Counting causing Magefa
The Pasuk states "Zeh Yitnu... Veloh Yeheyeh bahem negef Bi'kod osam". For those of us who have a hard time relating to the concept of ayin harah in the torah shebichsav we have to have a pshat. I was bothered by this for a long time, we obviousely find it by king David where his counting caused a negef. We see that by Shaul he had to be poked b'telaim (vayifkidem bitlaim). The gemara in the beginning of Maseches yoma seems to take it for granted.
I wanted to offer a pshat which might also explain, at least partially, to concept of ayin hara. Bnei Yisrael are on a different plane. The reason for us saying on leil pesach that if God had not freed us we would still be in Mitzraim is a very large part of everything we do and how we live as Jews. We really should not be here in this world and only have a zchus kiyum because we have a very specific job to do on this world as Jews. If we don't or wont do our jobs we should not be alive. This is why so much of the Torah is considered as "Zecher liyitziyas mitzraim" since we were freed to be gods representatives in this world.
As representatives we must act according to gods decrees. One of the main drivers for us as a nation is to act as one nation that is why we had to be "Ki'ish echad b'elev achad " for kabalat hatorah. We are one soul united at the root. We live here as individuals but must perform in concert. As a nation we are indestructible but as individuals we don't even have a basic right to exist.
When one counts a group, what is happening is that the counter is taking a group and giving each member of the group an individuality. Yisrael has no right of existence as individuals and that is symbolized by the magefa which wipes out the individuals. In order to count without a magefa we show that although we are counting we are only counting so that the individuals can come together to compliment the whole through Tzedaka, in this case, or in the case of Shaul through sheep which symbolize korbanot. That is why we give half not more or less because that would be too much of an individual undertaking. The rich CANNOT give more and vice versa the poor cannot give less for that would shake the foundation of what we are trying to accomplish by working together and not standing out.
Ayin hara is caused when one stands out of the klal for then he becomes an individual, our job is to work together in concert and work towards being one group ke'ish echad belev echad for real with no division
I wanted to offer a pshat which might also explain, at least partially, to concept of ayin hara. Bnei Yisrael are on a different plane. The reason for us saying on leil pesach that if God had not freed us we would still be in Mitzraim is a very large part of everything we do and how we live as Jews. We really should not be here in this world and only have a zchus kiyum because we have a very specific job to do on this world as Jews. If we don't or wont do our jobs we should not be alive. This is why so much of the Torah is considered as "Zecher liyitziyas mitzraim" since we were freed to be gods representatives in this world.
As representatives we must act according to gods decrees. One of the main drivers for us as a nation is to act as one nation that is why we had to be "Ki'ish echad b'elev achad " for kabalat hatorah. We are one soul united at the root. We live here as individuals but must perform in concert. As a nation we are indestructible but as individuals we don't even have a basic right to exist.
When one counts a group, what is happening is that the counter is taking a group and giving each member of the group an individuality. Yisrael has no right of existence as individuals and that is symbolized by the magefa which wipes out the individuals. In order to count without a magefa we show that although we are counting we are only counting so that the individuals can come together to compliment the whole through Tzedaka, in this case, or in the case of Shaul through sheep which symbolize korbanot. That is why we give half not more or less because that would be too much of an individual undertaking. The rich CANNOT give more and vice versa the poor cannot give less for that would shake the foundation of what we are trying to accomplish by working together and not standing out.
Ayin hara is caused when one stands out of the klal for then he becomes an individual, our job is to work together in concert and work towards being one group ke'ish echad belev echad for real with no division
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