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walking, leaning on his walking stick, the shaft of the spear. And once he reached the tribe of Shimon he said: Where did we find that the tribe of Levi is greater than that of Shimon? If all the members of your tribe submit to the temptation of the women of Moab, I may do so as well. After hearin
R' Yoḥanan says: 6 miracles were performed for Pinehas when he killed Zimri. One is that Zimri should have separated himself from Cozbi, and he did not separate himself. Had he done so, it would have been prohibited for Pinehas to kill him. And one is that Zimri should have spoken and alerted the m
Pinehas came and slammed them on the ground before God and said before Him: God! will 24,000 of the children of Israel fall due to these sinners? As it is stated: “And those that died in the plague were 24,000” (Numbers 25:9). And that is the meaning of that which is written: “And Pinehas stood and
R' Elazar says: It is not stated in the verse: And prayed [vayitpallel]; rather, it is stated vayefalel. This teaches that Pinehas, as it were, wrought judgment [pelilut] with his Creator. The ministering angels sought to push him away because he spoke harshly to God. God said to them: Leave him
The tribes began to demean Pinehas: Did you see this son of Puti, so-called because his mother was one of the daughters of Putiel (see Exodus 6:25), and they interpreted homiletically: As Yitro, the father of his mother, according to one rabbinic tradition, fattened [shepittem] calves for idol wor