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1)

What are the connotations of the word "Lehashmido"?

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Rashi: "Lehashmido" means that his children would die 1 - as opposed to 'Lehargo', which would have meant that he would die.

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Rashi: As is evident from the Pasuk in Amos, 2:9 "va'Ashmid Piryo mi'Ma'al". See also Sifsei Chachamim.

2)

What is the word "Gam be'Ad Aharon" coming to include?

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Rashi: It includes Aharon's children, on whose behalf Moshe also Davened and two of whom his Tefilah saved.

3)

Why did Moshe's Tefilah not also save Nadav and Avihu?

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Pesikta Rabasi, 47: Because (sometimes) Tefilah achieves half of one's request. 1

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This is - as the Midrash Rabah explains -'Tefilah As'sah Mechtzah'.

4)

Why did Moshe juxtapose his Tefilah on behalf of Aharon to the burning of the Eigel ha'Zahav?

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Oznayim la'Torah: Because as long as a remnant of the calf remained, there was no chance that Hashem would pardon him for having brought it about. 1

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See Oznayim lka'Torah, DH 'es ha'Eigel'.

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