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And you shall be clear before Hashem and before Yisrael.” (32:22)

In this pasuk Moshe is addressing the two and a half shevatim. He is informing them that after they have completed their part in conquering Eretz Yisrael, they will be considered “nekiim,” clear. This means that they will have fulfilled their obligation to Hashem and to Klal Yisrael. In the Yerushalmi, Shekalim 3:2, Chazal delineate the parameters of this obligation. One must be careful to deal with his fellow man with the same integrity that he deals with Hashem.  Just as we must be sure to ferret out any vestige of inappropriateness in our behavior towards Hashem, so, too, must…

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“Bnei Reuven and the Bnei Gad had abundant livestock … The Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven came and said to Moshe … Ataros and Divon … the land that Hashem smote … it is a land for livestock and your servants have livestock … And they said, ‘If we have found favor in your eyes …’ and Moshe said to the Bnei Gad and the Bnei Reuven.” (32:1-6)

A number of issues can be raised regarding the text of the pesukim which describes the dialogue between Bnei Gad, Bnei Reuven and Moshe Rabbeinu. First, why is Reuven’s name mentioned prior to Gad’s in the opening statement of this parsha, although throughout the remaining pesukim Gad’s name precedes Reuven’s ? Second, the word, urnthu, “and they said,” is repeated in their dialogue. Why is there such an apparent redundancy ? Horav Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, z.l., cites Horav Sapir who asserts that Bnei Gad and Bnei Reuven were motivated by two disparate objectives, even though they were making the same…

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