Parashas Ki Sisa · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 32:29
Sefaria — Or HaChaim on Ki Sisa 32:29
English: מלאו ידכם היום , "consecrate yourselves this day, etc." It is not clear what the word "consecrate" is supposed to mean in this context. If it referred to the matter of killing one's relatives, this had already occurred. It should have been reported prior to the Levites carrying out Moshe' orders. I believe we can explain this verse as being in its proper place. The Torah felt that inasmuch as these Levites had carried out executions with their own hands, something that certainly is not characteristic of righteous people, their image had to be restored. We have learned in Makkot 7 that any court which carries out a death sentence once in seven years (according to some even once in seventy yea
Commentary (Rishon) on a TT-silent passuk — EXTRA side-ring only.
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