Q&A: Putting “We Will Do” Before “We Will Hear”
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Putting “We Will Do” Before “We Will Hear”
Question
Hello Rabbi,
It is brought in the books that because they put “we will do” before “we will hear,” the angels came down and gave them two crowns.
Seemingly, though, all their greatness was only in the precedence itself, in changing the order. If so, why two crowns and not just one?
Answer
You’d have to ask the angels. It reminds me of the well-known Hanukkah question: why are there eight candles, if the oil in the flask was naturally enough for one day, so the miracle was only seven days? Those are klutz kashyas.