Rav Zachariash’s weekly blog on the parsha
Standing as One
...And the charge of the children of Israel. (Bamidbar 3:8) Rabbi Shamshon Refael Hirsch amplifies a concept which is very basic in our understanding of the Torah and Mitzvohs. The Kohanim and Levi’im, though given status and privileges above the rest, are in a sense no better than anyone else, for in reality their greatness [...]