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The Shelah on Parashat Pinchas

The Shelah explores spiritual dimensions of Parashat Pinchas, including the nature of prophetic consciousness and the commandments derived from this Torah portion. The sources examine both mystical teachings about divine splendor and the practical commandments related to offerings and inheritance laws.

כליל תפארת בראשו נתת בעמדו לפניך על הר סיני

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The Shelah's treatment of parshat Pinchas, as reflected in Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Pinchas, Ner Mitzvah:2, enumerates a sequence of commandments drawn from the parshah, covering the laws of inheritance (commandment 400), the daily communal sacrifices (commandment 401), the Shabbat additional sacrifice (commandment 402), the Rosh Chodesh additional sacrifice (commandment 403), and the Shavuot additional sacrifice (commandment 404).

The broader framework within which the Shelah situates Torah transmission — as Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Toldot Adam, Beit HaChochmah teaches, connecting Moshe's prophecy to the sefirah of Tiferet and the "illuminating mirror" — provides the theological backdrop against which commandments received through Moshe, such as those catalogued in parshat Pinchas, carry their deeper significance.

Source 1 · Acharonim

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Shelah HaKadosh — Torah as the Inheritance of the Community

Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Toldot Adam, Beit HaChochmah

The passage explains that Moses's prophecy stemmed from the splendor (tiferet) called the "shining mirror," evident from the prayer formula describing him standing before God at Sinai with "perfect splendor on his head"; this phrasing alludes to a teaching from the Tikunim that Jacob embodies the pillar of the middle (central column) in that place while Moses transcends to the hidden level of knowledge, which represents the completion or perfection of splendor.

ומשה קיבל תורה מסיני ומסרה (אבות א, א), נודע שנבואתו היתה מצד תפארת הנקרא אספקלריא המאירה: וזהו שתקנו בנוסח התפילה (שחרית לש"ק) כליל תפארת בראשו נתת בעמדו לפניך על הר סיני. ובמה שאמר כליל תפארת, היה לו לומר תפארת בראשו נתת, רמז נכבד על הא דאיתא בתיקונים (תקונא תליסר כט, א) והובא בפרדס בפ"א משער הראשון וזה לשונו, ויעקב ודאי הוא דיוקנא דעמודא דאמציעותא, והא משה תמן הוה. פירוש, יעקב מרכבה לתפארת במקומו, ומשה רבינו ע"ה מרכבה לנעלמו, דהיינו בסוד הדעת, וזהו כליל תפארת.

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Shelah HaKadosh — Pinchas as a Soul-Root of Elijah

Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Torah Shebikhtav, Pinchas, Ner Mitzvah:2

The passage lists five commandments that are derived from the portion of Pinchas, including laws of inheritance, daily offerings, Sabbath offerings, monthly offerings, and Shavuot offerings, and notes that additional commandments regarding holiday offerings are mentioned in this portion but were already recorded in the portion of Amore.

ת' מתרי"ג מצות דיני נחלות. ת"א מצות תמידין בכל יום. ת"ב מצות קרבן מוסף של שבת. ת"ג מצות קרבן מוסף בכל חודש וחודש. ת"ד מצות קרבן מוסף ביום חג השבועות.

Commandment 400 deals with the rules governing the laws of inheritance. Commandment 401 deals with the daily communal sacrifices to be offered in the Temple. Commandment 402 deals with the additonal communal sacrifice to be offered on each Sabbath. Commandment 403 deals with the additional communal sacrifices to be offered on the first of each month. Commandment 404 deals with the additional communal sacrifice offered on the festival of Shavuot.

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