If you’re traveling somewhere, and you arrive safely at your destination, what does it matter what you did on the way? Why must the Torah reiterate all of Israel’s journeys on the way from Egypt to the Promised Land?
Rabbi Chaim Richman On Parsha Masei
Life has its way stations. They are part of the plan. Each is a stepping stone along the way to where we need to be, to the final destination G-d has determined for us. As with the life of an individual, so too, with the life of the nation of Israel. Every son and daughter of Israel’s personal journey is intertwined with the journey of the nation as a whole. Our final destination as individuals and as a people is here in the land of Israel. Stay the course. Enter the land.
Masei (Numbers 33:1-36:13)
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Rabbi Lazer Brody On Parsha Masei
The Torah commands us to preserve the holiness of the Land of Israel, especially by preventing bloodshed in any way or form, both physically and verbally…