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                      as a terumah-offering to Adonoy. :íÒÞÖîí−ÞÔñí£ÖôeþÐz                         before Adonoy to atone for your souls.” ô :óÞÓ×−Ñ³Ò ÞLÐõÔò-ñÔ¼þ£ÑtÔ×ÐñíflÖîÒíÐ−−¤ÑòÐõÌñ
                 14. Everyone passing by to be counted, ó− flÌðŠšÐtÔí-ñÔ¼ ·þÑëÒ¼ÞÖíñÕ†k .ð−
                                                                                                      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA RASHI  é"ùø AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
                    from [age] twenty years and older, íÖñм¢ÖôÖîí£ÖòÖLó−'ÌþÐNÓ¼ö§ÓaÌô
                must give a terumah-offering to Adonoy. :íÒÞÖîíÐ−³'ÔôeþÐzö£ÑzÌ−                                         viz., 603,550?!  ?ó−ÌMÌôÎìÔî ³BêÑôLÑôÎìÔî ó−ÌõÖñÎê³ÓLñÐLe ¹ÓñÓê ³BêÑôLÑL
                      15. The rich shall not give more, í†ÓaÐþÔ−-ê ÞGþ−¤ÌLÖ¼ÞÓí .î¬       For in relating the use of the silver [which was collected]  ¹Ó½Ó×Ðë−ÑþÎíÓL
                                                                                                        at the counting of the congregation 31  íÖðѼÖí−ÑðešÐt
        and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, ñÓš¢ÖMÔí³−£Ì®ÎìÞÔnÌô¬− fl̼ÐôÔ−êÕ¤ñ·ñÔcÔíÐî
                                                                                                  it is so stated (i.e., it gives the above number).  ,öÑkþÔôÍêÓò
            when giving this terumah-offering to Adonoy íflÖîÒíÐ−³¤ÔôeþÐz-³Óê ·³Ñ³Öñ
                                                                                                  And in the Book of Numbers (i.e., Bamidbar)  ó−ÌðešÐtÔíLÔneìÐëe
                             to atone for your souls. :óÞÓ×−Ñ³Ò ÞLÐõÔò-ñÔ¼þ£ÑtÔ×Ðñ                                   there, too, it states:  ,öÑkþÔôÍêÓòBa¹Ôê
                                                                                                   “And the total of all who were counted was  ó−ÌðešÐtÔíñÖke−ÐíÌiÔî
                   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA RASHI  é"ùø AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  603,550.” 32  ,ó−ÌMÌôÎìÔî ³BêÑôLÑôÎìÔî ó−ÌõÖñÎê³ÓLñÐLe ¹ÓñÓê ³BêÑôLÑL
                                                                                              Were not [these countings] in two [different] years  ,e−Öíó−ÌòÖL−ÑzÐLÌëêGÎíÔî
               [14] From [age] twenty years and older.  .äÈìÀòÈîÈåäÈðÈLíéÄøÀNÆòïÆaÄî [ãé]
                                                                                                          and it would have been impossible  þÖLÐõÓê−ÌêÐî
                                 Here it teaches you  öêÖ×EÐðÓnÌñ
                                                                                              that there would not have been at the first counting  öBLêÌþÖíöÖ−ÐòÌô³Ô¼ÐLÌëe−ÖíêHÓL
                    that no one below twenty years of age  ó−ÌþÐNÓ¼öÓaÌô ³BìÖtö−ÑêÓL
                                                                                               some nineteen year olds who were not counted 33  ,eòÐ ôÌòêHÓLíÖòÖL ¬"− −ÑòÐa
                                  goes into the army  êÖëÖvÔñêÑ®B−
                                                                                                      and turned twenty by the second year. 34  !’× −ÑòÐëeNμÔòíÖiÌòÐMÔëe
                       nor is he counted among the men.  :ó−ÌLÖòÎêñÔñÐ×ÌëíÓòÐôÌòÐî
                       [15] To atone for your souls. 13  .íÞÆëéÅúÉ ÞLÀôÇð-ìÇòøÅtÇëÀì [åè]
                                                                                                            The solution to this problem is:  :þÖëÖcÔñíÖëeLÐz
             [Meaning:] so that you not be struck by a plague  eõÐèÖp̳êHÓL
                                                                                              As regards to the age of the people [it is considered  ó−ÌLÖòÎêÖí ³BòÐLñÓ®Ñê
                          as a result of being counted. 14  .öÖ−ÐòÌô−ÑðÐ−ñÔ¼
                                                                                                     that] they were counted in the same year,  ,eòÐôÌò³ÔìÔêíÖòÖLÐa
                An alternate explanation of óÓ×−ѳBLÐõÔòñÔ¼þÑtÔ×Ðñ:  ,óÓ×−ѳÒLÐõÔòñÔ¼þÑtÔ×ÐñþÑìÔêþÖëÖc
                                                                                                 whereas as pertaining to the exodus from Egypt  óÌ−ÔþЮÌô³Ôê−Ì®Ð−öÔ−ÐòÌôÐññÖëÎê
            Because it alludes here to three terumah-offerings,  Z ³BôeþÐz’èöêÖkóÓíÖñïÔôÖþÓL−ÌõÐñ
