Aliya Summary: The Israelites are counted, and the totals are given
for each of the twelve tribes. The grand total of all the tribes
combined is 601,730. The tribe of Levi is not included in this census.
The
very first Passuk (verse) says it all about this Aliya. The firstborn
for Reuven was Chanoch, from the Chanochi family. The statement seems
redundant, but it's really not. Rashi explains that outsiders questioned
the Jews' ability to trace their ancestors, claiming that when they
were in Egypt no one really knew who the children's fathers were because
of immorality that must have occurred (between the Egyptian men and the
Jewish women). G-d response to that was to add his name to every
family, adding a "hey" to the beginning and a "yud" to the end, so
Chanoch became "Hachanochi", demonstrating that G-d protected the Jews,
and specifically the women in Egypt.
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