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J e w i s h - A d v e n t i s t

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raining in Floridai As it was announced a few weeks agothe Shalom Learning Center led by Alexan-der Bolotnikov had their training session inFlorida from August 1 to 3 Richard Eloferattended this training and was blessed it was aprivilege not only to attend but also to worship with our Jewish Adventist members of thecongregation meeting in Hollywood Floridabut also to the attend the public lectures pre-sented by Alexander Bolotnikov ldquoTe gospelin the eyes of a Jewrdquo every evening

Te training was the first session for 10 students who came from different States of Americathey were attentive to the teachers who wereAlex Schssusler who taught Messianic historyand development from the first century to to-day Alexander Bolotnikov who taught the de-

velopment of the early church according to Actsof Apostle and the parting of the ways AndRichard Elofer who taught contextualization inthe Bible and the Spirit of prophecy

NAD Jewish M Workers Me

i For the first time in hidecided to organize a meetingish ministry workers of the meeting was led by Ralph

director of the Jewish ministin Grand Rapids Michiganhelpful in order to bring on very important discussions a Jews who are interested in by Jeff Zaremsky ldquoHow to Jews especially Orthodox JewElofer ldquoHow to develop and Adventist congregation to grBolotnikov ldquoHow to gain suish ministries from ConferenCairns All these discussionteresting and very animatedgether 13 leaders coming fromand even though seven of thnot join this first meeting it w

meeting and all together dethis workers meeting every ye

T

Parasharsquos comm

Ha

Ap ost ol ic Wr

StInspirational C

Color Sheet for

Resources

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week for lead-

ers of the

Jewish Ministry

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2014 I suggestthat our partners

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Andrey amp Elena

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Dnepropetrovsk

in Ukraine letrsquos

pray for thecongregation in

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Ukraine

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8



Mo en Cand thShem Adonnai Ecredothere

Mopeoplto maforgetas a sp Te pMoshIsrael whenIsraelbe a tnationry ancome from

M983151983155983144983141rsquo983155 P983154983137983161983141983154

Moshe wanted toenter the landof Israel but the

Almighty did not allowhim to Te orah statesthat Moshe said ldquoAnd Iprayed to the Almighty atthat time sayingrdquo (Deu-teronomy 323)

One of the Jewish ways ofunderstanding the orah isthrough gematriamdashexam-ining the numerical values

of words Te numerical value of Vaeacutetchanan thetitle of this parasha is 515and means ldquoand I prayedrdquo And the Sages tell us thatMoshe prayed to the Al-mighty as many prayers asthe numerical value of theVarsquoetchanan mdash 515 prayers Tis shows us how strongMoshersquos desire was to enterthe Holy Land

Letrsquos picture this If some-one asks another person forsomething and the otherperson refuses to meet his

request it is possible thathe will ask again Howeverafter a few times he willgive up Tere is a limit tohow many times one person will ask another for some-thing Here we see that

his prayer Eternal rest inheaven in the presence ofG-d A very few human be-ings had the privilege of notdying Enoch who was thefirst to avoid death (Gen524) Elijah the prophet was the second one (2Kings211) But Moshe died and was resurrected by the arch-angel Mikael and was takento heaven Tat is why eventhough the Bible does notteach immortality of the

soul we meet again Mosheand Elijah who both ofthem were in heaven on theday of the transfiguration of Jesus they were just speak-ing with him about his vic-tory and his death

Tis experience of Moshegives us a great hope wecan be confident and believethat God always answersour prayers Not always as we would like but alwaysanswer for our best It is im-portant to give full author-ity to God over our life He

knows better than us whatis good for usHis answer could be YES

His answer could be NOand His answer could beLAER But he always an-swers for our best

A N983145983139983141 P983154983137983161983141983154

he prayer Moshe pro-nounced is a beautifulone ldquoO L-rd G-D

you have only begun to show your servant your greatnessand your mighty hand For what god is there in heavenor on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yoursrdquo (Deuteronomy 324) Te beginning of this prayerrefer to the holy name of G-dhwhy ynwda (Adonaiuml YHWH)

and means ldquoYou who haveprivileged me to serve Youand have made me an instru-ment for the accomplishmentof Your Will on earthrdquo Tis isthe name used in the mouthsof the prophets and the men ofG-d to express their relationto G-d Te etragramma-ton (from a greek word whichmeans 4 letters) is referringto a G-d of love revealinghimself as ldquojusticerdquo and ex-presses the complete convic-tion that G-d is aboundingin kindness even when He

acts through His attribute of justice Adonaiuml signifies that aperson accepts and surrendershimself to G-drsquos will

