The gemara says mi'Kan Amaru Ben Levi Goleh mi'Pelach l'Pelach so now the question is from where do we see this from the passuk? So Likutei Rashi says that we learn it from v'Samti Lecha Makom. so my question is that we have already used the drasha of v'Samti Lecha Makom earlier in the gemoro to teach us that it was in the lifetime of Moshe so how could we use this drasha again to teach us this din of a Ben Levi goes mi'Pelach l'Pelach?
Benzi, London
Dear Benzi,
See Hagahos ha'Bach who explains: "v'Samti Lecha" means you, in your time. Then, the same "Lecha" is connected to Makom -- that your [own original] Makom is good if the Levi moves from Pelach to Pelach.
All the best,
Reuven Weiner
I saw the Hagahos ha'Bach, but all I see is that he explains that the same Lecha which tells us b'Chayecha also tells us it has to be your Makom since u darshun Lecha twice once as v'Samti Lecha and once as Lecha Makom but my question is that how are we useing it for a third drasha to tell us that a Ben Levi has to go mi'Pelach l'Pelach because it seems like from Likutei Rashi that we are darshening it the same way as the first drasha?
Benzi,
I folow you. The Aruch la'Ner asks your question: how can you have so many Derashos. He suggests a different explanation, not like Rashi. The Mesivta, in Bi'urim, p. 179, fn. 28, cites Chidushei Refael who says that both Derashos (Moshe's time and Leviyim) are equal and the Torah's intention is that both can and should be learned together.
The Ritva learns slightly differently, that "Samti Lecha" means in your time, for all in your time, Yisraelim and Leviyim.
All the best,
Reuven Weiner