Can we do תפילות prayers for:
Rabbi Yitz Etshalom and Torah.org?
So that through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?
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| Parashat Yitro
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WHO IS MALAKHI'S AUDIENCE?
With this "methodological interlude" to help us, we can now address a fundamental problem in understanding the selected text from Malakhi, quoted in section II. It seems that the second half of the disputation (beginning with "And now, O you Kohanim..." [2:1]), is directed exclusively to the Kohanim (although there seems to be an overlap of the Kohanim and the Levi'im here) who are supposed to be the guardians and promoters of the sanctity of the Mikdash and of the altar. Nevertheless, the first half of this disputation is almost assuredly targeted at the "Yisra'elim" (i.e. non-Levi'im), who are the ones bringing the degrading offerings mentioned in 1:7-8, 13-14. | | |