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		<title>Ron at 09:22, 29 February 2008</title>
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		<title>Ron at 05:26, 22 February 2008</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l12&quot; &gt;Line 12:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|אך לומר &amp;quot;אלה אלוהיך ישראל&amp;quot; לגבי גוש מתכת אילם, שכרגע נוצר?  כדי להבין את זאת, צריך להימנע מלהשוות &amp;quot;עובד עבודה זרה&amp;quot; ל&amp;quot;טיפש&amp;quot;.  הם ראו את משה לא כבורא עולם, אלה כמי שמרצה הכוחות העליונים ויכול למשוך השפעה טובה לעולם התחתון.  כשהוא נעלם, חשדו שמא איבד כוחו, ובקשו למצוא מישהו שיוכל להשפיע כמוהו.  כיוון שידעו שהשור הוא חזק ויציב, חשבו שאותו הכוח שהיה במשה, יימצא בצורה הזאת.  כלומר, מה שחשוב אצלם הוא המושג של הכוח, ולא מי ומה יפעיל אותו.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|אך לומר &amp;quot;אלה אלוהיך ישראל&amp;quot; לגבי גוש מתכת אילם, שכרגע נוצר?  כדי להבין את זאת, צריך להימנע מלהשוות &amp;quot;עובד עבודה זרה&amp;quot; ל&amp;quot;טיפש&amp;quot;.  הם ראו את משה לא כבורא עולם, אלה כמי שמרצה הכוחות העליונים ויכול למשוך השפעה טובה לעולם התחתון.  כשהוא נעלם, חשדו שמא איבד כוחו, ובקשו למצוא מישהו שיוכל להשפיע כמוהו.  כיוון שידעו שהשור הוא חזק ויציב, חשבו שאותו הכוח שהיה במשה, יימצא בצורה הזאת.  כלומר, מה שחשוב אצלם הוא המושג של הכוח, ולא מי ומה יפעיל אותו.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|כמובן, הם טעו ובטעותם גרמו לאחרים לטעות.  &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וזאת &lt;/del&gt;הבעיה נשארת עד היום&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;.  &lt;/del&gt;שחושבים שמה שחשוב אינו מה &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;צוונו &lt;/del&gt;לעשות אלא המושג מאחרי המצווה.  האמת היא ששניהם חשובים, אבל לא תמיד יודעים מה היא הסיבה למצווה -- אבל תמיד יודעים מה הוא הציווי!  ולכן &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לדעתי &lt;/del&gt;הרבה יותר חשוב ללמוד &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;מה &lt;/del&gt;המצווה מאשר לנתח מה שאחריה.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|כמובן, הם טעו ובטעותם גרמו לאחרים לטעות.  הבעיה &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;הזאת &lt;/ins&gt;נשארת עד היום&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;: &lt;/ins&gt;שחושבים שמה שחשוב אינו מה &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;שצוונו &lt;/ins&gt;לעשות אלא המושג מאחרי המצווה.  האמת היא ששניהם חשובים, אבל לא תמיד יודעים מה היא הסיבה למצווה -- אבל תמיד יודעים מה הוא הציווי!  ולכן הרבה יותר חשוב ללמוד &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;מהות &lt;/ins&gt;המצווה מאשר לנתח מה שאחריה.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===English===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===English===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l27&quot; &gt;Line 27:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;But to say, &amp;quot;this is your god, O Israel&amp;quot; regarding a lump of mute metal which was only just created?  In order to understand this, one must refrain from equating &amp;quot;idolater&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;stupid&amp;quot;.  They saw Moses not as the creator of the world, but as someone who could appease the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; and who could pull down beneficial influences to the lower realms.  When he disappeared, they suspected perhaps he had lost his power, and they sought to find someone who could influence the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; as he did.  Since they knew the ox was a strong and steady creature, they thought the same power which Moses had might be found in this form.  That is, what was important was the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of the power, not who and what used it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;But to say, &amp;quot;this is your god, O Israel&amp;quot; regarding a lump of mute metal which was only just created?  In order to understand this, one must refrain from equating &amp;quot;idolater&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;stupid&amp;quot;.  They saw Moses not as the creator of the world, but as someone who could appease the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; and who could pull down beneficial influences to the lower realms.  When he disappeared, they suspected perhaps he had lost his power, and they sought to find someone who could influence the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; as he did.  Since they knew the ox was a strong and steady creature, they thought the same power which Moses had might be found in this form.  That is, what was important was the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of the power, not who and what used it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Of course, they erred, and in their error caused others to err.  &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;And this &lt;/del&gt;problem remains with us until today&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. &lt;/del&gt; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;When &lt;/del&gt;people think that what is important is not &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; we were commanded but rather the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; behind the commandment.  