Parashas Naso: Nine Explanations for a Twelvefold Repetition

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!This morning (6/10/22), in our "Machshavah Lab" series for women, we took up one of my "pet sugya" questions which rolls around once a year: Why does the Torah "waste" so much space writing about the twelve identical offerings brought by the princes of the twelve tribes? I would have loved to find twelve answers to this question, but this year, I was only able to find a total of nine. ----------מקורות:במדבר ז:א-ב,י-כגאברבנאל – במדבר פרק זRobert Alter, The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary (2004), pp. 716-717בכור שור – במדבר ז:יארמב"ן – במדבר ז:יארש"י – בראשית לה:כברש"י – שמות ו:כורמב"ם – משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות מעילה ח:חרמב"ם – משנה תורה: ספר קרבנות, הלכות תמורה ד:יגספורנו – במדבר ז:ב,יג-יזמדרש רבה בראשית ס:חהואיל משה – במדבר ז:יגרלב"ג – שמות מ:לד-לח (סוף פרשת פקודי)מדרש רבה במדבר ז:יגויקרא – י:א-ג (פרשת שמיני)------------------This week's Torah content has been sponsored by Ann, in loving memory of Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l.----------If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.----------If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.----------Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweissBlog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.comGuide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.htmlAmazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel