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Yoma 24: Commotion on the Floor

jyungar May 5, 2021

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בְּרָֽגֶשׁ : an ambivalent expression to say the least!

The term is used alternatively translated as thong, multitude, bustle, restlessness, company and excitement and feeling and even “fear and dread”!

In our daf Why do they make a lottery and then return to make another lottery?

R’ Yochanan said that it was to cause a commotion in the Azarah, as the pasuk ( Ps 55:15) states: Together we take sweet counsel, In the house of Hashem we walk with excitement. (Beregesh)

This leads to the NETZIV's psychological insight into commotion as distracting the KG and its going to his head....

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This is Julian Ungar-Sargon's personal website. It contains poems, essays, and podcasts for the spiritual seeker and interdisciplinary aficionado.​