Parashat Bemidbar/Questions

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Parashat Bemidbar – Opening Questions

  • What need was there for a census in the beginning of the second year of the nation's travels, if they had just taken one a few months beforehand? How is it that the tallies of the two censuses were identical?
  • When and why was the tribe of Levi chosen to replace the firstborns? What did they do to merit the position? What did the firstborns do to lose their status?