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Aharon merited the singular zechut of kindling the Menorah daily. The
Menorah, made of one piece of solid gold, depicted achdut. Therefore, he
was told, “Your role is greater than theirs.” The offering of the korbanot
of the Nesi’im was a one-time event, whereas Aharon was granted the
“They shall not leave over from it until morning merit of kindling the Menorah every day. He understood this to mean,
nor shall they break a bone of it; like all the also, that there was no condemnation against him for his part in the Chet
decrees of the Pesach offering shall they make it” Ha’egel.
“Toward the face of the Menorah shall the seven lamps cast light.” Why
(Bamidbar 9:12)
doesn’t the pasuk say “…shall the six lights cast light,” since the seventh
was the middle stem? Also, why weren’t there twelve stems, as the
Menorah corresponded to the Twelve Tribes? The explanation is that each
branch represented one pair of shevatim. Each lamp received light from
the others. The middle stem, corresponding to Shevet Levi, received light
from the six branches and reflected its own light back to them.

“Aharon did so; toward the face of the Menorah
he kindled its lamps, as Hashem had
commanded Moshe. And this is the
workmanship of the Menorah, beaten out gold,
to its base, to its flower, it is beaten out;

according to the image that Hashem showed
Moshe, so did he make the Menorah”
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