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at Chukas parsha plus — Chukas-Balak 5783

Выпуск: at Chukas parsha plus — Chukas-Balak 5783. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. It begins with the death of Miriam: “And the Children of Israel, the entire congregation, came to Midbar Tzin in the first month, and the nation resided in Kadesh, and Miriam died there and was buried there.” (Bamidbar 20:1) Chazal say that the miraculous “Well” (Be’er) which provided water for the Jewish people during their forty-year sojourn in the Wilderness was present in the merit of the righteous Miriam. Rabbeinu Chananel says that 3 Moshe’s rhetorical question should have been “Do you think Hashem will extract for you water from this Rock?” By using the first-person plural, Moshe gave the impression that “we are going to be the water givers.” This minor grammatical slip might cause the people to mistakenly think that Moshe and Aharon would be able to extract water from the Rock through their own wisdom. Live the Lesson of the Snakes Parshas Chukas Rabbi Yissocher Frand We Must Integrate the Lesson of the Snakes Into Our Daily Lives The pasuk in Parshas Chukas says, “They journeyed from Hor HaHor by way of the Sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom, and the spirit of the people grew short with the road.” [Bamidbar 21:4] Aharon haKohen had just passed away, and the people again became agitated. The Gemara [Yoma 76a] says that the disciples of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai asked him, “Why did the mann not descend for Israel once a year (in a quantity enough to last them for a whole year)?” Rabi Shimon bar Yochai answered them with a parable to a king who had an only son. The Death of Aharon: Mission Accomplished The pasuk says, “And Aharon shall be brought to his people, for he shall not enter the Land that I have given to the Children of Israel…” [Bamidbar 20:24] The Sefas Emes asks a very simple question here: If his time to die had not come yet, just because he was not able to enter the Land, is that a reason to diminish his lifespan? The Almighty told them “I have other plans.” 11 According to the approach of the Sefas Emes, if Aharon’s mission included going into Eretz Yisrael, he would not have died yet, because he would not have completed his spiritual missi

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Parsha Plus

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30 июня 2023 г.

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14

Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary