Shnayim Yomi - Chukat - Sheni - #2- Rabbi Avraham Benhamu

[Music] Today is Yum Sheni of Parat. We continue with the para of in this next part next we deal with the tragic loss of Miriam. We are being told that it's the first month of the 40th year and Ben have come to a place called Kadesh and Miriam dies and she's better and she's buried. We're then told that there was no water for Isla to Moshe and to Haron and they began to fight and argue with Moshe. And they told him, "How we wish we die the death of our brothers. Why did you bring us over here to die in this desert, us and our animals? Why did we leave Egypt 40 years ago to this this horrible place. There's no seeds. There's no dates. There's no grapes. There's no pomegranates. And don't hear these words. All they can do is they fall on their faces and luckily Hashem's comes upon them and the aliyah stops there. And the question of course we ask is what's going on? Well, Kazal point out that Miriam's death and there being no water is why the midash tells us that that we had water 40 years. Now she dies and that's why there's no water. We have to assume according to Kazal that they had water in their jugs enough for two or three days. People can survive two days without water. So it's probably on day three or day four after her death that they're complaining about water. We can only assume from the first aliyah that Moshe and Haron are dealing with the death of their sister and therefore they are mourning their loss. The last thing they need to have now is the whole nation come to them to ask them for anything. Let alone complain with such a bitter complaint by asking the question, why do we even leave Egypt in the first place to die here, us and our animals? And of course, the most beautiful part of the aliyah is that Moshe and Adon who deserve to have at least one week to be able to mourn their older sister instead of responding to these accusations in a horrible way they're being spoken to, keep their mouth shut. Hazal tell us that's the reaction we should always have in life even when we're right. Don't respond. Fall down in your face. Wait for something else to happen. Wait to make a white space between your emotions and your reaction. [Music]