Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan - Chukat

good evening we are learning who cut where an art is called homage page 839 to remind ourselves last week total portion is was parshad Korra and uh parashat Koda according to um most opinions happened right after the decree that the Jewish people will stay in the desert for 40 years and Kodak used that um moment when people are dissatisfied to make a rebellion against Hashem and against motion so was punished and the um appointment of of aharones Cohen was established and from then on no one challenged it anymore and now we go to parashat hukat and in parashat right after the first um topic we will jump 38 years from the story of korach the Jewish people are in the desert 38 years we don't know what happened to them and we go to the 40th year in the desert so before that in chapter 19 we learn about a new law and this law According to some commentators is put here out of order um because really it was supposed to be before the decree of the 40 years because it's speaking about the red cow and the Jewish people needed the ashes of the red cow in order to purify them from the impurity of the dead body so that they can bring offerings and uh the Corban pesach the first Corbin pesach that was brought in the desert in the second year of the Jewish peoples coming out of Egypt they needed to be pure and therefore according to these commentators this topic is put out of place now we're on page 839 chapter 19 hashems tells motion Aaron about a new decree of Torah they shall take a completely Red Cow a female cow without a blemish upon which a yoke has not come which means that it's a young cow calf a female calf it has to be red or reddish color not a blood red and not pink not orange but reddish brownish radish and it has to be completely red if in any particular place it has one non-red here that's okay but it has if it has two non-red hairs in one location that cow is not um valid it has to have no blemish it has to be complete um no moon nothing missing from it and it has to have done no work whatsoever um we learned this from the words upon which a yoke has not come yoke is just an example but any work cannot be done with this cow not only that the cow should be young enough that uh it never mated with a bull some say that the reason why we take specifically a female cow um in order to purify from the the impurity of the dead body is because the impurity of the dead body came about through the sin of the golden calf because when the Jewish people received the Torah they became eternal the malach the angel of death had no more power over them and and therefore death did not apply to them and when they sinned by the golden calf now they became mortal again and in order to purify them from the impurity of the dead body which came about from the calf a baby cow a male baby cow we bring a female cow as if to say we're bringing his mother to clean up for the baby now the the procedure of the service of the red cow is listed it has to be taken out of yerushalayim and they slaughter it on the Eastern side of the Temple and then they sprinkle its blood toward the temple seven times then they burned the entire cow and um they add a lot of wood because all the ashes at the end of The Burning will will be it will have this power to purify uh from the dead body and therefore they would add a lot of logs of wood in order to increase the ash and also they add to the fire while the cow is burning some cedar wood some hyssop and some red wool a Woolen thread then we also learned that the kohen who does the service of burning the cow he himself becomes impure he and he has to immerse himself in the mikula now we go to page 841 then another kohen gathers the ash and they store the ash outside of yerushalayim to use it for purification of anyone who came into contact with a dead body and the person who gathers the ash also has to immerse himself and his clothing in the Mika because he also becomes impure this is the uniqueness and Paradox of of the red cow that whoever is involved in it um can potentially become impure even though the ashes of the red cow have power to purify but at the same time if they misuse they have a power to cause impurity not only whoever is preparing the red cow becomes impure but even someone who mishandles the ashes of the red cow later or the water in which the ashes were were placed if he moves it for no reason or sprinkles it on a wrong object or wrong person the the the the person will become impure and this is one of the um how is it possible that something that has the power to give purity can be can also cause impurity now um it's a it's a question that even the wisest of all men did not have an answer to and we can um suggest just superficially that we know that anything that has power that power can be misused whenever you climb higher yes you are higher and you can see further but you can fall the more dangerous it is the more risky it is and if you make one wrong step you can lose your life now we continue um in verse 11 the laws of impurity of the dead body and how to purify such a person now whoever touches the corpse of any human being will be contaminated for seven days so here we learn that one way to become impure with the dead body is to touch the dead body to touch directly another way uh to become contaminated with a dead body is in the verse 14 that says this is the teaching regarding a man who would die and