Merari was third, and he thus paralleled service of Hashem through work. Thus you shall bless Bnei Yisrael . . . The gemara does not say that the Kohen Gadol said the Name, only that it emanated from his mouth. So, too, says R' Brach, the sanctity of the kohanim makes it possible for Hashem to look over their shoulders and bless Bnei Yisrael. Paralleling these two aspects, there are two types of people when it comes to serving Hashem.
Some people focus on the positive commandments.
Other people focus on not transgressing the negative commandments. These people tend to be more more reticent and less involved in various projects. 960 - died 1040 A noted leader of Ashkenazic Jewry during its formative years, Rabbenu Gershom ben Yehuda Me'or Hagolah was probably born in Metz, in the Rhineland, but spent most of his life in nearby Mainz. He studied under R' Yehuda Leontin and, some say, in Babylon, under R' Hai Gaon R' Gershom's yeshivah in Mainz was the major center of Torah study in its day, and the students of this academy produced many important commentaries on the Talmud. R' Yaakov ben Yakar and R' Yitzchak ben Yehuda.