| 6But there were men who had become ritually defiled because of contact with a corpse; they could not offer up the Passover sacrifice on that day. So they approached Moses and Aaron on that day. |
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ווַיְהִ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָי֤וּ טְמֵאִים֙ לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֔ם וְלֹא־יָֽכְל֥וּ לַֽעֲשֽׂת־הַפֶּ֖סַח בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיִּקְרְב֞וּ לִפְנֵ֥י משֶׁ֛ה וְלִפְנֵ֥י אַֽהֲרֹ֖ן בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא: |
| לִפְנֵי משֶׁה וְלִפְנֵי אַֽהֲרֹן - Moses and Aaron - i.e., when they were both sitting in the house of study, they came and asked them. It is not possible to say that they came to one after the other, for if Moses did not know, from where would Aaron know? |
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לִפְנֵי משֶׁה וְלִפְנֵי אַֽהֲרֹן.
כְּשֶׁשְּׁנֵיהֶן יוֹשְׁבִין בְּבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ בָּאוּ וּשְׁאָלוּם, וְלֹא יִתָּכֵן לוֹמַר זֶה אַחַר זֶה, שֶׁאִם מֹשֶׁה לֹא הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ אַהֲרֹן מִנַּיִן לוֹ (ספרי; בבא בתרא קי"ט):
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| 7Those men said to him, “We are ritually defiled due to contact with a corpse. Why should we be excluded from offering up God’s sacrifice in its appointed time, along with the rest of the Israelites?” |
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זוַיֹּֽאמְר֠וּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הָהֵ֨מָּה֙ אֵלָ֔יו אֲנַ֥חְנוּ טְמֵאִ֖ים לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ אָדָ֑ם לָ֣מָּה נִגָּרַ֗ע לְבִלְתִּ֨י הַקְרִ֜יב אֶת־קָרְבַּ֤ן יְהֹוָה֙ בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| לָמָּה נִגָּרַע - Why should we be excluded. He told them: “Sacrifices may not be brought by people who are defiled.” They said to him: “Let the blood be dashed on the Altar by undefiled priests on our behalf, and the flesh be eaten by other undefiled people in our stead.” He answered them: “Wait, and I will hear…,” like a student who is assured of hearing from his teacher. Fortunate is one born of a woman who is thus assured, for whenever he wished he could speak with the Divine Presence. This passage was fitting to have been said by Moses, just like all the rest of the Torah, but these individuals merited that it be said as a result of their request, for “merit is brought about through the worthy.” |
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לָמָּה נִגָּרַע.
אָמַר לָהֶם אֵין קָדָשִׁים קְרֵבִים בְּטֻמְאָה, אָמְרוּ לוֹ יִזָּרֵק הַדָּם עָלֵינוּ בְכֹהֲנִים טְהוֹרִים וְיֵאָכֵל הַבָּשָֹר לִטְהוֹרִים, אָמַר לָהֶם "עִמְדוּ וְאֶשְׁמְעָה" — כְּתַלְמִיד הַמֻּבְטָח לִשְׁמֹעַ מִפִּי רַבּוֹ; אַשְׁרֵי יְלוּד אִשָּׁה שֶׁכָּךְ מֻבְטָח, שֶׁכָּל זְמַן שֶׁהָיָה רוֹצֶה הָיָה מְדַבֵּר עִם הַשְּׁכִינָה; וּרְאוּיָה הָיְתָה פָרָשָׁה זוֹ לֵאָמֵר עַל יְדֵי מֹשֶׁה כִּשְׁאָר כָּל הַתּוֹרָה כֻּלָּה, אֶלָּא שֶׁזָּכוּ אֵלּוּ שֶׁתֵּאָמֵר עַל יְדֵיהֶן, שֶׁמְּגַלְגְּלִין זְכוּת עַל יְדֵי זַכַּאי (שם):
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| 8Moses said to them, “Wait, and I will hear what God instructs me concerning you.” |
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חוַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֖ם משֶׁ֑ה עִמְד֣וּ וְאֶשְׁמְעָ֔ה מַה־יְּצַוֶּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה לָכֶֽם: |
