Hi,
A lot to think about here -
"Rabbi Meir said: When
Israel stood at the sea, the tribes were contesting with each other, this one
saying, 'I will descend to the sea first,' and this one saying,
'I will descend to the sea first.' The tribe of Binyamin jumped up
and descended to the sea first, as it is written… And the leaders of Yehudah
stoned them, as it is written… Therefore, righteous Binyamin merited to be made
a host for the Mighty [the Beit haMikdash], as it is written…
"Rabbi Yehudah said to
him: It was not so, but this one said, 'I will not descend to the sea
first,' and this one said, 'I will not descend to the sea
first.' Nachshon ben Aminadav jumped up and descended to the sea first, as
it is written… Therefore Yehudah merited to reign over Israel, as it is written…
"
(Talmud, Sotah 36b-37a)
חג כשר ושמח,
Mordechai
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