tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post2861742851243887831..comments2024-03-25T09:43:27.402-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: kein ba'kodesh chazisichaChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-25234491710718492042020-05-22T08:42:50.680-04:002020-05-22T08:42:50.680-04:00"David haMelech", who had passed the Tor..."David haMelech", who had passed the Torah to Achiah ha'Levi of Shiloh*, was when old, cold (Melachim I, 1:1), of diminished "vigor and vitality", for he'd held Levi'im to be "[a]nyone" when instead he should have counted on their "human fence". he'd ordered Yoav to number them with the whole of Yisrael (Divrei ha'Yamim I, 21:6), though their context was then that of the mishkan/Mikdash (21:15 > ...22:19** > ...), mekomos Torah they would keep "vibrant" by singing (23:5) from songs of David.<br /><br />the communal plague was for the overall census, David's chills for his intending to include then the priestly assistants. to the extent that he taught Levi'im (and others), he was "rejuvenated"; when the king forgot their additional, exclusive service, to number them with soldiers, he was in some measure devitalized, just another "old man" with 18 wives***...<br /><br /><br />*Mishneh Torah, opening words<br /><br />**Levi'im as exclusive carriers of kei'lim (until 23:26)<br /><br />***and Batsheva among them, swinging from the "chandiliers"alonzo maccabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177738305527364094noreply@blogger.com