall take the cooked four leg of the RAM and one unleavened Loaf from the basket and one unleavened wafer verse page 763 the Quran shall wave them together with the Nazir and it shall be holy to kohen aside from the breast of the weaving and the thigh raising up the kohen can eat those parts and after bringing all the offerings and shaping his head putting it in the fire giving a portion to kohen afterward the Nazir May drink wine good now verse 22 we have the famous birkat kohanim the blessing that the kohanim give to the Jewish people daily Hashem spoke to Moshe Singh speak to Aron and his son saying so shall you bless the children of Israel saying to them May Hashem bless you and Safeguard you May Hashem illuminate his countenance for you and be gracious to you May Hashem lift his countenance to you and establish peace for you let them place my name upon the children of Israel and I shall bless them a beautiful blessing with a lot of deep meaning that we hear every day from our kohanim during in the land of Israel everyone does it daily in um outside of Israel only sephardim do it ashkenazim do it only on holidays now on page 765 chapter 7 the offerings of the tribal leaders it was on the day that Moshe finished erecting the Tabernacle which is the rosh hodesh Nissan the leaders of Israel brought offerings first they brought wagons and Bulls in order to help the Levites carry their burdens six covered wagons and 12 oxen a wagon for each two leaders and an ox for each so each wagon was drawn by two oxen and Hashem said to Moshe take from them and they shall be to perform the work of the tent of meaning you shall give them to the Levites each man according to his work so Moshe gave two of the wagons and four of the oxen to the sons of Gershon and four of the wagons and eight of the oxen he gave to the sons of mirari however to the sons of kehot he did not give since the sacred service was upon them They carried on the shoulder now page 767 and here we learn about the second offering that the leaders brought their personal offering verse 11. Hashem said to Moshe one leader each day one leader each day shall they bring their offering for the dedication of the altar sins there are 12 leaders for the first 12 days of Nissan every day was a celebration and another leader of the tribe brought his offering the offering consisted of 21 different animals three utensils a silver ball a silver Basin and a gold lado and fine flower incense and oil what were the animals the 21 different animals a bull a ram and a sheep for ola a he goat for hatat and for shalamim to cows five Rams five he goes and five sheep all together each leader brought 21 animals two silver utensils one golden utensil fine flour ketoric incense and oil a large offering but surprisingly the same offering was brought by each one of the 12 leaders and the reason for that one of the reasons why is to show that there was no competition each one looked at the situation and said this makes sense I'm gonna bring it so what if the one before me brought the same I don't have to do more if this is the right thing I'm going to do the right thing even though I'm repeating what others have done it's okay not to be unique if the situation does not need to be unique they were not embarrassed that they bring in the same thing because through their divine inspiration they saw this is the right thing to do now various commentators go through these items the 21 animals the silver ball the weight of it 130 shekels the silver Basin the weight of its 70 shekels the golden Ladle the weight of it 10 shekels the numbers the material the name and they explain what is the meaning behind it and not only that they explained that each one of the leaders had a different thought and even though they brought the same exact thing but for different reasons so let's read one of the offerings and the rest are repetitions in the verses verse 12 the one who brought his offering on the first day was son of aminadav the leader of the tribe of Yehuda his offering was one silver ball its weight is 130 shekels and one silver Basin of 70 shekel weight both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for meal offering one gold ladle of 10 shekels filled with incense one young bull one young one one ram one sheep in its first year for elevation offering one he goat for a sin offering and for the peace Feast offering two cattle 5 Rams five he goes five sheep in the first year this is the offering of nakshon son of aminadav the next one was same exact offering of his own volition for his own reasons page 769 next one is Shimon and then God page 771 foreign page 773 naftali and then in verse 84 the Torah lists the total for all the gold and silver and animals that were brought 12 silver balls 12 silver basins 12 gold ladles um all the verse 87 or the livestock for the elevation offering 12 Bulls 12 Rams 12 sheep and their male offerings 12 he goes 24 bulls for the peace offering 60 Rams 60 he goes 60 sheep in the first year this was the dedication of the altar after it was anointed now verse 89 the concluding verse of the Parsha when Moshe arrived at the tent of meeting to speak with God he heard the voice speaking to him from atop of the cover that was upon the Ark of the testimony from between the two cherubs the keruvi and he spoke to him when Moshe enters the Tabernacle the sheikhina the divine presence speaks to motion the voice comes down from heaven goes in between the wings of the cherubs the angel-like figures and goes out of the holy of Hollies goes into the holy where Moshe is Moshe hears the voice the voice is very loud and after it enters moshe's ears this silence no one else hears the voice only motion not because the voice is low but rather because the voice is stopped past Moshe and then of course after their communication Moshe goes out and he communicates to the Jewish people what God told him and this happens right after the inauguration this concludes parshot Nassau everyone should have a wonderful night and shabbat shalom um