attend anything that enters the tent and anything that is in the tent shall be contaminated for seven days here we learned that you don't have to touch even if you're in the same room under the same roof with the dead body you will become impure with the same impurity as if you touch the dead body so from here we learn the rule for example that a Cohen who is not allowed to become contaminated with a dead body is not allowed to be in the same room with a dead body he's not even allowed to be in the same building with a dead body because from this verse we learn that impurity of the dead body is transmitted by being in the same airspace same under the same roof now the Torah explains how to purify from such severe impurity first the Torah says that it lasts seven days so therefore this process of purification will take seven days and only on the Eighth Day the person will be purified now the first verse 12 says he shall purify himself with it meaning with the ashes of the red cow mixed with water on the third day and on the seventh day so during the seven days of purification the person comes to the area where they they keep the ashes they mix it with water for him and they sprinkle him on a third day since he became impure and on the seventh day and then he immerses in a in a Mikvah and in the evening he becomes purified and the Torah says whoever does not become purified and enters the temple will will transgress um so anyone who is impure doesn't matter which impurity may not enter the temple whether it is semolina in emission whether it is touching a dead animal carcass that was not slaughtered whether it is a metsora azav an Ida or someone who touched the dead body all these kinds of impurity do not allow the person to go into the temple now in verse 16 we learn another law about the dead body on the open field anyone who touches the slain by the sword or one that died or human bone or a grave shall be contaminated for seven days so from this person we learn many things number one we learned that if it's open field which means there's no roof the only way to become impure is to touch the dead body or a grave now with the grave either you touch the grave or you lean over the grave leaning over the dead body also causes impurity and we see that even though the dead body is buried already the grave of that is on top of the dead body is still has impurity and anyone who touches it from the side or leans over it will become impure and we also see that even a human bone has impurity and we also learned that whether the person dies by himself or he is murdered he has this impurity and in verse 17 the the process of purification is explained in more detail they shall take for the contaminated person some of the ashes of the burning of the purification animal and put for it spring water in a vessel so we mix ashes with spring water and then a pure man shall take hyssop the kind of plant a a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the water in which ashes were sprinkled and sprinkle with the hyssop bunch upon the tent if if it's a portable tent made from leather that became contaminated you sprinkle upon it also on a third and seventh day or upon all the vessels if any utensils touch the dead body or were in the same room with a dead body or upon the people who were there and upon the one who touched the bone or the slain one or the one that died or the grave all these people and objects can be purified purified with a bunch of hyssop dipped in water in which um ashes of the red cow were dissolved and then we sprinkle on them and honest on the third and seventh day then uh what what happens the pure person shall sprinkle upon the contaminated person on the third day and on the seventh day and shall purify him on the seventh day and he shall immerse his clothing and immerse himself in water dip himself in the Mikvah to and he and he and his clothing because the clothing also became contaminated and become a purified in the evening after seven seventh day passes but now the punishment for someone who is impure and enters the sanctuary or eats a Corban an offering such a person that says shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation so a person who is impure and he enters the temple or eats an offering gets correct now we go to page 843 chapter 20. and we jump 38 years from the second year of the Jewish people's Abode in the desert to the 40th year and again if you want to know details of what happened you have to see midrash that fills in the the blanks all the Missing Years that that are omitted in the Torah are mentioned in the um midrash now we are in the 40th year in the month of Nissan the children of Israel the whole assembly arrived at the Wilderness of sin in the first month which is Nissan and the people settled in Kadesh and uh how do we know that it's the 40th year because of the or what the Torah says Miriam died there and she was buried there and according to our tradition medium died on the 10th of the month of Nissan in the 40th year of the Jewish people uh living in the desert now verse 2 there was no water for the assembly and they gathered against Moshe and Aaron and I would say just say why was there no water because the water came to the Jewish people in the Merit of Miriam and as soon as Miriam died there was no more water that is why the Rock that produced water was called The Well of Miriam Miriam as soon as the the as soon as Miriam died this rock stopped giving water and it went among other rocks but for 40 years wherever the Jewish people would travel The Rock would roll along with them and wherever they would settle the rock would stop and start producing water and the the leaders of the tribe would come and with their staff they would touch the water and then they would draw a path for the water in the sand toward their tribe and the water would split into 12 streams one for each tribe and here again the Jewish people remember their original Behavior 38 years ago when they complained against Moshe and Aaron they're complaining again now the P verse 3 the people quarreled with Moshe and spoke up saying if only we had perished as our Brethren perished before Hashem who perished before Hashem they're remembering all the Jewish people that died during the 40 years in the desert and as we know 000 Jewish men died in those 40 years now these Jews are thirsty and understandably they're complaining death from thirst is very painful a lot of suffering and they are saying it would be better to die a quick death earlier than to suffer for so long right now why have you brought the congregation of Hashem to this Wilderness to die there we and our animals not only our fathers died six hundred thousand of them in the last 38 years but now the remaining Jews are gonna die and why did you bring us up from Egypt to bring us to this evil place now they remember Egypt again it's not a place of planting or a place of a fig or grape or pomegranate and there's no water to drink yes we still have man but we're still missing the fruits the fresh fruits they didn't have in 38 years and now we don't even have water we know that that last time when the Jewish people complained there was a plague and motion Aaron are afraid that perhaps there will be a plague again so and plus their life is threatened Moshe and Aaron went from the presence of the congregation to the entrance of the Tanto meaning to the nishkan and fell on their faces in prayer before Hashem the glory of Hashem appeared to them Hashem spoke to Moshe saying take the staff and gather together the assembly you and Aaron and speak to the Rock before their eyes that it shall give its Waters that same rock that gave them water for 40 years let it give its Waters again even though Miriam died I'm giving it a new command now Moshe in your Merit you shall bring forth for them water from the Rock and give a drink to the assembly and to their animals Moshe is surprised Hashem is not angry Hashem doesn't punish the Jews he tells Moshe go and give them water my children are thirsty give them to drink so unfortunately one of the saddest stories in the whole Torah happens on page 8 45 first let us ask a question why did Hashem tell Moshe openly take the staff Hashem told him speak to the Rock so why taking the staff before knowing the end let's keep this question in mind why did Hashem tell Moshe to take the staff if he didn't tell him what to do with the staff he told him speak to the rock you don't need to the staff to speak to the yes for sure it's for sure it's free will and not only that we see that Hashem designs a test that is yes exactly as difficult as the person can pass to the ultimate degree and Hashem makes the test that will seem as if everything goes against you and now running forward we will see that ultimately Marshall used that staff because he isn't with himself you know I spoke to the Rock and The Rock didn't listen and God told me to take the staff why do I need the staff now I understand I have this question all along now I understand God knew that The Rock will not listen it was just a test and God hinted to me take the staff therefore I will need the staff and Moshe made a mistake now we will see what was the mistake of motion our own verse 9 on page 845 says Moshe took the step from before Hashem yes he took the staff now commentators asked by the way what was the staff that Moshe took it says he took the staff from before Hashem every man in those times had a staff a walking stick especially such a great man like Moshe and Aaron the king we know the king carries a long stick this is the symbol of of power of kingship but it doesn't say that Moshe took his own staff Marsha took the staff from before Hashem what's before Hashem sounds like this staff was in the mishkan as Hashem had commanded him so the different uh opinions some say it was a staff of motion with which he performed Miracles earlier in Egypt some say it was the staff of ARA because staff of iron was also used for multiple miracles for some of the plagues they used staff as well as if you remember in the story of korach after the Rebellion Hashem said take the staff from every tribal leader and put it in the mishkan and who who whichever staff blossoms we will know that that tribe is the chosen one and the staff of our blossomed It produced branches leaves buds flowers and almonds all at the same time and then they took that staff which looked like a whole tree with the flowers and with the buds and with the fruit with the leaves and branches and they placed it for safekeeping for future Generations in the holy of holies in the temple and according to some commentators this is the staff the Hashem told Moshe to take as a reminder that even a dry stick can turn into a blooming fruit tree at the word of God so that Moshe should not be surprised that he will speak to a dry Hard Rock and The Rock will give water and again running forward