Using these two namesMoshe declares from the out-set that he will acknowledge

the justness of G-ds judg-ment even if G-d sees fit todeny him his last requestMoshe expresses his requestand submit it to G-drsquos con-sideration ldquoYou have only be-gunrdquo all that You have let meexperience thus far is only thebeginning of an insight into Your greatness (Gadol) andalmighty power (Yad andChazak) Rabbi Hirsch af-firms that G-drsquos greatness isthe shaping power of the Cre-

ator Who educates mankindto His purposes

J983141983154983157983155983137983148983141983149 T983144983141 G983151983151983140M983151983157983150983156983137983145983150

he orah gives usMoshersquos descrip-tion of the Promised

Land ldquoand see the good landthat is on the far side of the Yarden that good mountainand the Lebanonrdquo (Deuter-onomy 325) He speaks asif there is only one moun-tain in the Holy Land ldquothatgood mountainrdquo in Hebrew

rhh (hahar ) bwoslashfh (hatov ) hzh

(hazeh) For the Jewish tradi-tion this ldquogood mountainrdquo isthe emple Mount in Jerusa-lem Te site of the Sanctu-ary the resting place of G-drsquos

Parasha forthis Week

VaeacutetchananNAhellipnAjVtRaIcircw

Deuteronomy323-711

ldquoTe LORD spoke with you face to faceat the mountain out of the midst of thefire while I stood between the LORDand you at that time to declare to youthe word of the LORD For you wereafraid because of the fire and you did

not go up into the mountainrdquo(Deuteronomy 54ndash5)

2 3

Parasha

Overview

Vaeacutetchanan

Although Mosheis glad that Ye-hoshua will lead

the nation Moshe never-theless prays to enter theLand of Israel in order toenjoy the promise landafter the last forty yearsof hard work Hashemrefuses

Moshe reminds Israelof the gathering at Sinai when they received the orahmdashthat they saw no visual representation ofthe Divine but only thesound of words

Moshe impresses onthe people of Israel thatthe Sinai revelation tookplace before an entire na-tion not to a select elite

and that only the Godrsquospeople will ever claimthat Hashem spoke totheir entire nation

Moshe specifically en- joins Israel to ldquopass overrdquothe Sinai event to theirchildren throughout allgenerations

Moshe predicts ac-curately that when thepeople dwell in the landof Israel they will sin andbe scattered among all thepeoples

Tey will stay few innumber but will eventu-ally return to Hashem

Moshe designates threeldquorefuge citiesrdquo to whichan inadvertent killer mayflee

Moshe continued to ask 515times Tis is truly amazing We learn from this the prin-ciple that the way to successis through persistence Espe-cially in spiritual matters oneneeds to adopt this attitude

Tere are three rules forsuccess 1 Initiative mdash youhave to try 2 Perseverancemdash you have to keep trying 3 Te Almighty blesses your ef-forts If something is impor-tant enough to you you must

persist in order to succeed Te case of Moshe is veryspecial Because when weread this text we think thatG-d did not answer posi-tively to him even thoughhe prayed 515 times on thissame topic However we dis-cover that God answered himpositively When we analyzeMoshersquos request we under-stand that he wanted to enterthe Promised Land or ldquopara-diserdquo to rest after forty yearsof hard work But the prom-ised land of Canaan was not

a real ldquoparadiserdquo even thoughit was a land of milk andhoney Te work was not fin-ished yet when they reached Jericho the conquest of theland had just started andthe way to get all the country

was sti ll long it wi ll last allthe life of Joshua Tatrsquos whyG-d had a better answer toMoshersquos prayer G-d wantedto give him the real para-dise Ten when it was timefor Moshe to die G-d give astrange instruction nobodyhad to attend his death andfuneral ldquoTen Moses theservant of the LORD diedthere in the land of Moabat the LORDrsquoS commandHe was buried in a valley in