In truth, both are important; but while we don&amp;#039;t always know what the underlying concept of the commandment is, we do always know what the commandment is!  Therefore&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;, in my opinion, &lt;/del&gt;it is much more important to learn &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the commandment is than to investigate what is behind it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Of course, they erred, and in their error caused others to err.  &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;This &lt;/ins&gt;problem remains with us until today&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;: &lt;/ins&gt; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;that &lt;/ins&gt;people think that what is important is not &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; we were commanded but rather the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; behind the commandment.  In truth, both are important; but while we don&amp;#039;t always know what the underlying concept of the commandment is, we do always know what the commandment is!  Therefore it is much more important to learn &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the commandment is than to investigate what is behind it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5768/Tetsaveh|Tetsaveh||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5768/Tetsaveh|Tetsaveh||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://ronware.org/w/index.php?title=Devar/5768/Ki_Tisa&amp;diff=3463&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Ron: /* עברית */</title>
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		<updated>2008-02-22T05:21:50Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;עברית&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class=&quot;diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace&quot; data-mw=&quot;interface&quot;&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 05:21, 22 February 2008&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l10&quot; &gt;Line 10:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 10:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|ה&amp;quot;ערב רב&amp;quot; שעלו איתם ממצרים הם הם שהתאוו לאלוהים שיוליכו אותם במדבר.  אבל בכל זאת קשה להבין איך היו יכולים להגיד את מה שאמרו!  קודם כל, צריך לדעת שאלה היו רגילים להתייחס לבשר ודם כאלוה.  הרי פרעה היה נחשב לאלוה בקרב המצרים -- ולא רק נחשב אלה נעבד. לאנשים האלה היה טבעי שמשה ייחשב כאלוה.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|ה&amp;quot;ערב רב&amp;quot; שעלו איתם ממצרים הם הם שהתאוו לאלוהים שיוליכו אותם במדבר.  אבל בכל זאת קשה להבין איך היו יכולים להגיד את מה שאמרו!  קודם כל, צריך לדעת שאלה היו רגילים להתייחס לבשר ודם כאלוה.  הרי פרעה היה נחשב לאלוה בקרב המצרים -- ולא רק נחשב אלה נעבד. לאנשים האלה היה טבעי שמשה ייחשב כאלוה.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|אך לומר &amp;quot;אלה אלוהיך ישראל&amp;quot; לגבי גוש מתכת אילם, שכרגע נוצר?  כדי להבין את זאת, צריך &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לא להשוות &lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;עובד עבודה זרה&amp;quot; ל&amp;quot;טיפש&amp;quot;.  הם ראו את משה לא כבורא עולם, אלה כמי שמרצה הכוחות העליונים ויכול למשוך השפעה טובה לעולם התחתון.  כשהוא נעלם, חשדו שמא איבד כוחו, ובקשו למצוא מישהו שיוכל להשפיע כמוהו.  כיוון שידעו שהשור הוא חזק ויציב, חשבו שאותו הכוח שהיה במשה, יימצא בצורה הזאת.  כלומר, מה שחשוב אצלם הוא המושג של הכוח, ולא מי ומה יפעיל אותו.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|אך לומר &amp;quot;אלה אלוהיך ישראל&amp;quot; לגבי גוש מתכת אילם, שכרגע נוצר?  כדי להבין את זאת, צריך &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;להימנע מלהשוות &lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;עובד עבודה זרה&amp;quot; ל&amp;quot;טיפש&amp;quot;.  הם ראו את משה לא כבורא עולם, אלה כמי שמרצה הכוחות העליונים ויכול למשוך השפעה טובה לעולם התחתון.  כשהוא נעלם, חשדו שמא איבד כוחו, ובקשו למצוא מישהו שיוכל להשפיע כמוהו.  כיוון שידעו שהשור הוא חזק ויציב, חשבו שאותו הכוח שהיה במשה, יימצא בצורה הזאת.  כלומר, מה שחשוב אצלם הוא המושג של הכוח, ולא מי ומה יפעיל אותו.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|כמובן, הם טעו ובטעותם גרמו לאחרים לטעות.  וזאת הבעיה נשארת עד היום.  שחושבים שמה שחשוב אינו מה צוונו לעשות אלא המושג מאחרי המצווה.  האמת היא ששניהם חשובים, אבל לא תמיד יודעים מה היא הסיבה למצווה -- אבל תמיד יודעים מה הוא הציווי!  ולכן לדעתי הרבה יותר חשוב ללמוד מה המצווה מאשר לנתח מה שאחריה.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|כמובן, הם טעו ובטעותם גרמו לאחרים לטעות.  וזאת הבעיה נשארת עד היום.  שחושבים שמה שחשוב אינו מה צוונו לעשות אלא המושג מאחרי המצווה.  האמת היא ששניהם חשובים, אבל לא תמיד יודעים מה היא הסיבה למצווה -- אבל תמיד יודעים מה הוא הציווי!  ולכן לדעתי הרבה יותר חשוב ללמוד מה המצווה מאשר לנתח מה שאחריה.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===English===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===English===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://ronware.org/w/index.php?title=Devar/5768/Ki_Tisa&amp;diff=3462&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Ron: /* English */</title>
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		<updated>2008-02-22T05:17:37Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;auto&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table class=&quot;diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace&quot; data-mw=&quot;interface&quot;&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; /&gt;
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				&lt;tr class=&quot;diff-title&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 05:17, 22 February 2008&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l26&quot; &gt;Line 26:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 26:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;quot;mixed multitude&amp;quot; who came out with them from Egypt, they were the ones who desired a god who would lead them in the wilderness. But still, it is hard to understand how they could say what they said!  First of all, one must know that they were used to treating flesh-and-blood as a god.  After all, Pharaoh was considered a god by the Egyptians -- and not only considered as such, but actually worshipped.  It was natural for these people to treat Moses as a god.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &amp;quot;mixed multitude&amp;quot; who came out with them from Egypt, they were the ones who desired a god who would lead them in the wilderness. But still, it is hard to understand how they could say what they said!  First of all, one must know that they were used to treating flesh-and-blood as a god.  After all, Pharaoh was considered a god by the Egyptians -- and not only considered as such, but actually worshipped.  It was natural for these people to treat Moses as a god.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;But to say, &amp;quot;this is your god, O Israel&amp;quot; regarding a lump of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;dumb &lt;/del&gt;metal which was only just created?  In order to understand this, one must refrain from equating &amp;quot;idolater&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;stupid&amp;quot;.  They saw Moses not as the creator of the world, but as someone who could appease the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; and who could pull down beneficial influences to the lower realms.  When he disappeared, they suspected perhaps he had lost his power, and they sought to find someone who could influence the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; as he did.  Since they knew the ox was a strong and steady creature, they thought the same power which Moses had might be found in this form.  That is, what was important was the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of the power, not who and what used it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;But to say, &amp;quot;this is your god, O Israel&amp;quot; regarding a lump of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;mute &lt;/ins&gt;metal which was only just created?  In order to understand this, one must refrain from equating &amp;quot;idolater&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;stupid&amp;quot;.  They saw Moses not as the creator of the world, but as someone who could appease the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; and who could pull down beneficial influences to the lower realms.  When he disappeared, they suspected perhaps he had lost his power, and they sought to find someone who could influence the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; as he did.  Since they knew the ox was a strong and steady creature, they thought the same power which Moses had might be found in this form.  That is, what was important was the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of the power, not who and what used it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Of course, they erred, and in their error caused others to err.  And this problem remains with us until today.  When people think that what is important is not &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; we were commanded but rather the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; behind the commandment.  In truth, both are important; but while we don&amp;#039;t always know what the underlying concept of the commandment is, we do always know what the commandment is!  Therefore, in my opinion, it is much more important to learn &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the commandment is than to investigate what is behind it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Of course, they erred, and in their error caused others to err.  And this problem remains with us until today.  When people think that what is important is not &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; we were commanded but rather the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; behind the commandment.  In truth, both are important; but while we don&amp;#039;t always know what the underlying concept of the commandment is, we do always know what the commandment is!  Therefore, in my opinion, it is much more important to learn &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the commandment is than to investigate what is behind it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Ron at 19:42, 21 February 2008</title>
