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Why did Ahron Hakohen not daven to be allowed to Enter E"Y?
Rashi explains in the beginng of פרשת ואתחנן, that Moshe only prayed to enter eretz yisroel after he entered the land of sichon, which was part of עבר הידרן that would be considered eretz yisroel. He ...
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Did each Kohen Gadol wear his predecessor's garments?
Rambam, Hilchot Klei HaMikdash 8:5:
כָּל בֶּגֶד מִבִּגְדֵי כְּהֻנָּה שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ צוֹאִין אֵין מְלַבְּנִין אוֹתָן וְאֵין מְכַבְּסִין אוֹתָן אֶלָּא מַנִּיחָן לִפְתִילוֹת וְלוֹבֵשׁ חֲדָשִׁים. ...
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Who was older, Miriam or Aaron?
Tosafot Bechorot 4a:
דלא היה אהרן בכור דמרים גדולה ממנו ג' שנים כדאמר במדרש [ריש פ' שמות] כמו שהיה אהרן גדול ממשה ג' שנים
Aharon was not the firstborn, because Miriam was three years older ...
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Connection between accidental murderer and Kohen ha'gadol?
The Rambam writes that the death of the High Priest distracts the mourners from seeking vengeance on the possible killer in the city of refuge:
The chance of returning from the exile depends on the ...
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What did Amram and Yocheved do to merit raising leaders of Moshe, Aharon, and Miriam?
Firstly, there is a fascinating philosophical point that relates to this question. Maharal (Gur Aryeh to Shemot 1:15) points out that neither Yocheved, nor Amram's names were mentioned prior to Moshe'...
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi...But what about the other tribes?
Rav Hirsch says that it starts with Reuven and Shimon to show that Moshe was definitively not of "godly" origin as the mythologies of the goyim will have their heroes. However he and Aharon were in ...
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For how long was Aharon Moshe's spokesman?
The Ibn Ezra on Sh'mot 4:30 writes,
כי הוא המליץ על כן משה לא דבר עם ישראל לעולם רק על ידי אהרן. ובמותו היה כמו כן מליץ תחתיו אליעזר בנו
That Aharon was the spokesman, and Moshe never, ever, spoke ...
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi...But what about the other tribes?
Rashbam to Shemos 6:14 explains that (according to Mehilta) this posuk provides only the genealogies of those three tribes that Yaacov had censured before he died in order to teach us that those ...
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Reconciling the merits of Moshe, Aharon & Miriam in the desert vs the merit of Avraham?
The sefer Zera Shimshon answers that because of Avraham, the Jews only would have merited those three things for a short while, but because of the three leaders, they merited them for the entire 40 ...
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No mention of Aharon
Why does the Torah in שמות ב:ד state "his sister [Miriam] stationed herself at a distance" but omit "his brother" (Aharon)?
I propose:
Since Aaron didn't actually "do anything" to try and save Moshe,...
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What does the name אהרון/Aharon mean?
In the Yavneh Tanach (Tanach Cassuto), Shemos 4:14, Professor Elia Samuele Artom says that it is unknown.
However, at https://www.biu.ac.il/JH/Parasha/vaera/rey.html this issue is addressed at length ...
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Why would it be disrespectful to G-d to say Miryam died "al pi Hashem"?
The way your question is phrased makes it seem like the fact that Moshe and Aharon died via "kiss" originates from the Talmud, while the fact that Miriam died via "kiss" and that it would be improper ...
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When and how did Aharon make the peace between people?
Aharon would go to them. See Avos Derebbi Nassan:
וכן שני בני אדם שעשו מריבה זה עם זה הלך אהרן וישב אצל אחד מהם אמר לו בני ראה חברך מהו אומר מטרף את לבו וקורע את בגדיו אומר אוי לי היאך אשא את עיני ...
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When and how did Aharon make the peace between people?
This is the commentary of Korban Haedah on Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin 1:1:
Talmud:
תני ר׳ אליעזר בן ר׳ יוסי אומר המבצע חוטא והמברך את המבצע הרי זה כמנאץ לפני המקום שנאמר ובוצע ברך נאץ ה׳ אלא יקוב הדין את ...
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How did prophets know when God will speak to them, to separate from their wives?