                                                                                                          they are [considered] as two years.  ,ó−ÌòÖL−ÑzÐLe−Öí
                   for ’í ³ÔôeþÐz is written three times here. 15  ,ó−ÌôÖ¼ÐtLñÖL’í³ÔôeþÐzöêÖkëÔzÐ×ÌpÓL
                                                                                                       This is because the exodus from Egypt  óÌ−ÔþЮÌô³Ôê−Ì®−ÌlÓL−ÌõÐñ
       The first represents the terumah-offering for the sockets 16  ó−ÌòÖðÎê³ÔôeþÐz³ÔìÔê
                                                                                                                 is calculated from Nissan,  ,öÖ½−ÌpÌôö−ÌòBô
                          for he (Moshe) counted them  öÖêÖòÐnÓL
                                                                                                as we have learned in Tractate Rosh Hashanah 35  ,íÖòÖMÔíLêÒþ³Ó×ÓqÔôÐë eò−ÌòÖMÓLBôÐk
               when they began contributing to the mishkon  ,öÖkÐLÌnÔí³ÔëÐðÌòÐë eñ−ÌìгÌíÓLÐk
                                                                                              [and we therefore speak of] the mishkon being built  öÖkÐLÌnÔííÖòÐëÌòÐî
                      and each person gave half a shekel,  ,ñÓšÓMÔí³−Ì®ÎìÔôðÖìÓêÐîðÖìÓêñÖ×eòгÖpÓL
                                                                                                     in the first year and erected in the second,  ,íÖ−ÌòÐMÔaóÔ šeíÐîíÖòBLêÌþÖa
                              and it totalled 100 kikar,  ,þÖkÌkÔí³ÔêÐôÌñíÖñÖ¼Ðî
                                                                                                   for the new year begins on the first of Nissan,  ,öÖ½−ÌòÐaðÖìÓêÐëíÖòÖLíÖLÐcÔìгÌpÓL
                                       as it states:  þÔôÍêÓpÓL
                                                                                                  whereas the ages of the people are calculated  ö−Ì−eòÐôó−ÌLÖòÎêÖí ³BòÐLñÖëÎê
           “And the silver of the counted of the congregation  íÖðѼÖí−ÑðešÐt¹Ó½Ó×Ðî
                                                                                            according to the years [since the creation] of the world  ,óÖñB¼ ³BòÐLöÔ−ÐòÌôÐñ
                          totalled one hundred kikar,” 17  ,þÖkÌk³ÔêÐô
                                                                                                     which begin with [the month of] Tishri. 36  .−ÑþÐLÌzÌô ö−Ìñ−ÌìгÔnÔí
                    and from these the sockets were made  ,ó−ÌòÖðÎêÖíeNμÔòöÓíÑôe
                                                                                              Consequently both countings [took place, in effect,]  ó−ÌòÖ−ÐòÌnÔí−ÑòÐLeêЮÐôÌò
                                       as it states:  þÔôÍêÓpÓL
                                                                                                                      in the same year.  Z³ÔìÔêíÖòÖLÐa
                   “The one hundred kikar of silver, etc.” 18  ;’BèÐî¹Ó½ÓkÔíþÔkÌk³ÔêÐô−ÌíÐ−Ôî
                                                                                                            The first counting was in Tishri,  −ÑþÐL̳ÐëíÖ−Öí öBLêÌþÖíöÖ−ÐòÌnÔí
              The second [’í ³ÔôeþÐz], it, too, [was contributed]  ê−Ìí¹Ôê³−ÌòÑMÔíÐî      31 Below, 38, 27.  32 Bamidbar 1, 46.  33 Since the minimum age to be counted was 20.  34 When the second
                                                                                          counting took place and those newly turned twenty would now be added.  35 2b.  36 I.e., the age of every
       13 But is being counted something that requires atonement?!  14 I.e., þÑtÔ×Ðñ here should not be understood as  individual changes on the first day of Tishri. Hence both a person born in, say, Cheshvan and another born 10
       atonement, but only as a preventative of a plague.  15 In vv. 13, 14 and 15. In v. 13 it is in the form of ’íñ íÖôeþÐz.  months later, in Ellul will enter their second year on the first day of the following Tishri, i.e., Rosh Hashanah. Those
       See Rashi above, 25, 2 îìš³ í"ð.  16 The sockets were placed on the ground and into them were fitted the planks  that were 19 years old after Yom Kippur when the first counting was taken, were not yet regarded as twenty in
       of the mishkon.  17 Below, 38, 25.  18 . . . were cast as the holy sockets.” Ibid. 27.  26015-EYAL - 26015-SHMOT-EYAL | 16 - B | 18-07-18 | 09:55:47 | SR:-- | Magenta   26015-EYAL - 26015-SHMOT-EYAL | 16 - B | 18-07-18 | 09:55:47 | SR:-- | Black   26015-EYAL - 26015-SHMOT-EYAL | 16 - B | 18-07-18 | 09:55:47 | SR:-- | Cyan
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