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The word Beha’alotcha begins with the letter . This is to teach us that
we must constantly move forward, never remaining rooted to our original
spot. The letter is numerically equivalent to two. It is better to learn
with a chavruta, since “two are better than one.” Therefore, it is said
regarding Choni Hama’agel, “Either a companion or death.”
Yosef Hatzaddik was satisfied with the berachah that Yaakov conferred
on his sons, not asking for a separate blessing for himself. In Yaakov’s
blessing to his sons, Yosef saw a blessing to himself, as well. There is no
greater blessing to a father than the nachat at seeing his son outshine him.
When a father recognizes the greatness of Torah, he will never envy the
success of his son in spiritual matters.
The word Beha’alotcha hints that one should publicize the miracles which
he experiences, in order to sanctify the Name of Hashem. One who studies
Torah without the motive of teaching it to others will not meet with
success. The disciples of Rabbi Akiva, who did not share their Torah
knowledge with their peers, were punished most severely. Similarly,
Hashem told Moshe to descend from his glorious state because after Chet
Ha’egel, the nation was not worthy of learning Torah from him.

“When you kindle the lamps” refers to the mitzvot, shining forth in the
darkness. Mitzvot, therefore, must be performed without distinguishing
between the seemingly greater ones and the smaller ones. One who fulfills
the mitzvot in this manner will merit the fulfillment of the end of the
pasuk, “Toward the face of the Menorah shall the seven lamps cast light.”
Seven alludes to the seventy years of man’s life. One who performs
mitzvot throughout his life will merit having them light up his way to
eternity.
The words, “Aharon did so” attest to the fact that he understood the
underlying message in the Menorah. He was punctilious in the
performance of all mitzvot, without differentiating between them.

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