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Drash Cards for Pinchas (5762)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 In this parsha, God praises Pinchas for his zealousness, the second census is conducted leading for purposes of land allocation; the daughters of Tzelophochad request land; God tells Moses to install Joshua; and we have details of sacrifices for daily and holy days.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In Ch 27, v 1-12 we have the daughters of\u00a0Tzelophochad, discussion of Lashon Ha Ra, uncorrectable errors and leadership.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Rabbis love these girls! The Midrash says “For 40 years men tore down fences and women built them..when the men lost hope [because of the spies] the daughters of\u00a0Tzelophochad came forward for their share.<\/p>\n

\u2022 About LaShon Ha Ra: \u00a0In the Talmud, Rav Akinva teaches that\u00a0Tzelophochad was the man executed for wood gathering on Shabbat. The sages rebuke him “If\u00a0Tzelophochad were innocent, you have libeled an innocent man. If he is guilty, and the Torah chose not to name him, why should you shame him?”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Uncorrectable errors: \u00a0Out of ‘nowhere’ come verses 12-23 about Joshua as leader. \u00a0Rashi write that Moses thinks maybe God’s mind has changed about entering the promised land<\/p>\n

\u2022 But no! The decree stand in place. Moses failed in not believing (an internal flaw) and showing anger and a lack of words (an external flaw)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Then Moses asks God to appoint a new leader and ALL of the commentators ask “Why not Pinchas?” But God never gives criteria for leadership<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rashi says “The guiding principle [for choosing a leader] is tolerance, treating one’s community with love with the aim to serve them”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Pinchas Peli writes that the zealousness of Pinchas frightens Moses “A man OVER the congregation” may not be able to tolerate all views<\/p>\n

\u2022 R. Joseph Radinsky (Modern Orthodox) writes that we must “Appoint a leader who will be able to bear with the differing minds of every one of your children” and about this, Rashi writes that tolerating different opinions does not mean being spineless. \u00a0A good leader must know his or her own views, and stand up for them, but also be able to change his or her mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash Cards for Pinchas (5762) by Marc Mangel \u2022 In this parsha, God praises Pinchas for his zealousness, the second census is conducted leading for purposes of land allocation; the daughters of Tzelophochad request land; God tells Moses to install Joshua; and we have details of sacrifices for daily and holy days. \u2022 In Ch … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195\/revisions\/1196"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}