Moshe hit the rock with his staff and now it's very surprising it wasn't a stick that he hit it with it was a tree a blooming tree with almonds flowers buds leaves and branches now becomes very funny you take a tree and you hit a rock a tree that is a miracle a living miracle so verse 10 Moshe and aharon gathered the congregation before The Rock and Moshe said to them listen now or Rebels shall we bring forth water for you from this rock then Moshe raised his arm and struck the rock with his staff twice and abundant water came forth and the assembly and their animals drank so far without seeing the end we don't see anything wrong but Hashem comes and says to motion Aaron because you did not believe in me to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel therefore you will not bring this congregation to the land that I have given them they are the Waters of strife where the children of Israel contended fought with Hashem and Hashem was Sanctified through them now this word them has multiple meanings some say the word them means the waters these are the Waters of strife the Jewish people fought with Hashem and Hashem was Sanctified through them so some committed to say through the water that flowed from The Rock Hashem was sanctified and some say them refers to Moshe and Aaron through the punishment and Hashem gives to the leaders of the Jewish people he is feared and Sanctified just like it had just like it happened with nadav and avihu the two righteous sons of aharon they died in the midst of celebration of inauguration of the mishkan and Hashem used the same words I will be sanctified through them because I will be Sanctified through my close ones because when a great leader dies or suffers the entire Jewish Nation Mourns and um does because they learned that even such a righteous man can still die even such a righteous man can still suffer they become afraid now what happened over here Moshe and Aaron just heard death penalty against them they served the people they led the people they suffered for the people they protected the people defended the people they were willing to risk their life for the people and now they make one mistake and they will not bring the Jewish people into the land of Israel they will die in the desert for no other reason except for hitting with The Rock and Hashem uses strange words Hashem says because you did not believe in me Moshe didn't believe in Hashem Aron did not believe God you didn't believe in me enough to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel so we see that what motion Aaron did wrecked in sanctification of God's name and now let's see what was it what was the such a terrible sin of Moshe if you remember we asked a similar question when nadavan Avi who died and commentators differ what did they do some say they they were drunk some say they didn't ask advice some say they brought incense in addition to what was supposed to be brought they brought extra some say because they never got married and they didn't have children some say because they were wishing when motion aren't going to die and they will take over many different um answers are given similarly over here commentators argue almost every commentator will give you a different answer what was the sin of Moshe and Aaron the popular answer we know because he struck the rock instead of speaking to the Rock if so Hashem sort of tricked him because there was a time in history at the beginning of their travels in the desert when they didn't have water and Hashem said to him take your staff and hit the rock and Moshe hit the rock so Moshe knows that the way to get water out of the rock is to hit it and now Hashem is leading him on and saying yes again go to the Rock take your staff and by the way I'll tell you quietly speak to the Rock Moshe may be misunderstood he knowing the experience of what happened before maybe he didn't didn't hear it properly or assumed that Hashem means speak to the Rock and then hear it in the same action a very difficult test Hashem is putting Moshe through not only that the midrash says that Moshe actually spoke to the Rock and The Rock did not give water and not only that The Rock went and hid between other rocks and Moshe didn't know which rock to speak to and he spoke and it happened to be a wrong Rock and what was Moshi supposed to do that original rock is nowhere to be found so Moshe is thinking you know I have to now take a new rock and with the new rock speaking is not going to help I have to do what I you did originally 40 years ago I have to strike it Hashem is putting him through Impossible Tests that's one opinion according to others they say that cannot be why would Hashem put him through a test that he cannot pass tricking him to such extent so they offer a different um interpretation they say that Moshe was punished because he called the Jewish people all Rebels even when the Jewish people are misbehaving we cannot sayonara about them we know that Moshe was already punished because of the Jewish people when by the burning bush he told Hashem but what if they don't believe me and Hashem said what you're telling me that the Jewish people are not going to believe in me you will see that you yourself are not going to believe in me just like Hashem says here because you did not believe in me and you were blaming the Jewish people that they're not going to believe Jewish people believed Moshe it's you that as as we know that whenever a person speaks