“…and they established their genealogy according to their families, according to their fathers’ household…” (1:18) Rashi teaches that prior to the census which is recorded in this week’s parsha, each Jew was required to produce a Sefer Yuchsin, a book of his lineage or pedigree.[1] The Midrash adds that producing this Sefer Yuchsin was also […]
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