כאאֵ֣לֶּה פְקוּדֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָֽעֵדֻ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר פֻּקַּ֖ד עַל־פִּ֣י משֶׁ֑ה עֲבֹדַת֙ הַֽלְוִיִּ֔ם בְּיַד֙ אִֽיתָמָ֔ר בֶּן־אַֽהֲרֹ֖ן הַכֹּהֵֽן:
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These are the numbers of the Mishkan, the Mishkan of the Testimony, which were counted at Moses' command; [this was] the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the Kohen. (שמות לח:כא)
Why does it say Mishkan twice? Rashi says that it represents the two beit hamikdashim that were destroyed because Bnei Yisrael sinned. (And once we repent we will have a third in the future)
Follow up questions:
What’s another reason it says mishkan twice?
Where is there another time in the torah where a word is repeated twice in a row?
Is there another time in the torah where words allude to the beit hamikdash?
Where in the torah are the sins which Bnei Yisrael committed to have the beit hamikdash destroyed?
A place in the Torah where a word is repeated twice in a row was during Akeidas Yitzchak. A malach called to Avraham by saying his name twice, and Avraham responded “hineini." Rashi explains that by saying Avraham twice it is a” phrase of endearment" Additionally, the Midrash Rabba explains that it is also a "language of eagerness .” To add to the double Avraham representing eagerness , Rav Hirsch and the Kli Yakar say that Avraham needed to be called twice because he was so eagered and focused to do the mitzvah and he didn’t want to be distracted. I really like the answer of Rav Hirsch and the Kli Yakar because it makes sense that Avraham needed to be called twice bc he was so focused and that’s why it says Avraham twice in the Torah.
ReplyDeleteWhere is there another time in the torah where a word is repeated twice in a row? In מסכת נדרים דף ג עמוד כ, there’s a discussion of why does it say which means to vow a vow נזיר להזיר ונדר להדור? Why does it say it twice? The Gemara points out a principal about why the Torah repeats words, one opinion is that דברה תורה כלשון בני אדם. The Torah repeats words twice in a row because that’s how people speak sometimes, and it enhances the meaning of the statement. Another opposing side says that every time double language is encountered, it has a meaning. For example in the case if ונדר להדור, you have to not only vow, but vow to keep all perimeters it surrounds. I like this answer because it shows how there are no extra words in Torah.
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ReplyDeleteHow does the word Mishkan hint to the Beit Hamikdash? Rabbeinu Bchai points out that the first Beit Hamikdash stood for 410 and the second stood for 420 years. Ironically the numerical value of the word mishkan is 410 and the numerical value of Hamishkan is 415. If we add 5 to the numerical value for the 5 letters of the word, we have 420, the amount of years the second Beit Hamikdash stood for.
ReplyDeleteThe בכור שור gives a very פשט answer-he says the reason the pasuk says משכן twice is so that no one would confuse it with any other משכן. I think this is a good answer, however I don’t believe that anyone in בנ״י would have confused the משכן with a different nations’.
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In Devarim it says: “Righteousness, righteousness you shall pursue so that you will live and take possession of the land that Hashem, your G-d, gives you.” [Devorim 16:20] Rav Elya Meir Bloch interprets this posuk to mean that “the pursuit OF righteousness must also be pursued WITH righteousness”. Meaning that when one pursues justice they should do so while acting with justice. Often times we use the ends to justify the means but this teaches us that we cannot do that. We must in our pursuit of justice act with justice.
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ReplyDeleteWhen Dovid finds out that his son, Avshalom, has died he cried out the word בְּנִ֥י eight times. Rashi says that he says it eight times because seven of those times lift his son out of גיהנם and one of the times to get him into עולם הבא.
I think this is an interesting idea, but I think it would make more sense to say that he is just mourning his son and is repeating his name.
Molly Glicksman
ReplyDeleteA passuk in Yeshayahu repeats the word “קדוש” three times: “קָד֧וֹשׁ קָד֛וֹשׁ קָד֖וֹשׁ ה׳ צְבָא֑וֹת” According to Eben Ezra, it is to show continuity. Not only is Hashem holy now, but He was always holy, and will always be holy.
I really like this because it’s important to remind us of the continuity of Hashem as our king. It proves relevance that Hashem is still involved in our world, even today.