badly about others he's really revealing the bad in him in himself as the talmud says before you point out that there is a speck of dust in someone else's eye go and remove a large beam from your eye so Moshe in Spanish because he is speaking harshly to the Jewish people he's calling them Rebels after all they're not Rebels they're thirsty they want to drink they're asking for water don't call them Rebels some commentators give a different answer and they say Moshe was punished because he said shall we bring forth water for you from The Rock he pointed to himself then to Aaron as if they are in charge as if they are able to bring the water out of the Rock without mentioning shall Hashem bring water for you out of the Rock so for taking the credit and removing Hashem from the picture Hashem calls it you did not believe in me to sanctify me in front of the Jewish people and uh one of the best answers the answer that I I love the most is dancing given by the rambam why did Moshe make a mistake what was the mistake of motion why was he punished because Moshe became angry so what's so bad about being angry being angry deserves death penalty since when by the way anger is very bad and anger should deserve death penalty because when a person gets angry he shows that he's not thinking about God right now he thinks that God is Not capable he thinks that God cannot take him safely out of his situation he thinks that he has to take the matter into all his own hands and he has to fight he has to get angry and he has to scream at those that are near him those that didn't do his will so anyone who gets angry is denying God an angry person is atheistic person an angry person does not believe in God at that moment when he's angry also an angry person is considered to be serving Idols because he is serving himself he's thinking that he is in charge he's uh taking the power and he's saying if I don't take care of it no one will how do how dare them they to go against my will so we know that denying God going against God serving Idols does the deserve death penalty so what was so terrible the emotion became angry and the answer is that Moshe was an intermediary between the Jewish people and Hashem he was the prophet of God and he related to the people the word of God and therefore when people looked at Moshe and they saw his reaction and his words they understood that these words are coming directly from Hashem they understood that the way Moshe treats them it must be this is what Hashem thinks about them because Moshe is a faithful servant of Hashem Moshe transmits the message of Hashem in its pure form without adding anything on his own so when Moshe is angry at the Jewish people what do they understand that at that moment Hashem is angry at them that they sinned against Hashem and Hashem is angry was that true no Hashem was not angry at the Jewish people Hashem had mercy on the Jewish people and Hashem said to Moshe go and give them water they are thirsty so when Moshe became angry he transmitted a wrong message a false message from God and that is why Hashem said you did not sanctify my name you were supposed to show love to the Jewish people to show them that I love them to show them that I care for them instead you gave them a message that God is angry instead you gave them the message that God is cruel he doesn't pity people who are thirsty and for that you do not deserve to be my messenger anymore because you added something on your own you added your emotion and a false emotion something that I did not ask you to show the Jewish people and according to rambam this explanation now becomes clear why Moshe deserves to die because he really is making two mistakes number one he is desecrating God's image the Jewish people will now think that God is cruel and angry when in fact he is loving and kind that's a great sin and number two Moshe is no longer pure transmitter the Jewish people and Hashem can no longer trust Moshe and even though on anyone else's level this mistake is a tiny mistake who Among Us never got angry but on moshe's level being the transmitter of Torah the one that is supposed to be a clean pipe we call Moshe aspaklaria like clean clear glass just like sunlight that goes through clear glass is is not changed we see objects you use a camera and it has glass in front of it you take beautiful pictures videos why because the glass does not change or absorb the image the image has to be Pure Clean and that's the name for Moshe clean Pure Glass clear glass and as soon as one little speck appeared on that clear glass that glass is no longer fit to transmit God's message to the Jewish people that's how precise God is with those that are close to him as it says Hashem deals with Sadiq with the with the Judgment that is as sharp as as hair breadth breath as sharp as a knife one little deviation from the truth they get punished now from here we learn a tremendous lesson for the Jewish people for us as parents we without Behavior transmit to our children message from Hashem we are next in a chain and therefore when our children see us happy satisfied with them they think that God is happy with them when parents are depressed down stressed out angry children think that God is a bad guy shalom and often children leave the path of Judaism unfortunately because their parents did not show them enough Smiles Enough Love Enough care and enough respect and therefore they think in their mind they equate the way