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		<updated>2008-02-21T19:42:11Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 19:42, 21 February 2008&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l21&quot; &gt;Line 21:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 21:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;what is become of him &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0232.htm#1|Ex 32:1}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;what is become of him &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0232.htm#1|Ex 32:1}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;…This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0232.htm#4|Ex 32:4}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;…This is thy god, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0232.htm#4|Ex 32:4}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Those very people who saw God&amp;#039;s wonders in Egypt, and stood at the giving of the Law at Sinai -- they asked Aaron to make them a &amp;quot;god&amp;quot;.  Despite this demand of theirs being hard to understand, it is even harder to understand what they say just a few minutes later: &amp;quot;This is thy god, O Israel&amp;quot;!  They just saw with their own eyes, the calf coming out from the fire; how could they imagine that that calf took them out from Egypt?  This isn&amp;#039;t just hard to accept, it&amp;#039;s ludicrous!&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &amp;quot;mixed multitude&amp;quot; who came out with them from Egypt, they were the ones who desired a god who would lead them in the wilderness. But still, it is hard to understand how they could say what they said!  First of all, one must know that they were used to treating flesh-and-blood as a god.  After all, Pharaoh was considered a god by the Egyptians -- and not only considered as such, but actually worshipped.  It was natural for these people to treat Moses as a god.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;But to say, &amp;quot;this is your god, O Israel&amp;quot; regarding a lump of dumb metal which was only just created?  In order to understand this, one must refrain from equating &amp;quot;idolater&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;stupid&amp;quot;.  They saw Moses not as the creator of the world, but as someone who could appease the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; and who could pull down beneficial influences to the lower realms.  When he disappeared, they suspected perhaps he had lost his power, and they sought to find someone who could influence the &amp;quot;upper powers&amp;quot; as he did.  Since they knew the ox was a strong and steady creature, they thought the same power which Moses had might be found in this form.  That is, what was important was the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; of the power, not who and what used it.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Of course, they erred, and in their error caused others to err.  And this problem remains with us until today.  When people think that what is important is not &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; we were commanded but rather the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;concept&amp;#039;&amp;#039; behind the commandment.  In truth, both are important; but while we don&amp;#039;t always know what the underlying concept of the commandment is, we do always know what the commandment is!  Therefore, in my opinion, it is much more important to learn &amp;#039;&amp;#039;what&amp;#039;&amp;#039; the commandment is than to investigate what is behind it.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5768/Tetsaveh|Tetsaveh||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5768/Tetsaveh|Tetsaveh||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Ron</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Ron at 19:26, 21 February 2008</title>
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		<updated>2008-02-21T19:26:30Z</updated>

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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 19:26, 21 February 2008&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{bismilla}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{bismilla}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{header|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Tetsaveh &lt;/del&gt;5768|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;תצוה &lt;/del&gt;תשס&amp;quot;ח}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{header|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Ki Tisa &lt;/ins&gt;5768|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כי תשא &lt;/ins&gt;תשס&amp;quot;ח}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===עברית===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===עברית===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית&lt;/del&gt;-&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;-לַמָּאוֹר&lt;/del&gt;: &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;תָּמִיד&lt;/del&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0227&lt;/del&gt;.htm#&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;20&lt;/del&gt;|שמות &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כז&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כ&lt;/del&gt;}} }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;…וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו קוּם עֲשֵׂה&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יֵלְכוּ לְפָנֵינוּ--כִּי-זֶה מֹשֶׁה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לֹא יָדַעְנוּ מֶה&lt;/ins&gt;-&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;הָיָה לוֹ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0232.htm#1|שמות לב&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;א}} }}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;{{heb|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;…אֵלֶּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלוּךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0232&lt;/ins&gt;.htm#&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;4&lt;/ins&gt;|שמות &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לב&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ד&lt;/ins&gt;}} }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;מה פירוש המילים &amp;quot;שמן זית זך כתית למאור&amp;quot;?  