The Wolf & the Shepherd
Why Moshe Felt Responsible for the Epidemic that Claimed 24,000
1 hr 22 min
Likkutei Sichos Pinchas #1
- June 28, 2021
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- 18 Tamuz 5781
Rabbi YY Jacobson
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Dedicated by Alias Cummins in honor of Rabbi Ephraim Potash on the occasion of his granddaughter's wedding.
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This class, Likkutei Sichos vol. 18 Parshas Pinchas, being studied this week in Project Likkutei Sichos, was presented by Rabbi YY Jacobson on Monday, Parshas Pinchas, 18 Tammuz, 5781, June 28, 2021, live from his home in Monsey, NY.
Likkutei Sichos Pinchas #1
Rabbi YY Jacobson
- June 28, 2021
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- 18 Tamuz 5781
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- 812 views
Dedicated by Alias Cummins in honor of Rabbi Ephraim Potash on the occasion of his granddaughter's wedding.
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Rachel Leah Rotbard Rotbards -9 months ago
May HKBH always give you Very Good health to inspire the world which looks to you inspiration in hoemwcto not only survuve,but to thrive in this Erev Geula Era!!!
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miriam hefetz -2 years ago
moshe feeling guilty
why did moshe feel guilty? did it have anything to do with his forgetting the halacha? or with his marrying a midyonite?
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YY -2 years ago
Both. See footnotes to the sicha.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
If one's birth is a sign from Hashem that the world needs this soul down here
Can it be that death, like the explanation of death by plague, is a sign that one's avoda down here is over and they are no longer needed down here?
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
Moshe Rabbenu doesn't do things on his own?
Didn't he add an extra day before Mattan Torah?
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Sara Metzger -2 years ago
Did Moshe ever
realize that it was GD who decided and wanted Pinchas to rise to the occassion rather than Moshe? And that maybe it really wasn't Moshe's fault or negligence or whatever he thought he failed at? I guess i'm asking because I'm trying to figure out for our own lives how to understand what happens to us and whether we are at fault, negligent or is it just the way and what GD wants.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
A shepherd must ALSO be responsible for death by plague
Because the pandemic waa not for no reason but came about as a result of moral failure of the yidden for which he WAS responsible.
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Anonymous -2 years ago
Epidemic
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Dr. Aharon Faiman -2 years ago
plandemic!
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
Did Moshe Rabbenu really forget such an important law
Or did he have to RECUSE himself because he had married a Midianite woman? . Surely he also knew the answer that he had married her before Mattan Torah when it wasn't forbidden? Perhaps he felt guilty because he also kept the Torah before it was given just like the Avos? We see that Moshe Rabbenu kept the mitzvah of bris for his sons before Mattan Torah and was punished when almost swallowed and killed by the snake for not doing so on his way to Mitzrayim.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
A shepherd IS responsible for an attack by wolves but NOT
responsible for a plague that kills sheep?
Wasn't there some sort of vaccine for a pandemic to prevent death by pandemic? Was Moshe Rabbenu an anti-vaxxer?
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Dr. Aharon Faiman -2 years ago
An anti-vaxxer is a rare person. Most people are not against vaccines, they simply want accountability from the manufacturers for damages, want safety and believe in free choice about what one has or does not have injected or forced into their body. Anti-vaxxer is a label to delegitimize people's opinions and knowledge quickly and efficiently.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
Hashem orders a census after the plague but not after the death penalty given by the court
Perhaps the order to count the survivors of the plague but not the survivors after the death penalty was administered is because the order from Hashem was given AFTER the plague but BEFORE the court cases and execution by the 88,000 judges. Such a huge number of court cases must have taken time after all.
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Dr. Aharon Faiman -2 years ago
"Military tribunals" are very quick and efficient. With Hashem's help also I'm sure the hearings went very quickly.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
88,000 judges killed 176,000 idolators
Why does the Rebbe not say the number 176,000 but says MORE THAN 170,000?
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
Why have a post-plague count anyway,
Hashem knew, and Moshe Rabbenu knew how many yidden there were BEFORE the plague and also how many died in the plague.
Just take the number BEFORE the plague and subtract the number who died, A minus B equals C. And by simple subtraction we know how many yidden there are after the plague.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
Moshe Rabbenu didn't initiate a count after the plague
And the Owner of the flock, Hashem must order a counting. It seems like a failure of Moshe Rabbenu not to order a count and so the Owner must order a count.
Notice this failure comes right after another failure of Moshe Rabbenu, his inability to act and his forgetting of the law, where action was required necessitating Pinchas to step up
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
24,000 yidden out of approximately 3 million is a relatively small percentage
Yet, when 80% of the yidden died in the plague of darkness because they didn't really want to leave America, er, Mitzrayim, we don't see that Hashem ordered a count.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
And there are many more times in the Chumash (and Nach) that many yidden died as a result of a plague, a war, etc., and we don't see a census being ordered
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
It cannot be a mere coincidence that 24,000
Yidden died of the plague after the tragedy with Moav and exactly 24,000 students of R. Akiva that died because of their intolerance.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
Hashem counts the yidden frequently(albeit indircctly)
Yet, we are accustomed NOT to count yidden. We don't count directly for a minyan. We don't count our children or grandchildren.
Why does Hashem need to count yidden directly or indirectly? He surely knows exactly how many yidden there are just like He knows how many fish are in the sea?
Rather there must be a lesson here for us.
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Sarah Goldberg -2 years ago
What happened to Moshe Rabbenu?
When he first emerged from the palace and saw an Egytian beating a yid, he acted . When he was watching the sheep of Yisro and one ran away, he chased down the sheep and rescued it. Hashem was watching.
Yet, when there was a public defiance of the laws given by Hashem by Kozbi and her paramour, Moshe Rabbenu freezes. He forgot the law and doesn't act.
What happened to Moshe Rabbenu?
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Stephen chen -2 years ago
Because Moshe he himself also married Midian wife which during that time there's no such law and when Zimri questioned Moshe, that's why he couldn't answer. And according to Halakha when you have the highest authority there, others can't answer to that question.
This is my understanding, Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks
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