their parents treat them that must be how God thinks about them and that's very painful and that's not true God loves every Jew even if he is rebelling against God still loves him he still cares for him and still hopes that he will come back and therefore we as parents have to show our children a smile constantly approval yes we can be strict yes we can be demanding but we have to show them unconditional love and happiness even if they sin we still love them yes [Music] judge so harshly by Hashem what is the point then to be a Savage if we're ever into all the good you do you make one mistake and you get punished yes yes that's a good question that's a good question why should we ever strive for greatness if being great is so dangerous and that question you can ask about a regular regular life and from there we will see that it is worth it for example why would a boxer want to compete in the championship why would he want to win a world title of being a champion or why would anyone want to climb Mount Everest why would anyone want to compete in car races why would anyone want to become a president so risky there are plenty of people who want to assassinate you why would anyone want to become rich are there many robbers and the murders that want to take your money and so on and so forth and nevertheless we strive for greatness because the risk is worth it and the the same question was asked by The Academy of Hillel and shamai is it better for a human being to be born or not because we know a human being is tested and it's possible that the pure Soul comes into this world to earn a reward yes it may earn a reward but if it makes mistakes it will go down in its level and it may earn gehina so is it worth it and they argued for three years it was a big mahalocket and they said according to statistics it's not good for human being to be born because we see the majority of people misuse their life they waste their life but Hashem knows better Hashem created the people nevertheless so we see that From hashem's perspective it is good for human being to be born from our perspective it's too risky majority of people who are born they fail but we see Hashem still created us must be the risk is worth it even though billions of people will go to gain up billions of people will suffer from their mistakes from their foolishness but for those few sadiki for those few that will make correct choices and will have successful life the entire world was was was worth it to create so the same here a leader chooses to be leader not because it's comfortable not because it pays well not because of power because then the risk is not worth it power money prestige it's not worth losing your life and getting yourself into getting up the higher you go the more harsh is the Judgment against you but they do it because they care for the Jewish people they do self-sacrifice they say I will take more responsibility I will emulate God to a greater extent because I want to help the Jewish people I want to become greater to earn more reward for myself so that Hashem rejoices that he can give me more good and so that I can help those around me yes I'm taking a risk I may die as a result of my striving but the risk is worth taking because I may help many Jews now we see that Moshe lived by it he told Hashem I want you to save the Jewish people and if you're not willing to save the Jewish people kill me as well Hashem said Moshe only because you are willing to sacrifice yourself for the Jewish people I will allow Jewish people to live so you see that Marsha was actually willing to lose everything this world and next world to disappear from history completely his soul would be destroyed for the sake of the Jewish people so yes it's risky to climb high but you have to take the risk we take the risk for ourselves and we take the risk for our children and for the Jewish people because the greater I become the better the world around me will be the more good I will bring to the world and even though I will enter a more stricter judgment but I'm willing to take that risk okay thank you for a question now we turn to page 847 and here Marshall knowing that he's gonna die but still he has to lead the Jewish people at least till the border with the land of Israel so he he Moshe sends emissaries from Kadesh to the king of the Dome asking him to let the Jewish people go through his land into the land of Israel verse 17. let us pass through your land verse 18. and Adam said You shall not pass through me because I will come against you with a sword the Jewish people are not threatening him all they ask is can I use a shortcut through your land no I will kill you and I will not let you go so the the the they send the second request in verse 19. I shall pay the price of your water just let me pass we're not even going to eat grass and we're not going to drink the water from the river or well we're gonna pay you it's good good business for you and the king of the Dome said You shall not pass through verse 21 so a dog refused to permit Israel to pass through his border and Israel turned away from near him now they came to the Mount called and Hashem said to mosho in verse 24 aharon shall be gathered to his people now time came for Arun to die and we are now in the month of so we go to page 849 motion add-on rise to the Mount of Horror and Moshe removed the garments of kohen gadol from Aaron and dressed al-azar his son son of Haron with them and verse 28 Arun