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Standing before their entire community, the priests, enshrouded in their <\/span>tallitot<\/span><\/em>, assume the responsibility to be a channel for God\u2019s blessings. \u201cIf it be Your will,\u201d they ask God, \u201cmay we bless Your people with love.\u201d Turning from the Ark to the people, the kohanim begin chanting the priestly blessings, word by word after the <\/span>chazzan<\/span><\/em>. With this blessing, the kohanim reflect God\u2019s love upon the people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Everyone\u2019s face may be covered and their eyes sealed tight, yet it is at this moment when God \u201clights up His face.\u201d A face made not of bones, muscles and skin, but of grace, peace and love.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As the kohanim face the people, they manifest God\u2019s blessing. To bless an object or an action indeed means to sanctify and elevate, but to bless another human being means to approach another with love. In Martin Buber\u2019s terminology, a blessing is thus an epitomization of an \u201cI-Thou\u201d encounter. When I bless a friend, I face them and they face me. Facing each other, the world around us disappears and the present moment stands absolutely still. Here we are, face-to-face, an image of God standing before an image of God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The priestly blessing is a reminder to face the other as a friend. 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When God instructs Aaron and his sons to give the priestly blessings to the nation, God prescribes the exact words to be used, the very same words used today for the blessings given in congregations the world over. There are three blessings, but in fact, each of the three is a two-fold blessing.<\/span> Michal Horowitz<\/span><\/a> breaks down these double blessings nicely, in a blog post that references several other commentaries.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The first blessing, \u201cMay God bless you and protect you,\u201d is generally accepted to be a blessing of material good fortune. But what are we being protected from? According to Rashi,\u00a0 while we want God\u2019s blessing of material wealth, we also need help in how we use those blessings. So, part two of the blessing is that God protect us from the corruption of material wealth and help us to use it in the service of God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The second two-fold blessing, \u201cMay God cause His countenance to shine on you and favor you,\u201d addresses our Torah knowledge and spirituality. Rav Mordechai Willig suggests that this refers to the blessing of God giving us the light of Torah. However, just like material wealth can be used in a corrupt manner, increased knowledge comes with the risk of arrogance. So that blessing is paired with the blessing that God favor us to use our Torah knowledge responsibly and for good.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Finally, the third blessing, \u201c<\/span>May God raise His countenance toward you and grant you peace.\u201d <\/span>This is a blessing\u00a0 to find a balance between the material and spiritual (the first two blessings). That synthesis, says Rabbi Shalom Rosner, quoted there, is difficult to achieve, so the counterpart to the blessing is that we also be blessed with the peace and tranquility required to find the right balance. Perhaps, only in finding that material\/spiritual balance do we find inner peace and tranquility.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The blessing that the <\/span>kohanim<\/em> <\/span>say before bestowing their blessing on the Jewish people is unique. <\/span>Most blessings we say are simple acknowledgments of the commandment we are given, as in \u201cBlessed are You, Lord\u2026 Who commanded us to (light Shabbat candles\/wash our hands\/shake a Lulav, etc.)\u201d This blessing, however, speaks to how the commandment should be performed \u2013 namely: \u201c\u2026.Who <\/span>commanded us to bless Your people Israel <\/span>with love<\/span>.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n

The power of the priestly blessings comes from love that flows two ways. Firstly, <\/span>kohanim<\/em> <\/span>can only proceed with the priestly blessing upon an invitation from the congregation to do so \u2013 an invitation that persists today through a call to the <\/span>kohanim <\/span><\/i>by a congregational representative. We want to\u00a0 be blessed because of our love for Torah, and our desire to use these blessings to their most genuine potential. 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Chapter 6 discusses the removed lifestyle of the nazirite. The word <\/span>nazir<\/em> <\/span>means to remove oneself (Rashi). There are two types of nazirites.\u00a0 The first is a temporary one where someone can set a length of time for their term as a nazirite. The second is without a time limit, an eternal nazirite. Samson was the prime example of an eternal nazirite. That type of nazirite cannot get out of the vow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This chapter deals with the process for a temporary nazirite. As part of the process, the nazirite must bring a sin offering. Why do they bring a sin offering? The answer depends on how one looks at the nazirite commitment. If the nazirite is looked at as the ultimate expression and connection to God, then the sin offering is brought because the individual could not stay a nazirite for long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But the nazirite may not be a positive thing. God may not like the concept of a nazirite because God wants the people to be fully engaged in life, not removed from it. However, just like Temple sacrifices are linked to a contemporary need for animal sacrifice, God also wanted to give expression to those who wanted to take on a removed lifestyle. Because this is not ideal, the person must bring a sin offering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At the same time, the nazirite brings a well-being offering of thanksgiving. In both cases the nazirite brings this offering as thanks to God for giving them the opportunity to live a removed life. If the nazirite is the ideal situation, the nazirite is thanking God for the opportunity to have experienced such an ideal. If it is frowned upon, then the nazirite is thanking God for the opportunity to express themselves in a way that may not be the way God wants, but is the religious expression that the individual wants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Illustration for Numbers chapter 6:<\/p>\r\n

