tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post1913818339903236431..comments2022-11-13T03:56:54.744-05:00Comments on Daily Torah Thought: One nation, One bodyThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post-90269722077596659942014-11-11T05:34:03.389-05:002014-11-11T05:34:03.389-05:00The Or haChaim gives a similar explanation for why...The Or haChaim gives a similar explanation for why Moshe Rabbeinu lost hist special "Face" to face prophecy after the Golden Calf.<br /><br />He bases it on the textual variant "כל ישראל ערבים זה בזה" (All of Israel is intermixed, one in the other) found today in the Ein Yaaqov and in Yemenite editions.<br /><br />Rather than what the Vilna ed. (Shavuos 39a) reads "... לזה" (All of Israel are guarantors one for anther). Rashi has both "לזה" (Vayiqra 26:37) and a third possibility -- "מזה" (Siddur, 381).<br /><br />But in any case, the " בזה" variant, as understood by the Or haChaim, states that Jewish souls all overlap, so that when the masses sin, Moshe is diminished. It would work for Achan's effect on the nation too.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com