Shnayim Yomi - Chukat - Shishi - #6- Rabbi Avraham Benhamu

[Music] Good morning. Yum shishi of hokat. We continue to walk around and go around. At this point we are not being told but get tired and exhausted and they once again complain to Moshe and to Moshe Adon's not with us anymore and he says we have no water we have no bread and we're sick and tired of this what they were attacking was the man something that we would wish to have today because this was so amazing and so nutritious. Here they are 40 years later, rightfully so, hating this. And before Moshe can respond to this, Hashem sends these, these snakes, venomous snakes that come in and bite them. And they begin to bite Benel and many of Israel die. And Ben themselves come running to Moshe. And they say to we realize we have sinned because we have insulted you and God. Please pray for us and remove from us this nash. And of course Moshe always lorded to his people prays for the am. And Hashem tells Moshe, okay Moshe, make for yourself a snake. Put him on a stick and all those who are bitten by the venomous snake should look at this snake on a stick and it shall live. And indeed Moshe makes his he makes this copper snake on a stick. And all those who look at it, they look at this and they would survive. Of course, the Mishna asked the famous question, is it possible that we are misleading Israel? To think that if you look at a magical wand that that will save your life after all of these things we had to learn not to believe in. Now suddenly we're referring to these magical sticks. And tells us that was not what cured them. It was Moshe holding up the pointing upwards where they realized that what they praying to Hashem because they did wrong that the snake came from God. That's what made them made him live. Sometimes in life we have to have these little items just to remind us what Hashem is. The kesh the are all kesh because it brings to us by us elevating it status by knowing it's how we obey Hashem. But it itself is just a way for us to be able to see and understand the greatness of God. [Music]