הרמב&amp;quot;ם מביא להלכה: &lt;/del&gt;&amp;#039;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;תשעה מינין בשמן, מפני שינוי מעשיו.  כיצד:  זית שגירגרו בראש הזית, וביררו אחת אחת, וכתשו&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ונתנו לסל&lt;/del&gt;--&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;השמן שיצא ממנו, הוא הראשון&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#9|הל&amp;#039; איסורי מזבח ז:ט}} &lt;/del&gt;.  &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;שם הוא ממשיך למנות את כל תשעת המינים של שמן זית.  ולבסוף הוא כותב&lt;/del&gt;: &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;אין כשר למנורה--אלא ראשון ורביעי ושביעי בלבד, שנאמר &lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כתית--למאור&lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;{{hcite|p/pt/pt0227.htm#20|שמות כז:כ}} {{hcite|p/pt/pt0424.htm#2|ויקרא כד:ב}} : &lt;/del&gt; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אין כשר למנורה&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אלא היוצא מן הכתוש בלבד.  אבל למנחות&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כולן כשרין&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#13|שם ז:יג}}.&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אותם האנשים שראו נפלאות ה&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;#039; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;במצרים&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ועמדו במעמד הר סיני &lt;/ins&gt;-- &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;הם שביקשו שאהרון יעשה להם &amp;quot;אלוהים&amp;quot;&lt;/ins&gt;.  &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;למרות שדרישתם זו קשה להבין, עוד יותר קשה להבין מה שאומרים דקות ספורות לאחר מכן&lt;/ins&gt;: &amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אלה אלוהיך ישראל&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;! &lt;/ins&gt; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;הלא ראו בעיניהם שהעגל יצא מהאש זה עתה&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;איך העלו על דעתם שהעגל ההוא העלה אותם מארץ מצרים? זה לא רק קשה לקבל&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;זה מגוחך!&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אפשר להשתמש רק בשלושה מיני השמן --אם כן, למה נמנו כולם? הרמב&lt;/del&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ם שואל &lt;/del&gt;את &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;השאלה הזאת וגם עונה: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ומאחר שכולן כשרין למנחות, למה נמנו--כדי לידע יפה שאין למעלה ממנו, והשווה, והפחות: &lt;/del&gt; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;שהרוצה לזכות עצמו--יכוף יצרו הרע, וירחיב ידו&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ויביא קרבנו מן היפה המשובח ביותר שבאותו המין שיביא ממנו&lt;/del&gt;.  הרי &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;נאמר בתורה &amp;quot;והבל הביא גם הוא מבכורות צאנו, ומחלביהן; ויישע ה&amp;#039;, אל הבל ואל מנחתו&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0104&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;htm#4|בראשית ד:ד}} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;htm#14|שם ז:יד}}&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ה&amp;quot;ערב רב&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;quot; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;שעלו איתם ממצרים הם הם שהתאוו לאלוהים שיוליכו אותם במדבר.  אבל בכל זאת קשה להבין איך היו יכולים להגיד &lt;/ins&gt;את &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;מה שאמרו! &lt;/ins&gt; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;קודם כל&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;צריך לדעת שאלה היו רגילים להתייחס לבשר ודם כאלוה&lt;/ins&gt;.  הרי &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;פרעה היה נחשב לאלוה בקרב המצרים -- ולא רק נחשב אלה נעבד&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לאנשים האלה היה טבעי שמשה ייחשב כאלוה&lt;/ins&gt;.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; והוא הדין&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;לכל דבר שהוא לשם האל הטוב--שיהיה מן הנאה הטוב: &lt;/del&gt; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אם בנה בית תפילה&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יהיה נאה מבית ישיבתו; האכיל רעב&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יאכיל מן הטוב והמתוק שבשולחנו; כיסה ערום&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יכסה מן היפה שבכסותו; הקדיש דבר&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יקדיש מן היפה שבנכסיו&lt;/del&gt;.  &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;וכן &lt;/del&gt;הוא &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אומר &amp;quot;כל חלב לה&amp;#039;&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0303&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;htm#16|ויקרא ג:טז&lt;/del&gt;}} &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &lt;/del&gt;{{&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;hcite&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;i/8407&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;htm#15|שם ז:טו}}&lt;/del&gt;.  }}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{heb|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;אך לומר &amp;quot;אלה אלוהיך ישראל&amp;quot; לגבי גוש מתכת אילם&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;שכרגע נוצר?  כדי להבין את זאת, צריך לא להשוות &amp;quot;עובד עבודה זרה&amp;quot; ל&amp;quot;טיפש&amp;quot;.  הם ראו את משה לא כבורא עולם, אלה כמי שמרצה הכוחות העליונים ויכול למשוך השפעה טובה לעולם התחתון. &lt;/ins&gt; &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כשהוא נעלם&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;חשדו שמא איבד כוחו&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;ובקשו למצוא מישהו שיוכל להשפיע כמוהו.  כיוון שידעו שהשור הוא חזק ויציב&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;חשבו שאותו הכוח שהיה במשה&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;יימצא בצורה הזאת&lt;/ins&gt;.  &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כלומר, מה שחשוב אצלם &lt;/ins&gt;הוא &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;המושג של הכוח, ולא מי ומה יפעיל אותו&lt;/ins&gt;.}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;heb&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;כמובן, הם טעו ובטעותם גרמו לאחרים לטעות&lt;/ins&gt;. &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; וזאת הבעיה נשארת עד היום.  שחושבים שמה שחשוב אינו מה צוונו לעשות אלא המושג מאחרי המצווה&lt;/ins&gt;.  &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;האמת היא ששניהם חשובים, אבל לא תמיד יודעים מה היא הסיבה למצווה -- אבל תמיד יודעים מה הוא הציווי!  ולכן לדעתי הרבה יותר חשוב ללמוד מה המצווה מאשר לנתח מה שאחריה.&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{heb|וכך צריך כל יהודי להתייחס למצוות -- לא כעול להשליך מעליו, אלא כהזדמנות להתקרב לבוראו ולהידבק בו. וכן המילה &amp;quot;קרבן&amp;quot; מעידה שתפקידו שלקרבן הוא לקרב את המקריב לאביו שבשמים.  כשמבצע מצווה כלשהי באופן היפה ביותר, מתחבר הוא לבוראו בצורה הדוקה יותר ומעלה את עצמו.}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===English===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;===English===&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{tag|english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{tag|english}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring &lt;/del&gt;unto &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;thee pure olive oil beaten for the light&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;to cause &lt;/del&gt;a &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;lamp to burn continually&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0227.htm#20|Ex 27:20}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;…and said &lt;/ins&gt;unto &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;him: &amp;#039;Up&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;make us &lt;/ins&gt;a &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;god who shall go before us; &lt;/ins&gt;for as &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;for&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;this Moses&lt;/ins&gt;, the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;man that brought us up out of &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;land &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Egypt&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;we know not&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;What do the words &amp;quot;pure olive oil beaten &lt;/del&gt;for &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the light&amp;quot; mean?  Rambam brings &lt;/del&gt;as &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;halachah: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;There are nine kinds of (olive) oil&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;due to &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;differences in their preparation.  How so? An olive from &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;top &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the tree, which was individually picked and crushed and put in the basket -- the oil which comes from it&lt;/del&gt;, is &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;called &amp;quot;first&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#9|Laws &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Altar Prohibitions 7:9}}.  He continues there to list the nine varieties of olive oil, and sums up: &lt;/del&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Only the &amp;quot;first&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;fourth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;seventh&amp;quot; varieties are kosher for the lamp (in the Temple), as the verse says, &amp;quot;beaten for the light&amp;quot; &lt;/del&gt;{{hcite|p/pt/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0227&lt;/del&gt;.htm#&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;20&lt;/del&gt;|Ex &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;27&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;20&lt;/del&gt;}} &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;{{hcite|p/pt/pt0424.htm#2|ויקרא כד:ב}}: The only oil which is kosher for the lamp, is that which comes out of the crushed olives.  