the land of Moab oppositeBeth-peor but no one knowshis burial place to this dayrdquo(Deut 345-6) Who buriedMoshe Te Brit Hachadashahelps us to understand a veryimportant point about thedeath of Moshe Moshe hadno need to be buried by hu-man beings Moshe died and was resurrected immediatelyto go to paradise Te veryspecial archangel called Mi-kael came to take Moshe toheaven ldquoBut when the arch-angel Mikael contended with

the devil and disputed aboutthe body of Moses he did notdare to bring a condemnationof slander against him butsaid ldquoTe Lord rebuke yourdquo(Jude 9) Ten Moshe finallygot what he was asking for in



Haftara Isaiah 401-20

his Shabbat is thefirst Shabbat after i-sha BrsquoAv It is called

ldquoShabbat Nachmurdquo (ldquoShabbatof comfortrdquo) as the Haftarahof this week begins with the

words ldquoNachmu NachmuAmirdquo - ldquoComfort comfortmy peoplerdquo here are seven

weeks from isha BrsquoAv untilRosh Hashana his period iscalled ldquoShiva DrsquonechemtardquomdashrdquoSeven weeks of comfortrdquo

hese seven Haftarot areprophesies of comfort andhope for Israel and Godrsquospeople at large

Haftara he root of theHebrew word for comfortldquoNachemrdquo nun-chet-memcan refer to comforting thenation as well as to comfort-ing an individual after thedeath of a loved one

If the people of Israel are to

be comforted it is becausethe Lord is coming very soon

he text says A voice ringsout ldquoClear in the desert aroad for the LORD Level inthe wilderness a highway forour God Let every valley beraised every hill and mountmade low Let the ruggedground become level andthe ridges become a plain

he Presence of the LORDshall appear and all flesh asone shall behold mdash For theLORD Himself has spokenrdquo(Is 403-5 JPS)

It is interesting to notice thatthe Brit Hachadasha whichis an interpretation made2000 years ago applied thistext to the coming of theMashiach ldquohis is the oneof whom the prophet Isaiahspoke when he said ldquohe

voice ofthe wild

way of t

paths strMatatya

Yochanapreparedin the d

What isthe brit Happly veof the And all beholdrsquo because

verse wiat the edefinitiving of th

we call tof the Mflesh (frthe worl

hen wcomfort of Israelldquohat hated foat the hdouble f402) doned fothey wilOur mcomfort

pare Jeruday ldquoAmirdquo - my peop

orah which Moshe trans-mitted to hands and mindsFrom this place the orah will bring light and sanctityto the people of Israel initiallyand ultimately to all of man-kind From this place Yeshuapreached the good news ofsalvation to Jews and fromthis place Jews preached thegood news to the world Tismountain deserves the qual-ity of ldquoGoodrdquo Hatov

S HEMA I SRAEL

W e read in this weekrsquos Parashathe famous Sh-

ema Yisrael ldquoHear O Israel theL-rd is our G-d the L-rd isOne And you shall love theL-rd your G-d with all yourheart and with all your soulBechol Nafshecha and with all your might Bechol Mersquoodecha rdquo(Deuteronomy 64-5) Te Sh-ema is recited three times dailymdash in the morning and eveningprayers and again before bed-time With the Shema we af-firm our belief in G-d and

proclaim our love for HimBechol Nafshecha ldquoWith all

your soulrdquo means according tothe Jewish tradition that ourlove for G-d should be great-est than loving our own lifethus we must express our loveto G-d even though we are tor-

tured and killedBechol Mersquoodecha ldquowith

all your mightrdquo Te word Mersquoodecha is according to the Jewish tradition from the He-brew word Midah (measure) Te orah tells us that no mat-ter with what measure G-ddeals with us we must still ex-press our love for Him Tusour sages say that ldquoOne mustbless G-d for the bad just as forthe goodrdquo with all measure

Our sages explain that al-though we may not see the

good in certain situations it isonly because we have limited vision From G-drsquos perspectivethere is a reason for everythingIn the end whatever G-d doesis for the good

Te Shema is the most im-portant Jewish prayer andconfession of faith thatrsquos why Yeshua said it is the first or themost important mitzva