The priestly benediction is made up of three verses, with the name of God included in each verse: \u201cThe Lord bless you and protect you. The Lord deal kindly and graciously with you. The Lord bestow His favor upon you and grant you peace\u201d (Num. 6: 24\u201326). During Temple times, the priests recited the blessing daily, and after the Temple was destroyed the practice was carried over to the synagogue. Today in Israel the kohanim<\/em> in the congregation recite weekly on Shabbat and on holidays, whereas elsewhere it is recited only on holidays.<\/p>\r\n

Why is the priestly blessing called nesiat kapai\u2019im<\/em> \u201cthe raising of the hands\u201d when the text does not refer to hands at all? How did raising the hands become part of the performance of this blessing and its common name?<\/p>\r\n

The painting here, which portrays two separate but combined scenes, suggests some answers. Against a background of brown hills, which allude perhaps to the wilderness, we see a line of priests, with Aaron, the High Priest, at the far end. On the right we again see Aaron, this time without his miter, facing Moses, who is raising his hands over his brother\u2019s head: \u201cThe Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to Aaron and his sons: Thus shall you bless the people of Israel\u2026\u201d (Num. 6: 22\u201323). With a skillful interplay of two scenes, rather than reflecting the text itself, the artist seems to be accounting for the name and the performance of the blessing.<\/p>\r\n

During the war with Amalek, where Moses climbed to the top of a hill to help Joshua and the Israelites to repel the attack. He raised his hands and we are told: \u201cThen whenever Moses held up his hand Israel prevailed.\u2026\" Thus Moses summoned God\u2019s help by raising his arms.<\/p>\r\n

Further on in Leviticus we read: \u201cAaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them\u201d (Lev. 9:22). In both episodes, raising the hands was associated with consigning the Lord\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\r\n

In a second scene in the painting, Aaron \u2013 \"a lover of peace, a pursuer of peace, one who loves people and draws them close to Torah\u201d (Pirkai Avot<\/em> 1:12), is standing with his sons, in a representation of all of the priests. They are all witnessing a paradigm of an act that they will be called upon to emulate when they begin their duties in the newly built Tabernacle. The priestly blessing \u2013 \u201cthe blessing of the raising of the hands\u201d \u2013 thus became a powerful symbol for calling upon God\u2019s love for the people of Israel, first when Moses raised his arms during battle and again when Aaron raised his arms to bless the people: \u201cThus they shall link My name with the people of Israel and I will bless them\u201d (Num. 6: 27).<\/p>\r\n

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Artwork by: Avner Moriah, by courtesy of the artist<\/p>\r\n

Text by: Dr. Shulamit Laderman, who holds a\u00a0<\/span>PhD in Art History and has published extensively on Jewish and Christian influences on biblical interpretive illustration.<\/p>\r\n