But for the meal offerings, all the varieties are kosher.  &lt;/del&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;{{hcite|i/8407.htm#13|ibid. 7:13}}.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;what &lt;/ins&gt;is &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;become &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;him &lt;/ins&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0232&lt;/ins&gt;.htm#&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;1&lt;/ins&gt;|Ex &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;32&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;1&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;…This &lt;/ins&gt;is &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;thy god&lt;/ins&gt;, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;O Israel&lt;/ins&gt;, which brought &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;thee up out &lt;/ins&gt;of the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;land &lt;/ins&gt;of &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Egypt&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0232&lt;/ins&gt;.htm#&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;4&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Ex 32&lt;/ins&gt;:&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;4&lt;/ins&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;It &lt;/del&gt;is &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;only possible to use three varieties of olive oil -- if so&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;why are all of them enumerated?  Rambam ask this question and answers as well: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;And since all of them are kosher for meal offerings&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;why are they enumerated?  In order to know that &lt;/del&gt;which &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;is the very highest quality, and the ordinary and the lesser quality: since the one who wishes to acheive merit for himself -- will subjugate his evil inclination, and open wide his hands, and bring his offering from the very best of the particular variety he is bringing.  Behold, the Torah says &amp;quot;And Abel, he also &lt;/del&gt;brought of the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;firstlings of his flock and &lt;/del&gt;of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0104.htm#4|Gen 4:4}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#14|ibid. 7:14}}&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;&amp;#039;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;And that is the rule, for every matter which is for the good God -- that it should be from the good and beautiful: if one builds a synagogue, it should be more beautiful than his house; if he fed a hungry person, he should feed him the best and sweetest from his table; if he clothed the naked, he should clothe him from the most beautiful of his clothes; if he sanctified an item (to the Temple), he should sanctify the most beautiful of his possessions.  And indeed it says, &amp;quot;all the fat is the LORD&lt;/del&gt;&amp;#039;&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;S&amp;quot; &lt;/del&gt;{{hcite|p/pt/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;pt0303&lt;/del&gt;.htm#&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;16&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Lev 3&lt;/del&gt;:&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;16}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#14|ibid. 7:15&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;And so each Jew needs to approach the commandments -- not as a burden to be thrown off, but rather as an opportunity to become close to his Creator and to cleave to Him.  Indeed the word &amp;quot;korban&amp;quot; (offering) witnesses that the purpose of the &amp;quot;korban&amp;quot; is to bring close (&amp;quot;mekarev&amp;quot;) the offerer to his Father in heaven.  When he performs any commandment in the best manner possible, he connects to his Creator in the tightest manner, and elevates himself.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5768/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Terumah&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Terumah&lt;/del&gt;||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{nav|Devar|Devar|Devar/5768/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Tetsaveh&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Tetsaveh&lt;/ins&gt;||}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{devar}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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{{heb|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;וְאַתָּה תְּצַוֶּה אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְיִקְחוּ אֵלֶיךָ שֶׁמֶן זַיִת זָךְ כָּתִית--לַמָּאוֹר: לְהַעֲלֹת נֵר, תָּמִיד&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0227.htm#20|שמות כז:כ}} }}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{heb|מה פירוש המילים &amp;quot;שמן זית זך כתית למאור&amp;quot;?  