Te Besorah of Mark statesldquoAnd one of the scribes cameand having heard them rea-soning together and perceiv-ing that he had answered them

well asked him Which is thefirst commandment of allAnd Yeshua answered him Te first of all the command-ments is Hear O Israel TeLord our God is one LordAnd thou shalt love the Lordthy God with all thy heart

and with all thy soul and withall thy mind and with all thystrength this is the first com-mandmentrdquo Mark 1228-30

T983144983141SHEMA 983156983141983137983139983144983141983155983157983155 983156983144983141 983145983149983152983151983154983156983137983150983139983141 983151983142

E983140983157983139983137983156983145983151983150

he Bible gives ex-plicit directionsconcerning the im-

portant work of educatingchildren ldquoHear O Israel Te L-rd our G-d is oneL-rd Love the L-rd your

G-d with all your heartand with all your soul and with all your strength Tese commandments thatI give you today are to beupon your hearts (Deuter-onomy 64-6) Te parentsare themselves to be con-nected with G-d they areto have His fear before themand to have a knowledge ofHis will Ten comes their work ldquoImpress them on your children alk aboutthem when you sit at homeand when you walk along

the road when you lie downand when you get up iethem as symbols on yourhands and bind them on your foreheads Write themon the door frames of yourhouses and on your gatesrdquo(Deuteronomy 67-9)

he parasha of this week teaches us per-severance in prayer

Moshe prayed for forgivenessand his entry to the Prom-ised Land According to the Jewish tradition Vaeacutetchanan which is translated as ldquoprayerrdquoor as ldquopleadedrdquo ldquoAnd I plead-ed with the LORD at thattimerdquo (Deuteronomy 323) According to the guematria way to interpret the HebrewBible Vaeacutetchanan has the nu-merical value of 515 Moshe

used a non conventional wordto say that he prayed G-d 515times for this special requestPerseverance and persistenceare the lessons Moshe wantedto teach us

Yeshua teaches us also agreat lesson about persever-ance in prayer through a par-able ldquoTen Yeshua told thema parable about their need topray always and not to loseheart He said ldquoIn a certaincity there was a judge whoneither feared God nor hadrespect for people In thatcity there was a widow whokept coming to him and say-ing lsquoGrant me justice againstmy opponentrsquo For a while herefused but later he said tohimself lsquoTough I have nofear of God and no respectfor anyone yet because this widow keeps bothering me I

will grant her justice so thatshe may not wear me out bycontinually comingrsquordquo And theLord said ldquoListen to what theunjust judge says And will notGod grant justice to his cho-sen ones who cry to him dayand night Will he delay longin helping themrdquo (Luke 181-7) eaching through parableis a very Jewish way of teach-ing people like stories andstories can be rememberedeasily In a certain city was aldquoJudgerdquo the judge is the one

who has power the one whohas authority to make quickdecisions But if we look at thecontext of this parable we seethat just above in the chapter17 Yeshua was speaking aboutthe coming of the Mashiachhe presented the moral situ-ation of the world ldquoJust as it was in the days of Noah so will it be in the days of theSon of Man Tey were eatingand drinking and marryingand being given in marriageuntil the day when Noah en-tered the ark and the floodcame and destroyed them allLikewise just as it was in thedays of Lotmdashthey were eat-ing and drinking buying andselling planting and buildingbut on the day when Lot wentout from Sodom fire and sul-phur rained from heaven anddestroyed them allrdquo (Luke

1726ndash29) he concluded hiscomparison saying ldquoso will itbe on the day when the Sonof Man is revealedrdquo (Luke1730) Te expression ldquoSonof Manrdquo is the very expressionDaniel used in his descriptionof the Messiah in his chapter7 ldquoI saw in the night visionsand behold with the cloudsof heaven there came one likea son of man and he came tothe Ancient of Days and waspresented before him And tohim was given dominion and

glory and a kingdom thatall peoples nations and lan-guages should serve him hisdominion is an everlasting do-minion which shall not passaway and his kingdom onethat shall not be destroyedrdquo(Daniel 713ndash14) Tis Son ofMan is the one who will es-tablish the kingdom of G-d Te moral situation of the world will be disastrous be-fore this revelation

