The greatness of every Jew is that as individuals with unique abilities, complete the whole. Calling of each Nasi for each tribe emphasizes their importance to all of Israel, not just their tribe; yet each Nasi displays particular traits of service.
Per the Baal Shem Tov the world is created anew each moment; one needs to learn Torah each moment to be a part of each new creation. Moshe taught the sons of Aharon in a unique way that they changed, to become as if his children. This ability to change HaShem showed Moshe on Har Sinai by changing the Jewish nation to be as if born anew.
Speaking negative words does not remove G-d’s love from a Jew; as long as no action is taken, we remain in His Favor and, G-d still helps one to do Teshuvah. The camp of the Leviim should be separated from the rest of the Jews, an “anger” only occurs after an action breeching the separation; similarly, Korach & his group were not punished for their words, but for their actions of bringing Ketores.
Each Jew must function each day in three types of service: do Mitzvos, learn Torah, & through mesiras nefesh connect to G-d. See table below.
The Jews were divided into three groups:
- those counted by regular means (Yisrael);
- those counted by Divine announcement (Leviim);
- and Aharon (as Cohen Gadol) who was not counted
SEFIRAS HAOMER CLASSES OF JEWS בעבודת האדם TYPES OF COUNTING
מ"ט יום במספרע"י בני ישראל (רוב) בנ"י קיים מצות ומעשים טוביםקיום מצות (במספר)מנין בני ישראלשער נו"ן מלמעלה אבל בגדר המספרשבט לוי לשרתו ולהורותלימוד תורהHigher than limits but still within a categoryמנין מטה לוי (לבדו)שער נו"ן בדרך מתנהכהן גדול מן המקדש לא יצאדביקות בה' (מסירת נפש)את מטה לוי לא תפקודTo unite with the Torah can only be achieved by first having unity among the Jews. A neighbor’s effect can be: Only external; Also, internal to change the whole being. An indicator of who one is by their choice of neighbor. The positive influence of Moshe & Aharon were far greater than the negative influences of others.