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\u201cAny kohen (priest) who does not love the nation, or the nation does not love him, cannot raise his hands to bless the nation.\u201d According to the great mystical work known as the Zohar, the requirements on this one aspect of Temple service differ from all other forms of Temple service. No community buy-in is required for a <\/span>kohen<\/em> <\/span>to offer sacrifices or to prepare Temple vessels. There is no popularity contest to determine one\u2019s fitness for the priesthood in general. And yet when it comes to the Torah\u2019s command to offer blessings, it is only those <\/span>kohanim<\/em> <\/span>who are in relationship with the community who may perform this <\/span>mitzvah<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The <\/span>mitzvah <\/span><\/i>of reciting the priestly blessing immediately follows the Torah\u2019s description of the <\/span>nazir<\/span><\/em>, <\/span><\/i>a person who chooses to place limitations upon himself to get closer to God. <\/span>Nazirut<\/em> <\/span>represents an ascetic view of religious leadership, a belief that the effective leader is he who differentiates himself from the community. The <\/span>nazirite\u00a0<\/span>accepts restrictions intended to alienate him from everyone he loves. This, he might believe, is what it means to be a servant of God<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Torah thus immediately follows its elaboration on <\/span>nazirut <\/span><\/i>with a description of <\/span>the priestly blessing<\/span>. While separation and distinction might be one path to spiritual connection, it is not a viable option for the <\/span>kohen<\/span><\/em>. <\/span><\/i>The <\/span>kohen<\/em> <\/span>is commanded to remember that he is a mere representative of his nation. A <\/span>kohen<\/em> <\/span>who has detached himself from the nation he serves, and who therefore is ineligible to offer this blessing, is said to have violated three commandments. Unlike the <\/span>nazirite<\/span>, <\/span><\/i>who sees religiosity in alienation and loneliness, the <\/span>kohen <\/span><\/i>is commanded to see religiosity in connection. This is the Torah\u2019s model of true religious service.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Can our community tolerate fringes? How do we relate to those who live at the margins of society? The answer we seem to get from chapter 5 is harsh: you expel them. There's no room in the camp for the leper, or for the defiled. Not in our back yard.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But chapter 6 begins to paint a more nuanced picture. The nazirite, too, is a fringe character, a person who has decided that he can't partake of the pleasures of this world like everyone around him does. He (or she) acts differently, and looks different. There's something about this separatism that the Torah does not completely endorse. The nazirite brings a sin offering, not only in the case that he prematurely defiles his holy state, but also whenever he finishes his period of being a <\/span>nazir<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But if the Torah doesn't wholeheartedly endorse it, why allow it all? Apparently, there is a recognition that for some people, in some circumstances, it's necessary to spend some time on the fringes, to be a little different, and the Torah makes space for this.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But it doesn't stop there. There's an interesting commonality between the nazirite, on the fringe, and the categories mentioned in last chapter who are beyond the fringe. In all these cases, there is an intensive involvement on the part of the priest\u00a0<\/span>in order to bring them back to the norm.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The fringes will always exist, in every society, and so will those people who cross the line, who contaminate society, and who need a time-out. All that is inevitable, and in some cases, even necessary and desirable, although not ideal. So, the question is not how to prevent people from reaching the margins, or crossing the lines. The really important question is what pathways exist for them to return home at the right times. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

We might bemoan the proliferation of those who 'go off the derech<\/em> (path)\". But what ways are offered them to return? Our chapter suggests that this is precisely the job of the most elite of spiritual figures, the priest\u00a0<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The chapter mysteriously ends with the priestly blessing, and now we can understand why. 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We may take it for granted that in several segments of the Jewish world today, anyone who wants to can become a Jew, and anyone who wants to \u2013 Jewish by birth or by choice \u2013 can choose to life a life devoted to Torah and mitzvot, either by being a passionate and engaged Jew, or by being one who also pursues ordination as a rabbi or cantor. The doors are open for those who would seek to enter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But that was not the case during the First and Second Temple periods. During that time, if you were male, and your father was a kohen<\/em> (a member of the Priestly caste), then you would live a life of consecrated holiness as a matter of course. You would offer the sacrifices, attend to the Temple ritual and its implements, and answer questions of Jewish practice when they were posed to you. If you were a woman, then the closest you might get to such a life was by marrying a Kohen, which would give you access to eating holy offerings and to participating, if in an adjacent way, through the work of your husband.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

