Monday, March 21, 2022

even after death

Thinking of R' CK's death when learning the parsha, I saw the Netziv notes on the pasuk  זֶ֡ה קׇרְבַּן֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן וּבָנָ֜יו אֲשֶׁר־יַקְרִ֣יבוּ לה׳ בְּיוֹם֙ הִמָּשַׁ֣ח אֹת֔וֹ (6:13)  that even though the parsha is speaking about the minchas chavitim, which was offered by the KG every day, half in the morning and half in the afternoon, it uses the plural יַקְרִ֣יבוּ.  He explains that even though the KG pays for the korban out of his own pocket and is the one who brings it as an offering, it is really on behalf of all the kohanim collectively.  Proof that this is correct: if the KG dies before the afternoon half of the offering is brought, it comes from the funds of the tzibur.

In truth, this is a machlokes Tanaim, and the is a shita which holds that if the KG dies, the afternoon portion comes from his estate, taken from the yorshim.

Shem m'Shmuel writes that this opinion also accepts the thesis that the korban is on behalf of the tzibur.  Just like when the KG was alive, he offered the minchas chavitim for the klal, so too after death, the KG is still there in the olam ha'emes working on behalf of the klal.  Therefore, the korban still comes from his pocketbook.

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