[Avodah] Mi Ban Siach

[Arie Folger]

R' Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
> The medrash says "Lemah hu domeh beineihem? Keshoshanah bein
> hachochim." I'm repeating that -- the mevareikh is the shoshanah, the
> masses who lack the art of blessing and prayer are the chochim. Unlike
> the other comments on this pasuq which make kelal Yisrael the shoshanah
> bein umos ha'olam.

Yours is a cogent argument, so I'd like to offer the following
sensible adaptation. Siach shoshan 'ho'him is definitely the Torah.
The talmid 'hakham who steps forward is one who knows siach shoshan
'ho'him, and shoshan in that case may refer to the scholarly class,
i.e., he is an instance of the class that includes all talmidei
'hakhamim.

Thus, it remains clear that the whole line is nothing else than a
hazmana for the messader qidushin & nissuin.
-- 
Arie Folger,
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