“ויאמר ד' אל משה פקד כל בכור זכר לבני ישראל מבן חדש ומעלה, ושא את מספר שמותם” “Hashem said to Moshe: Count every firstborn male of B’nei Yisroel from one month of age and up, and take the count of their names.” Why does the posuk need to repeat, “And take the count of their names,” when “count” is already said in the beginning of the posuk?
”וזאת עשו להם וחיו ולא ימתו בגשתם את קדש הקדשים אהרן ובניו יבאו ושמו אותם איש איש על עבודתו ואל משאו“ “Thus shall you do for them so that they shall live and not die; when they approach the Kodesh Kodoshim, Aharon and his sons shall come and assign them, every man to his work and to his burden.” Why does the Torah need to repeat here that they should not approach the Kodesh Kodoshim, when it was already stated previously in posuk 15?
There are those mitzvos that are considered important, and all are happy to perform those Mitzvos, while there are other mitzvos that are perceived to be a lower form, and an embarrassment to perform them. One must know that all mitzvos are commands from Hakodosh Boruch Hu, and one should never say that any mitzvah is below his dignity. The great Moshe Rabbeinu, erected the Mishkan, and entered the Kodesh Kodoshim, and he himself was also the one who served Aharon and his sons, and bathed them and dressed them when they became the Kohanim – nothing was beneath him.
Thus, although Kehas was not allowed to be there when Aharon and his sons were covering the Keilim, the family of Kehas was not to feel that they were doing something inferior, rather, “איש איש על עבדתו” – each person must be content with the job that he was to do for Hashem, for everyone who does the mitzvos, no matter which one it is, there is no embarrassment in it, for one is performing the command of the King, and there is only honor in that. (קול רם)
The name of a person is so important, for the name represents the shoresh of a person’s neshama. Each person has a different neshama, and a different objective. The Lashon of “ושא” means to raise – to elevate. Each person is supposed to take his name and elevate it. The Torah repeats that there should be a count of their names – to tell us that we must know that each individual has “his name”.
There is a job for him to do in this world, and if he fulfills his job, he is doing ratzon Hashem. One is not to look at his job, and decide that perhaps he does not see his job as an important one, and he wants to do another job. Each and every individual’s job is customized by the Ribbono Shel Olam just for him. One should never think anything in avodas Hashem is beneath him, for everything in avodas Hashem has great significance.
Each person must seek to be the best he can be. As we prepare for the Yom Tov of Shavuos – for kabbolas HaTorah, we must strengthen ourselves in Limud HaTorah. One should not think that he is unable to reach great heights in Torah, and thus there is no point for him. For every person, on his own level, that is what Hakodosh Boruch Hu is seeking. May we be zoche to have a proper kabbolas HaTorah.
