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Parshas Masei (5771)

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Parshas Masei (5771)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Perhaps we can deal with the apparent contradiction between 33:3 which says that Klal Yisrael went out of Egypt “biyad ramah” and the very next pasuk which says that the Egyptians were burying their first born, the victims of makas bechoros, which seems to imply that Bnai Yisroel were enabled to leave because the Egyptians were preoccupied with their tragedies and awesome sadness.  The finality and strength of the makas bechoros was the instrumental factor for the decision to release Klal Yisroel.  This was the supreme clarity of Divine rule and control.  It wasn’t just death.  What kind of plague can effect just the first-born and who knows who the first born are, the intimacy of intimacy.  The Creator of the world that knows and controls it all.  Makas Bechoros was the greatest testimony of Hashem’s sovereignty and as Klal Yisroel went out “biyad ramah” with the Egyptians preoccupied with the victims was not to enable Klal Yisroel to sneak out but rather was the greatest demonstration of the Malchus Shomayim manifested in this makah.

We should be zocheh to see the greatest demonstration of Malchus Shomayim with the geula sh’layma bikarov.  Have a wonderful Shabbos and a month of geula and yeshua.

Parshas Masei (5768)

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Parshas Masei (5768)
by Mordechai Dolinsky

Rashi (33:1) brings a parable in the Chumash’s account of the encampments of a king reminiscing with his son about the ordeal of their travels in bringing him for help in the need of medical assistance. In doing so he recalled the various experiences of suffering, problems, trials and tribulations they endured on the many stop offs in their trip. This would mean in terms of the parable that our encampments in the desert had significance towards the improvement of our spiritual shortcomings.

In this framework the significance and concept of the camp is the withdrawal from the normal preoccupations of the regular movement of life. This would mean taking time to give serious thought and evaluation of the issue that needs to be overhauled or fine-tuned and down to earth, practical, realistic plan of action.

The journey itself signifies ready to go forward, full of optimism and the commitment for serious change and to see things in a different, efficient perspective. Our own spiritual journeys should lead us to the spiritual heights and perfection we yearn for.

Have a wonderful Shabbos and a month of speedy redemption for Klal Yisroel.