Parshas Naso

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Parshas Naso (5774)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

6:13 At the end of the nezirus the pasuk says—יביא אותו אל פתח אוהל מועד and Rashi says he brings himself. This is one of the 3 places that R’ Yishmael darshens the את—that he is doing it to himself. One the 3 is where it says ויקבור אותו בגיא—he buried himself. It is difficult to understand the essence of this. Perhaps we can say that the depth is that a person in actuality is a conglomeration of his spiritual part, the neshama which is a חלק אלוק ממעל and a materialistic part which is the נפש בהמית. There is a high level that a person can reach where he can split himself and actually focus and have a consciousness of his spiritual part which is he himself in actuality and feel the נפש בהמית as a separate entity which is under his jurisdiction to deal with. This we can say was the intention of Hillel Hazakain when he went to eat he claimed to serve a guest in his house meaning his נפש בהמית which he related to as a separate entity. This is also the depth of concept that Moshe Rabeinu buried himself—that his spiritual side was so strong that he was able to deal with the body as an entity and bury it. This especially true for Moshe that his דבקות in Hashem was on an exceptionally high level. This can also help us understand that which Rashi says that Hashem buried Moshe, perhaps referring to the high level of Elokus.

In these days before the coming of Moshiach, the days of darkness, we should appreciate that we have the ability to fulfill the mitzvos of Hashem, to be a source of light to a dark world, and do it with mesiras nefesh and with great simcha.

Have a wonderful Shabbos.