tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post115279314279941081..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: parshat Pinchas - Brit Kehunat Olam. What Exactly Did Pinchas Get? Also, how could Pinchas Kill Zimri?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1152853634643697242006-07-14T01:07:00.000-04:002006-07-14T01:07:00.000-04:00It's a good question. I'll see if Ibn Ezra or a su...It's a good question. I'll see if Ibn Ezra or a supercommentary resolves this.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, the Samaritans claim that Eli actually grabbed the High Piesthood for himself at this point, because the next in line of Pinchas-descended priests, Uzi ben Baki, was too young at the time. And that this was the cause of the split-off of the Samaritans, with Uzi being kohen gadol on Har Grizim. (Uzi ben Baki is mentioned in Divrei HaYamim 1 5:31 and in Ezra 7:4.)<BR/><BR/>perhaps there is reason for exception to the rule, or perhaps one can find exception to the reasoning that claims that Eli was a descendant of Itamar. That reasoning is connection of several pesukim, which seems pretty solid:<BR/><BR/>http://daat.ac.il/encyclopedia/value.asp?id1=1648<BR/><BR/>התייחס לבני איתמר בן אהרן הכהן: אחיטוב אחי אי כבוד בן פנחס בן עלי (ש"א י"ד ג), ואביתר היה בן אחימלך בן אחיטוב (שם כ"ב כ'); אחימלך היה מבני איתמר (דהי"א כ"ד ג)joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958375916391742462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1152849006326487562006-07-13T23:50:00.000-04:002006-07-13T23:50:00.000-04:00"Now, we shall not be like certain ursine bloggers...<I>"Now, we shall not be like certain ursine bloggers who throw a hissy-fit every time they discover..."</I><BR/><BR/>Nice. I believe I was the first to use that expression to refer to that oisvorf in that way.<BR/><BR/>I was also wondering how one resolves the 'Elli is from Itamar' issue. <BR/><BR/>Also worth noting is that the Rambam in hilchos Talmud Torah uses the possuk from Parshas Pinchas, about Pinchas, as his scriptural source for Kesser Kehunah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1152806094886527482006-07-13T11:54:00.000-04:002006-07-13T11:54:00.000-04:00According to the interpretation of the Ibn Ezra, e...According to the interpretation of the Ibn Ezra, et.al., how did Eili, a descendant of Itamar, become kohein gadol? Even if he was gadol b'doro, this shouldn't be a reason to suspend the covenant promised to Pinchas.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14414532577328945154noreply@blogger.com