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closeAuthor: Rabbi Yosef Tropper
Name: Yosef Tropper
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I studied in Eretz Yisrael for over five years at Yeshivas Toras Simcha and Mir and then at Ner Yisrael in Baltimore.
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January 22, 2010 - ח' שבט ה' תש"ע
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The first Rashi in all of Chumash states that the Torah should have really began with a verse in our Parsha. “החודש הזה לכם, this month is for the Jews”. This should have been the beginning of the Torah.
The question is, what is so special about this Mitzvah that it should have came first?
I heard from my dear Rebbe, Reb Asher Zelig Rubenstien shlit”a the following idea. “HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem” signifies that the month is specifically for the Jewish people. It connotes that we are separate from the other nations. The defining factor of the Jews and the merit which helped them exit Egypt was precisely their recognition of the their separateness and specialness as Hashem’s Nation! This is the foundation of the entire Torah.
This is why the Torah should have started with this Mitzvah. The lesson of our special mission is the theme of the entire Torah!
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