Your question seems to take for granted that prophecy was typically achieved in an unprepared unsolicited state. However quite the contrary is true.
Prophecy entails a process of physical and ...
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Why did Ahron Hakohen not daven to be allowed to Enter E"Y?
The Toldos Yitzchak (Rabbi Yitzchak Karo) offers two answers:
Moshe's purpose to enter E"Y was in order to fulfill the mitzvos התלויות בארץ.Because Ahron (being a Kohen) was to gain from those, ...
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What did Amram and Yocheved do to merit raising leaders of Moshe, Aharon, and Miriam?
It writes in Shemos Rabbah 1:16:
לְפִי שֶׁיָּרְאָה יוֹכֶבֶד מִפְּנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, הֶעֱמִיד מִמֶּנָּה משֶׁה
Because Yocheved feared Hashem, he brought forth Moshe from her.
In addition, ...
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Why would the Jews dwell in booths specifically while fighting Sichon and Og?
The Chasam Sofer in his Torah commentary and Responsa (O.C. 185) explains that the army left the camp in order to wage war and was thus no longer surrounded by the Clouds of Glory. The Sukkah ...
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Reconciling the merits of Moshe, Aharon & Miriam in the desert vs the merit of Avraham?
This article by "Parsha Ponders" (Shoftim 5777) has the same observation as you did. The article offers an explanation:
Even massive trees come from the tiniest of seeds. However, those
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi...But what about the other tribes?
Rashi to Shemos 6:14 gives two possibilities:
אלה ראשי בית אבתם. מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁהֻזְקַק לְיַחֵס שִׁבְטוֹ שֶׁל לֵוִי עַד מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן בִּשְׁבִיל מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן, הִתְחִיל לְיַחֲסָם דֶּרֶךְ תּוֹלְדוֹתָם ...
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Did Aharon have his own stick, like Moshe?
A couple of sources prove that Aharon did have his own staff.
The Midrash in Bamidbar Rabbah 18:23 tries to trace the origins of Aharon's staff and notes a machlokes (argument) as to who it came from:
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Moshe losing kehuna
Rabbi Zweig answered in this week's Insights:
"Aharon recognized that while it’s true
that redeeming Bnei Yisroel and
becoming their leader was a position
of greatness, it’s not an appointment.
In ...
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Who was older, Miriam or Aaron?
There's another Ramban which insinuates that Miriam was older than Aaron (shemot 2:1) at the end:
ואע"פ שהיה אהרן קטן, נתן השם שמחה בלבו בענין זה, או מרים מלמדתו.
The Gemara Sota says the 2 ...
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Why isn't Moses mentioned teaching Torah to his sons?
I'd speculate that because the Cohanim are considered to be the future teachers of the Torah more than the Levi'im to the whole nation (even though they represent the same tribe), it is important to ...
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Why didn't Aharon sacrifice his life to avoid making the Golden Calf?
Essentially, all prohibitions are pushed aside when threatened with death, except for three notable exceptions: Idolatry, Adultery, and Murder.
Here are some possible suggestions why it would be ...
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Who explains Aharon not deviating in this way?
The שפת אמת (תרל"ה) explains this thought.
He writes that when it comes to a repetitive Mitzva, it is human nature to be passionate about doing it at first, but as time goes on, this passion is ...
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Moshe taught Aharon the services of the Mishkan
I recently heard this in a shiur and heard a deep lesson about it. If and when I recall it, I will bring it bli neder. For now though, this Rashi should suffice. On the pasuk:
Afterward all the ...
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What was Miriam's Lashon Hara?
Both reasons (the leaving the wife and comparing prophecy levels) are accurate and fit in with each other. Moshe left his wife because he reasoned that Hashem could talk to him at any moment and he ...
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Who explains Aharon not deviating in this way?
I have also heard this idea in the name of the Sefas Emes (1847-1905). In my search for this idea, I stumbled upon the sefer Siach Sarfei Kodesh, a collection of chassidish insights by this scholar.
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How did Moshe, Ahron and all the Jews find out about Nadav and Avihu's death?
The Daat Zkenim in his commentary on this pasuk mentions this. He says:
'וימותו לפני ה, “as a result they died before the Lord.” We find a dispute recorded in the Torat Kohanim concerning the meaning ...
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