Yeshua compared the endtime world to the time ofNoah or Lot in Sodom Teonly solution for the currentsituation is the coming of theSon of Man but we need tofeel the necessity of his com-ing and if we feel its necessitythen we will pray days andnights for the coming of theMessiah with perseveranceand persistence

ldquoYou shall not add to the word that Icommand you nor take from it that you

may keep the commandments of theLORD your God that I command yourdquo

(Deuteronomy 42)

Apostolic Writings mdash Luke 181-7

4 5



InspirationalCorner

v When they [Is-

rael] came to Sinai He

took occasion to refresh

their minds in regard to

His requirements Mes-

siah and G-d standingside by side upon the

mount with solemn

majesty proclaimed the

Ten Commandments

(Ev 616)

Ins

v Yyou locommto seletwo owholecommmust tells upretendo no

quireer saybut dcommliar anot inis the we kemandhis coare no(CTr

Napoleon andthe Temple

he story is toldthat Napoleon was

walking throughthe streets of Paris one i-sha BrsquoAv As his entouragepassed a synagogue he heard

wailing and crying coming

from within he sent an aideto inquire as to what hadhappened Te aide returnedand told Napoleon that the

Jews were in mourning overthe loss of their empleNapoleon was indignantldquoHow come I wasnrsquot in-formed When did this hap-pen Which emplerdquo Teaide responded ldquoTey losttheir emple in Jerusalemon this date 1700 years agordquoNapoleon stood in silenceand then said ldquoCertainly a

people which has mournedthe loss of their emple forso long will survive to see itrebuiltrdquo

Rabbi Akiva

R abbi Akiva was oneof the en Martyrs

who were killed bythe Romans in the years fol-lowing the destruction ofthe Second emple Rabbi

Akiva suffered a very painfuldeath Te Romans tore hisflesh with iron combs

Te almud relates that inthe middle of this pain Rabbi Akiva began reciting theShema with great devotionand with a smile on his face

Te Roman general presentsaid to Rabbi Akiva ldquoAre

you a magician How can you smile while suffering sordquo

Rabbi Akiva replied ldquoNoI am not a magician But allmy life I proclaimed in theShema that I love G-d withall my soul All my life I washoping to be able to fulfillthis mitzvah to the fullest

Now that my life is beingtaken because I am a Jewand Irsquom truly fulfilling themitzvah of loving G-d withall my soul should I not behappyrdquo

Rabbi Akiva then recitedthe Shema with all his mightand as he uttered the last

word Echad mdash ldquoG-d is Onerdquohe died

Up Everything isJust and Perfect

Please read this story asa parable Yeshua gave

the parable of Lazarusand the rich man even if heand we donrsquot believe in theimmortality of the soul

--Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman(Nachmanides) was a greatscholar Once he visited one ofhis students who was very sickRabbi Moshe realized that hisstudentrsquos days were numberedHe said to his student ldquoI havemany questions as to the suf-ferings of our people I want

you to go before the heavenly

court and ask them where is justice Why are these ter-rible things happening to ourpeople Ten you must comeand reveal to me the answersto these questionsrdquoRabbi Moshe wrote down the

questions and instructed thatthe paper be placed in the cof-fin which they did when thestudent passed away

A while later as Rabbi Moshe was studying his student ap-peared before him ldquoDid youask the questions from theheavenly court Did you bring

me the answer to the ques-tionsrdquo Rabbi Moshe inquiredfrom his studentldquoMy dear teacher when I wentup to heaven I went to ask thequestions so that I can bring

you the answer as promisedHowever when I entered theheavenly court I suddenly re-alized that in the heavenlyspheres there were no ques-tions Up there everythinglooked just and perfectrdquo

Shabbat candles

he story is told of ahusband and wife whoalways quarreled when

it came to lighting the Shab-bat candles He wanted her touse olive oil like his motherdid and she wanted to usecandles which were used byher mother Tey finally cameto Rabbi Chaim of zanz forhis decision Te rabbi toldthem ldquoOur sages institutedthe lighting of the Shabbatcandles in order to bring peaceinto the Jewish home so howcan you be fighting over the

Shabbat candlesrdquo He thenturned to the husband andsaid ldquoOur sages gave themitzvah of lighting the Shab-bat candles to the women andit is her choice to use whateverlights she wantsrdquo

ldquoAnd Moses summoned all Israel and said to them ldquoHear O Israel the statutes and

the rules that I speak in your hearing today and you shall learn them and be careful to

do them The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb Not with our fathers

did the LORD make this covenant but with us who are all of us here alive today The