died there on the top of the mountain it was verse 29 entire assembly saw that Aaron had perished and they wept for Aaron for 30 days so now we started in Russian off foreign against Israel and to captive from it verse 2 Israel made a vow to Hashem and said if you deliver these people in to my hand I will concentrate their cities and Hashem heard the voice of Israel and he delivered the Canaanite and the Jewish people call this place Kharma now people again complain against Monk almost the end and they're still complaining they Journey from the Mount of Horror by the by the way of the Sea of reeds and the spirit of the people grew short on the way again they were losing hope made him die Aron died and was still traveling the people spoke against God and against Moshe why did you bring us out from Egypt there's no food and no water and our soul is disgusted by this insubstantial food again they complain about Mom and snakes attack them we're on a page verse 6 God sent the fiery serpents against the people and they bit the people and large multitude of Israel died the people came to Marshall and said we have sinned Moshe prayed for the people and Hashem said to Moshe make a copper snake and verse 9 Moshe made the serpent of copper and placed it on the pole and some say this is the symbol of medicine to this day a snake on a pole because that was the symbol when the Jewish people look at the snake they remember their sin of speaking about man and mount Hashem and about Moshe and the snake comes and bites them so when they do to Siobhan they turn to Hashem in prayer Hashem heals them from the snake bite now verse 10 and on list the travels of the Jewish people Jewish people travel to or vote and then and then and then ever and are known and by are known they sang a song about the spring of Miriam the water as it says in verse 14 14 therefore it is said in the book of the words of Hashem now this is a poetic uh language the gift of the Sea of reads and the rivers of Arnon the outpouring of the rivers where it veered to dwell at Art and lean against the border of Moab and it contains a lot of Secrets and meaning page 853 and from there to do well it is the well to which Hashem said to mosho assemble the people and I shall give them water then the Israel sang this song come up oh well call out to eat well that the princess dug the Nobles of the people excavated through and lawgiver with their staffs a gift from the Wilderness and the gift went to the valley and from the valley to the Heights and from the heights to the valley of in the field of Moab to the top of the peak overlooking the surface of the Wilderness that's the song a beautiful song with a lot of deep Secrets now the Jewish people again travel to Matana to nahalia and the fields of Moab and this is the final encampment of the Jewish people by the the field of Moab on the border of the the land of Israel and here the Jewish people again send messages to sihon Israel sent emissions to sikhon verse 21 king of amorites saying let me pass through your land verse 23 gives the answer did not permit Israel to pass through his border and sihon assembled his entire people and went out against Israel to the Wilderness he arrived at Yachats and waged war against Israel Israel smote him with the edge of the sword and took possession of the land this is uh one of the first victories of the Jewish people against their enemies and we turn to page 855 Israel took all these cities and uh now some more prophecies are said regarding in verse 27 regarding this The Poets would say let it be built and established as the city of sihon for a fire has come forth from hashbon a flame from the city of sihon it consumed R of Moab the masters of arnon's heights woe to you or Moab you are lost or people of kimosh this is a prophecy that eventually Moab will will be lost and their land went to sihon and then Jewish people conquered sihon and therefore the land became theirs he made his son's fugitives and his daughters captives of the king of Emirates sihon the sovereignty oversborne was lost it was removed from Devon and we lead waste to nofa which reaches up to medva okay that's the end of the prophecy of the poetic language and now verse 31 Israel settled in the land of the Amorite Moshe sent to spy out yazir and they conquered its suburbs and he drove away the emulator was there verse 33 they turned and ascended by the way of Bashan and OG the giant king of Bashan went out against them he and me his entire people to do battle at edry Hashem said to Marshall don't fear Him for into your hand I shall give him and his entire people so verse 35 gives us the end they smote him and his sons and his people until there was no Survivor left of him and they took possession of his land so far Jewish people conquered multiple lands and most notably the land of sihon and land of OG Mel gabashan now chapter 22 verse 1 finishes the the parashatri the children of Israel journeyed and encamped in the plains of Moab on the bank of Jordan opposite yarijo they are on the border they're about to enter the land and the next chapter we will see what happens to them in the story of balak who gets scared and called bilam to curse them and Hashem our enemies are punished physically and spiritually because that Hashem we should see come back to the land of Israel we should come back under the leadership of mashiachat Hashem we should rebuild betamic Dash amen thank you for listening shabbat shalom