[Avodah] Reincarnation

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 01:30:53PM -0400, Prof. Levine wrote:
: RSRH writes the following in his commentary on Bamidbar 25:13
...
: Pinchas himself was granted a very long life. As late as the time of
: pelegish b'givah  (Shoftim 20:28) we find Pinchas ben Elazar ben 
: Aharon serving as the
: Kohein Godol before the Ark of God's Covenant. Moreover, according to one
: opinion, Pinchas was identical with Eliyahu (Yalkut Shimoni ad loc.),
: whose zeal for God's Word was imbued with the spirit of Pinchas...
...
: Note that Rav Hirsch says that Pinchas being identical with Eliyahu 
: is according to *one* opinion.   YL

To quote the Yalqut (771):
    Amar R' Shim'on ben Laqish: Pinechas hu Eliyahu...

    Rabbi Eliezer omeir: Heiseiv HQBH shemo shel Pinechas bishemo shel
    Eliyahu za"l...

Note also that RSRH doesn't leave even Reish Laqish's identification
as literal physically the same person, rather, "only" that Eliyahu's
"zeal for God's Word was imbued with the spirit of Pinchas..."

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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