Aliya Summary: Moshe describes the fright which gripped the nation
following the revelation on Sinai. The leaders of the tribes approached
Moshe and pleaded that he be the intermediary to transmit G-d's words
to them, and G‑d agreed.
Twice in this Aliya it
mentions the Mitzvah (singular commandment), statutes and ordinances
(plural) that Moshe will convey to the people, rather than them hearing
it from G-d Himself (Passuk 5:28 and 6:1). The discrepancy between
singular and plural references can be explained by Passuk 5:25, which
also contains anomalies. Verse 25 says that G-d heard the sound of the
words of the people when they asked Moshe to act as intermediary
between them and G-d, and G-d was pleased. Why the strange phrasing of
"sound of the words"? Why the discrepancy in noun grammar?
I
believe one way to understand this is that G-d heard in the Jews'
voice that they really wanted to hear the Torah and all its
commandments, but truly felt they couldn't hear it directly from G-d.
Rather than give up, the found a solution by having Moshe as the
conduit. This now creates an extra layer of education and instruction
that needs to exist in order to learn the many ordinances and statutes
of the Torah. This new layer is the one Mitzvah added: the commandment
to learn and teach, which incidentally is what Lelamed.com is based on,
and what our lives should be filled with.
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