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When taking a census of Am Yisrael, everyone over twenty was counted. The exception to this was Shevet Levi who was counted from one month old. What was the difference? The Avnei Nezer explains the following. There was the chait of the Aigel of which Shevet Levi did not participate. This demonstrated their great emunah in Hashem and Moshe Rabbeinu. The reason that Am Yisrael sinned was because their emunah was incomplete and they used their intellect instead to replace their faith. Moshe Rabbeinu said that he will return with the Luchos in forty days. Mistakenly, Yisrael counted the...

 “No meal offering that you sacrifice to Hashem shall be made [of anything] leavened, for you shall not present any leaven or honey as a fire offering to Hashem” (Vayikra 2:11) For the past five weeks, the Torah has focused on building the Mishkan. Now that it’s finally up and running, we begin learning about what actually took place there. Among the many korbanos offered in the Mishkan – which dominates the first few parshas of the book of Vayikra – are various types of grain offerings, usually accompanied by ketores, incense. Our pasuk specifies that these offerings must not...