Teachings of Pinhas

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 773:13

R' Shim'on ben Lakish said, "Pinhas is Eliahu. The Holy One, Blessed be He, said to him, 'You have made peace between Israel and Me in this world. Even in the next world, you are the one who will make peace between My children and Me, as it is said (Mal. 3:23-24), "Lo, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before the coming of the day of the Lord... He shall reconcile parents with children.""" "From the families of Menashe son of Yosef" (Numbers 27:1) - just as Yosef loved the land, so too those who came from his loins loved the land. "The names of the daughters were Mahlah etc" (Numbers 27:1) - you could imagine (but you'd be wrong) that the one mentioned first was greater in deeds as well, so the text says "they were Mahlah, Tirtzah etc" (Numbers 36:11 presenting different order of names) to teach that they were all equally good. "They stood in front of Moshe" (Numbers 27:2) the text is teaching that they did not stand until they 40th year, the year in which Aharon died, as it says "and Aharon the priest went up etc" (Numbers 33:38).

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