But what of those from the most common caste, those whose fathers were yisrael<\/em>? Other than bringing offerings when required (or desired), there really wasn\u2019t much possibility of living a sanctified life as a full-time pursuit. For those whose souls hungered to cleave to God, there wasn\u2019t much offered to satisfy those holy urges.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Except for the chance to become a nazirite. Lay Israelites thirsting for immersive holiness could take a vow to become a nazirite (women too!). Once they took that vow, they were required to abstain from wine, beer and other fermented drinks (and grape products), to abstain from cutting their hair and from coming into contact with a corpse. These prohibitions parallel the restrictions on the priesthood, offering the Israelite seeking a deeper connection to the holy to have such access.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Even in the ancient patriarchy of the Bible, even when holiness was a status inherited from one\u2019s father by blood, even then the Torah provides a path of entry for the common folk.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The message is clear, and rabbinic Judaism expanded that small beginning into a way of life: holiness belongs to the entire people. Anyone who wishes to live a life of mitzvot and of holiness is offered a path, encouraged to hold fast, and to make of themselves a beacon of Torah.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

What are you waiting for?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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If the religious voice has one thing to say above all others it is that each of us counts. I am notoriously bad at names. I see familiar people and forget what they are called. So one line in the Book of Psalms always inspires in me a certain awe. It says of God that \u2018he counts the number of the stars and calls them each by name\u2019 (Ps. 147: 4). To call someone or something by a name is to endow it with significance for what it uniquely is. God knows who we are. The god of the Greek philosophers knew things in general, but not in particular: classes but not individuals, types but not persons. The dazzling assertion at the heart of the Hebrew Bible is that God \u2018turns his face toward us\u2019 (Num. 6: 26), knowing, loving and challenging each of us in our singularity. None of us is replaceable, substitutable, dispensable. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are deeds we can do that can be done by no one else. That vision is not unique to Judaism \u2013 and even if it were, I hope it can be shared by everyone, for no more powerful assertion has ever been made of the dignity of the individual and the potential majesty of a human life. There are some six billion people alive on earth as I write, but no power on earth can rob each one of us of our categorical value in the eyes of God.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Our chapter concludes with the oft-repeated Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:22-27), which itself concludes with the Blessing of Peace \u201cThe Lord bestow His favor upon you and grant you peace!\u201d (verse 26). <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The Midrash (Numbers Rabbah 11:7) elaborates on this verse with an extensive discussion of Peace: <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026 Grant you peace\u201d -- peace when you come in, peace when you go out, peace with all men. This refers to the peace of the Torah, as it says, \u201cThe Lord will give strength (i.e. Torah) unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace\u201d (Psalms 29:11)\u2026
\r\nGreat is peace, for the divine name is blotted out in water for the sake of bringing about peace between a man and his wife (in the Sotah ritual, see Numbers 5:23).
\r\nGreat is peace, for the conclusion of the whole Amidah Prayer is peace, and the conclusion of the priestly blessing is peace. For blessings are effective when they conclude with a prayer for peace.
\r\nGreat is peace, for it was given to the meek, as it says, \u201cThe humble shall inherit the land and delight themselves in the abundance of peace\u201d (Psalms 37:11).
\r\nGreat is peace, for it outweighs all else, as we say in the Morning Prayer, \u201cHe [God] makes peace and creates all\u201d\u2026
\r\nGreat is peace, for even the dying need the promise of peace, as God said to Abram, \u201cYou shall go to your fathers in peace\u201d (Genesis 15:15), and as God promised Zedekiah, King of Judah: \u201cYou shall die in peace\u201d (Jeremiah 34:5).
\r\nGreat is peace, for it was given to those who are repentant, as it says, \u201cPeace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, says the Lord\u201d (Isaiah 57:19) \u2026
\r\nGreat is peace, for it was given to those who love the Torah, as it says, \u201cGreat peace have they that love Your Torah\u201d (Psalms 119:165).
\r\nGreat is peace, for it was given to those who study the Torah, as it says, \u201cAnd all Your children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of Your children\u201d (Isaiah 54:13) \u2026
\r\nGreat is peace, for God is called Peace, as it says: \u201cThe Lord is peace\u201d (Judges 6:24). Indeed, the Torah itself is compared to peace, as it says, \u201cAll her paths are peace\u201d (Proverbs 3:17).
\r\nAnd the Holy One, blessed be He, comforts Jerusalem with the promise of peace, as it says: \u201cAnd My people shall abide in a habitation of peace\u201d (Isaiah 32: 18). And so, Israel are continually blessed with peace, as it says, \u201cThe Lord bestow His favor upon you and grant you peace!\u201d (Numbers 6:26).<\/p>\r\n

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The Sotah, of the previous chapter, got a bad rap, leaving much to be discussed. One of the disturbing aspects of the ordeal is, of course, the \u201casymmetry\u201d: She\u2019s going through \u201cit\u201d, and what about the men involved?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It\u2019s no news that from the get go, women and me are not the same in the Torah (and in life?), but in this case particularly, the sages too, were bothered by what\u2019s going on. Therefore, regarding the husband, Rambam points out (Hilchot Sotah 82:8 based on Numbers 5:31):<\/span><\/p>\r\n

And all these things (that the water check the wife) \u2013 only work if the husband never sinned\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

And regarding her paramour, the Mishna (Tractate Sotah 27:b) teaches:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Just as the water checks her fidelity, so too, the water checks his, i.e., her alleged paramour\u2019s, involvement in the sin\u2026. (so that whatever happens to her, happens to him).<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n

The Sotah ordeal was abolished with the destruction of the Temple, some say due to the fact that there were too many adulterers. Husbands were then advised \u201csimply\u201d not to be jealous, as opposed to, for example, advising wives to \u201cbehave better\u201d. It did stay in the Torah, even though the procedure includes erasing God\u2019s name, as if, even God can give up a little bit of \u201cHis kavod<\/em>\u201d (honor) in order to bring about peace, and if this opportunity comes our way, maybe we can consider that when at an impasse.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shortly after the Sotah, in this chapter, we find the beautiful priestly blessing, \u201c<\/span>birkat hakohanim<\/span><\/em>\u201d, which many of us recite weekly when blessing our children. After God\u2019s name was erased, the priests are asked to bring God\u2019s name and presence anew on the people, to convey protection, light and peace, and do so \u2013 with love. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

It\u2019s so good to know that at the end of the day, love is always an option.<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":{"id":102942,"alt":"","title":"-622df480befa2--622df480befa3gen27-esau father son 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\"And they [the <\/span>kohanim<\/span><\/i>] shall place My name on the Children of Israel, and I will bless them\" (Numbers 6:2).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Each dawn, the soul begins to bless Your name,
\r\n<\/span>And when it sights this lantern, sings Your praise;
\r\n<\/span>Though fog and rain at times obscure its gaze,
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\r\n<\/span>Each dusk, the soul continues, just the same,
\r\n<\/span>For in the dark, the soul discovers rays
\r\n<\/span>Of steady light Your name emits, whose blaze
\r\n<\/span>Dispels the shadows cast by guilt and shame.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The soul, like child to mother, husband to wife,
\r\n<\/span>Is drawn to Your name\u2019s warmth, black fire on white,
\r\n<\/span>No human voice is able to express;
\r\n<\/span>It is Your name that radiates our life;
\r\n<\/span>It is Your name that brightly glows at night;
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\u201cIs it a sin to enjoy cheesecake? Asceticism in Judaism\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Noam Stadlan: What is Judaism\u2019s attitude towards worldly pleasures? <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cMixed Blessings: Comparing The High Priestly Blessing and Isaac's Blessing\u201d<\/span><\/a> by Stephen Slater: Insights from comparing two Biblical instances of blessing. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. Man or woman<\/em>. According to verse 2, a woman was also allowed to make a vow and become a nazirite. That isn\u2019t at all obvious in a patriarchal world.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. From the biblical winery.<\/em> The prohibitions relating to the nazirite reveal the biblical world of winemaking: \u201che shall abstain from wine and any other intoxicant; he shall not drink vinegar of wine or of any other intoxicant, neither shall he drink anything in which grapes have been steeped, nor eat grapes fresh or dried. Throughout his term as nazirite, he may not eat anything that is obtained from the grapevine, even seeds or skin\u201d (verses 3-4).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Why hair?<\/em> What is the unique aspect of <\/span>nezirut<\/span><\/em> that connected to a haircut? Good question. What is clear is that the unshaven hair of the nazirite has great significance, and it characterizes those who are in the category of nazirites from birth (who didn\u2019t choose it, and for whom it is not time-bound) - that is, Samuel and Samson.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
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