[Avodah] First class and second class (economy) travel - in the Midbar

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, July 19, 2007 4:58 am, SBA wrote:
: First occurrence of first and second class travel?
: Baal Haturim, Devorim 1:31: dh 'Bechol Haderech asher Halachtem':
: "...loshon rabim, shelo hoyo haderech lekulon beshoveh, eloh lechol
: echod ve'echod lefi mah shehoyo tzorich - hoyo ha'anan noseh oso -
: yesh bagovoha veyesh benomuch..."
: (source Sifri - which IIRC mentions 7 'classes')

Except that the key words are "shehaya tzarikh" -- it's not service
graded by how you much you paid (sekhar) but by what you need.

In Economy, you get something averaged out for what most people need
given the money they want to spend. Therefore the food is served to
the group at one specific time. Individual attention to what you need
is First Class treatment.

The difference is that Hashem knows sometimes one needs hardship,
whereas an airline just tries to give you what you think you need (and
thus, usually, what you want).

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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