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<font size=3>At 01:17 PM 7/13/2011, R Micha wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">"Pinchas zeh Eliyahu"
is said by Reish Laqish, but the earliest source<br>
I could find for this quote is Yalqut Shim'oni. So, those in favor
of<br>
gilgul could simply argue that RSG didn't have that quote. But to
say<br>
a gaon didn't know all of shas be'al peh???<br>
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RSRH writes the following in his commentary on Bamidbar 25:13<br><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=4><b>13
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>And to him and to his
descendants after him [this covenant] will be a covenant of everlasting
priesthood, because he brought to<br>
bear the rights of his God and effected atonement for the Children of
Israel.<br><br>
</i></b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>Pinchas himself was
granted a very long life. As late as the time of<br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>pelegish b'givah </i>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>(</font>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Shoftim
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>20:28) we find
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Pinchas ben Elazar ben
Aharon</i> </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>serving as
the<br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Kohein Godol</i>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>before the Ark of God’s
Covenant. Moreover, according to one<br>
opinion, Pinchas was identical with Eliyahu
(</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>Yalkut Shimoni
</i></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>ad loc.),<br>
whose zeal for God’s Word was imbued with the spirit of Pinchas. In<br>
the future, Eliyahu will heal the brokenness of his people, which
will<br>
be divided by a generation gap, and thereby he will pave the way for<br>
the realization of the
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3><i>bris sholom</i>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=3>on earth. For the future will
be detached<br>
from the past, and Eliyahu’s task will be to bridge the generation
gap<br>
by restoring the Chorev spirit of God’s Torah.<br><br>
Note that Rav Hirsch says that Pinchas being identical with Eliyahu is
according to *one* opinion. YL</font></body>
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