הרמב&amp;quot;ם מביא להלכה: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;תשעה מינין בשמן, מפני שינוי מעשיו.  כיצד:  זית שגירגרו בראש הזית, וביררו אחת אחת, וכתשו, ונתנו לסל--השמן שיצא ממנו, הוא הראשון&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#9|הל&amp;#039; איסורי מזבח ז:ט}} .  שם הוא ממשיך למנות את כל תשעת המינים של שמן זית.  ולבסוף הוא כותב: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;אין כשר למנורה--אלא ראשון ורביעי ושביעי בלבד, שנאמר &amp;quot;כתית--למאור&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0227.htm#20|שמות כז:כ}} {{hcite|p/pt/pt0424.htm#2|ויקרא כד:ב}} :  אין כשר למנורה, אלא היוצא מן הכתוש בלבד.  אבל למנחות, כולן כשרין&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#13|שם ז:יג}}.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{heb|אפשר להשתמש רק בשלושה מיני השמן --אם כן, למה נמנו כולם? הרמב&amp;quot;ם שואל את השאלה הזאת וגם עונה: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ומאחר שכולן כשרין למנחות, למה נמנו--כדי לידע יפה שאין למעלה ממנו, והשווה, והפחות:  שהרוצה לזכות עצמו--יכוף יצרו הרע, וירחיב ידו, ויביא קרבנו מן היפה המשובח ביותר שבאותו המין שיביא ממנו.  הרי נאמר בתורה &amp;quot;והבל הביא גם הוא מבכורות צאנו, ומחלביהן; ויישע ה&amp;#039;, אל הבל ואל מנחתו&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0104.htm#4|בראשית ד:ד}} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#14|שם ז:יד}}}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{heb|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; והוא הדין, לכל דבר שהוא לשם האל הטוב--שיהיה מן הנאה הטוב:  אם בנה בית תפילה, יהיה נאה מבית ישיבתו; האכיל רעב, יאכיל מן הטוב והמתוק שבשולחנו; כיסה ערום, יכסה מן היפה שבכסותו; הקדיש דבר, יקדיש מן היפה שבנכסיו.  וכן הוא אומר &amp;quot;כל חלב לה&amp;#039;&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0303.htm#16|ויקרא ג:טז}} &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#15|שם ז:טו}}.  }}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0227.htm#20|Ex 27:20}}&lt;br /&gt;
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What do the words &amp;quot;pure olive oil beaten for the light&amp;quot; mean?  Rambam brings as halachah: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;There are nine kinds of (olive) oil, due to the differences in their preparation.  How so? An olive from the top of the tree, which was individually picked and crushed and put in the basket -- the oil which comes from it, is called &amp;quot;first&amp;quot;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#9|Laws of Altar Prohibitions 7:9}}.  He continues there to list the nine varieties of olive oil, and sums up: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Only the &amp;quot;first&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;fourth&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;seventh&amp;quot; varieties are kosher for the lamp (in the Temple), as the verse says, &amp;quot;beaten for the light&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0227.htm#20|Ex 27:20}} {{hcite|p/pt/pt0424.htm#2|ויקרא כד:ב}}: The only oil which is kosher for the lamp, is that which comes out of the crushed olives.  But for the meal offerings, all the varieties are kosher.  &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#13|ibid. 7:13}}.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is only possible to use three varieties of olive oil -- if so, why are all of them enumerated?  Rambam ask this question and answers as well: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;And since all of them are kosher for meal offerings, why are they enumerated?  In order to know that which is the very highest quality, and the ordinary and the lesser quality: since the one who wishes to acheive merit for himself -- will subjugate his evil inclination, and open wide his hands, and bring his offering from the very best of the particular variety he is bringing.  Behold, the Torah says &amp;quot;And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0104.htm#4|Gen 4:4}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#14|ibid. 7:14}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;And that is the rule, for every matter which is for the good God -- that it should be from the good and beautiful: if one builds a synagogue, it should be more beautiful than his house; if he fed a hungry person, he should feed him the best and sweetest from his table; if he clothed the naked, he should clothe him from the most beautiful of his clothes; if he sanctified an item (to the Temple), he should sanctify the most beautiful of his possessions.  And indeed it says, &amp;quot;all the fat is the LORD&amp;#039;S&amp;quot; {{hcite|p/pt/pt0303.htm#16|Lev 3:16}}&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; {{hcite|i/8407.htm#14|ibid. 7:15}}&lt;br /&gt;
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And so each Jew needs to approach the commandments -- not as a burden to be thrown off, but rather as an opportunity to become close to his Creator and to cleave to Him.  Indeed the word &amp;quot;korban&amp;quot; (offering) witnesses that the purpose of the &amp;quot;korban&amp;quot; is to bring close (&amp;quot;mekarev&amp;quot;) the offerer to his Father in heaven.  When he performs any commandment in the best manner possible, he connects to his Creator in the tightest manner, and elevates himself.&lt;br /&gt;
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