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Chabad Research Unit — discourse summary pinchas 5735 dividing the land by lot

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — discourse summary pinchas 5735 dividing the land by lot. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT Summaries of points from the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫יום ד' פ' פנחס תשל"ה‬ ‫ד''ה אך בגורל מוגה בשעתו‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Pinchas 19 Tammuz 5786, 4 July 20261 DIVIDING THE LAND BY LOT… N THE SEDRA WE LEARN ABOUT THE DIVISION OF THE LAND I OF ISRAEL AMONG THE DIFFERENT TRIBES2. It is this travelling, the journey through Exile, which brings about the revelation of Redemption, like the Song of the Well after the long journey through the desert, in order to reach the Land of Canaan, and to transform it into the holy Land of Israel, and then to divide it up among the Tribes of Israel and make it ours. The rational giving the larger portion of land to the larger Tribe, which in personal service means the straightforward observance of Torah and Mitzvot; the drawing of Lots, which is a higher form of service, like self-sacrifice; and finally Ruach Hakodesh, the Holy Spirit. 2 The discourse explains that in our journey we utilize the spiritual dimension within us, the exalted attribute Wisdom, and the final attribute Kingship, and all the spiritual levels in between, the Sefirot. This well emerged at the beginning of the forty years in the desert, and in last week’s Sedra, Chukat, we learn that at the end of the forty years of wandering the Jewish people sang a song about the well. Further, the Torah text itself states that the Land should be divided on a rational basis: the more numerous tribe should receive a larger portion, and the less numerous should receive a smaller portion4. Chabad Research Unit – www.chabadresearch.net – cru@lubavitchuk.com means although the outer aspects of his being were indeed righteous and dedicated to G-d, what about the essence of his soul? Through that power of the Lot, each of us will be drawn out of Exile, one by one, with great love from Hashem, bringing us at last to our Land with the coming of Moshiach, very soon. The idea of dividing the Land according to drawing lots is explained by the Tzemach Tzedek5 (based on a discourse by Rabbi Shneur Zalman) in terms of a story in the Talmud6. A key aspect was the drawing of lots, meaning that the division took place purely as guided by Heaven: su

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Chabad Research Unit
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Темы: parsha_commentary