“And on the second day … offered …” right justify the attribution(Bamidbar 7:18)
When describing the donations of the tribal princes the pasuk repeats each and every donation with each donor’s name although all the donations were identical. The Ramban explains that this was done to show us that all the donations were equally precious in the eyes of Hashem.
The Midrash cites another reason: Each prince had different thoughts while bringing his offering thereby making each offering unique. (Rav Yaakov Neiman Darchei Mussar)
The story is told of a certain woman (me) who hoped one evening to put her small children to bed and to ignore the older ones as much as possible because great was the workload that awaited her attention. And so she girded herself (with a reviving cup of coffee and a really very-small piece of chocolate) to attack the great mountain that stood before her like a mighty fortress (an enormous pile of tests to correct sandwiches to make a skirt to hem and a one-day-only-sale). Thus she began to trek up the great mountain — the children fell asleep and the tests were nearly all corrected.
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