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their name. Hashem mollified him with the lighting of the Menorah, a hint
to the “Light of the world.”
Hashem told Aharon (Bamidbar 8:2), “When you kindle the lamps,
toward the face of the Menorah shall the seven lamps cast light.” The
word (shall cast light) begins with the letter . Aharon, too, merited
this special letter. But his was perpetual, indicated by the fact that the
Menorah remained constantly lit. Conversely, the Nesi’im maintained their
letter only as long as they walked in Hashem’s ways, losing the rights
to their exalted names after they sinned.
“Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying: Take a
census of the sons of Gershon, as well,
according to their fathers’ house, according to
their families”
(Bamidbar 4:21-22) # 26347-EYAL-6
