"ויעשו את בגדי הקדש אשר לאהרן כאשר צוה ה' את משה"
“And they made the holy garments for Aharon, as G‑d had commanded Moshe.” (39:1)
Why was it necessary to stress “as G‑d had commanded Moshe”?
Because The words “as G‑d had commanded Moshe” are repeated 18 times in this parshah and 18 is equal to “chai” (חי) — “life.” The Torah informs us that throughout his entire life, Moshe continuously strove to do as G‑d commanded him.
What are alternative explanations as to why the pusuk stated that Hashem commanded Moshe to make Aharon’s garments? What are other words/phrases that seem unnecessary or repetitive in this week's parsha and what do they symbolize?
We learn that the torah never repeats itself without a purpose. Another repetition that occurred in this parsha is with the word "erect". The Torah repeats the word to "erect" which we see in hebrew as "Takim"(perek mem pasuk aleph) and as "Hukam" (perek mem pasuk yud zein). Does this mean that the mishkan was built again after it was already built? This doesn't make sense! Rebbe Chiya says that the reason it repeats this word is to tell us that moshe built the mishkan twice, but why would moshe do that? Rebbi Chiya says that moshe built the mishkan 2 once in the begining of the day, which is a bright time and once at the end of the day, which is when it is very dark. This is significant because it is telling us that not only is it important for us to keep on moving forward during the "bright" and easy times in our lives but also during the "dark" and harder times. The Slonimer Rebbe says that this is teaching us an important lesson that even though we are trying to make a mishkan n order to serve Hashem we still stumble and fall but it is so important that we never give up and quit because it is "forbidden for a jew to fall into despair".
ReplyDeleteI really love this idea because it shows how important it is not to give up if Moshe can built a mishkan two times in one day so to we can persevere with our daily struggles. I think this a very inspiring lesson.
The Ohr HaChaim says that the Torah wanted to emphasize this (that God had commanded Moshe) so that we’d know that the Beit Hamikdash corresponded exactly (every single detail) to what Hashem had said. Another meaning of this is that simply that when they would do any part of the work they would say first, as per Has-hems instructions to Moshe. I like this idea because it’s really simple and doesn’t overthink why the Torah would say as God had commanded Moshe.
ReplyDeleteThe beit halevi explains that when bnei yisroal sinned by chet haegal they thought they were doing what hashem wanted. So now here by the mishkan it was an atonement for bnei yisroal so it mentions hashem commanding moshe to make it clear that he wants it to be how he tells them and not by what they think. I like this answer because it’s showing us that hashem does not want bnei yisroal to sin again and he wants us to learn from our mistakes.
ReplyDeleteThe ohr hachaim gives multiple answers to the question of why the words “as god commanded Moshe” is stressed. One reason is simply because when the people working on the Mishkan would start anything they would say the words from the pasuk “as god commanded moshe” I like this answer because it’s straight to the point doesn’t read too much into it.
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ReplyDeleteOr HaChaim-The Torah emphasises this to tell us that the Mishkan corresponded to Hashem's instructions in all its details and that Hashem tells Moshe every detail of the construction of the Mishkan although he personally had not been commanded to perform the work. I like this idea because it shows that even though Moshe doesn't literally do everything in regards of the Mishkan he is told all the plans and shows he is the leader for BY.