Daily Chumash Naso Monday – The census and services of the Levite family of Merari

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Sheiyni (according to Torah Temima/Chabad)

  1. The census and services of the Levite family of Merari:
  • Hashem commanded Moshe to count all the male members of the Merari family who are between the ages of 30-50.
  • The Merari family’s job of carrying the pillars: The Merari family servicemen are to carry the beams of the Mishkan, its poles, pillars and sockets, and all its accessories. The pillars of the courtyard, their sockets, pegs and ropes.
  • Ithamar the supervisor: Ithamar the son of Aaron was appointed to supervise their work.

 

  1. The census of working men in the three families:
  • Kehos: The family of Kehos had 2,750 working men between the age of 30-50.

Sheiyni (according to most Chumashim)

  • Gershon: The family of Gershon had 2,630 working men between the age of 30-50.
  • Merari: The family of Merari had 3,200 working men between the age of 30-50.
  • Total number of worker: The total number of working Levites between the age of 30-50 was 8,580.

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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