LORD spoke with you face to face at the mountain out of the midst of the re while

I stood between the LORD and you at that time to declare to you the word of the

LORD For you were afraid because of the re and you did not go up into the moun -

tain He saidrdquo (Deuteronomy 51ndash5)

KIDS PARASHA VAEacuteTCHANANNAhellipnAjVtRaIcircw

STORIES AND TRADITIONS

httpwwwbnai-tikkunorgnz

6 7

Deuteronomy 323 - 711



Mo en Cand thShem Adonnai Ecredothere

Mopeoplto maforgetas a sp Te pMoshIsrael whenIsraelbe a tnationry ancome from

M983151983155983144983141rsquo983155 P983154983137983161983141983154

Moshe wanted toenter the landof Israel but the

Almighty did not allowhim to Te orah statesthat Moshe said ldquoAnd Iprayed to the Almighty atthat time sayingrdquo (Deu-teronomy 323)

One of the Jewish ways ofunderstanding the orah isthrough gematriamdashexam-ining the numerical values

of words Te numerical value of Vaeacutetchanan thetitle of this parasha is 515and means ldquoand I prayedrdquo And the Sages tell us thatMoshe prayed to the Al-mighty as many prayers asthe numerical value of theVarsquoetchanan mdash 515 prayers Tis shows us how strongMoshersquos desire was to enterthe Holy Land

Letrsquos picture this If some-one asks another person forsomething and the otherperson refuses to meet his

request it is possible thathe will ask again Howeverafter a few times he willgive up Tere is a limit tohow many times one person will ask another for some-thing Here we see that

his prayer Eternal rest inheaven in the presence ofG-d A very few human be-ings had the privilege of notdying Enoch who was thefirst to avoid death (Gen524) Elijah the prophet was the second one (2Kings211) But Moshe died and was resurrected by the arch-angel Mikael and was takento heaven Tat is why eventhough the Bible does notteach immortality of the

soul we meet again Mosheand Elijah who both ofthem were in heaven on theday of the transfiguration of Jesus they were just speak-ing with him about his vic-tory and his death

Tis experience of Moshegives us a great hope wecan be confident and believethat God always answersour prayers Not always as we would like but alwaysanswer for our best It is im-portant to give full author-ity to God over our life He

knows better than us whatis good for usHis answer could be YES

His answer could be NOand His answer could beLAER But he always an-swers for our best

A N983145983139983141 P983154983137983161983141983154

he prayer Moshe pro-nounced is a beautifulone ldquoO L-rd G-D

you have only begun to show your servant your greatnessand your mighty hand For what god is there in heavenor on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yoursrdquo (Deuteronomy 324) Te beginning of this prayerrefer to the holy name of G-dhwhy ynwda (Adonaiuml YHWH)

and means ldquoYou who haveprivileged me to serve Youand have made me an instru-ment for the accomplishmentof Your Will on earthrdquo Tis isthe name used in the mouthsof the prophets and the men ofG-d to express their relationto G-d Te etragramma-ton (from a greek word whichmeans 4 letters) is referringto a G-d of love revealinghimself as ldquojusticerdquo and ex-presses the complete convic-tion that G-d is aboundingin kindness even when He

acts through His attribute of justice Adonaiuml signifies that aperson accepts and surrendershimself to G-drsquos will

Using these two namesMoshe declares from the out-set that he will acknowledge

the justness of G-ds judg-ment even if G-d sees fit todeny him his last requestMoshe expresses his requestand submit it to G-drsquos con-sideration ldquoYou have only be-gunrdquo all that You have let meexperience thus far is only thebeginning of an insight into Your greatness (Gadol) andalmighty power (Yad andChazak) Rabbi Hirsch af-firms that G-drsquos greatness isthe shaping power of the Cre-

ator Who educates mankindto His purposes

J983141983154983157983155983137983148983141983149 T983144983141 G983151983151983140M983151983157983150983156983137983145983150

he orah gives usMoshersquos descrip-tion of the Promised

Land ldquoand see the good landthat is on the far side of the Yarden that good mountainand the Lebanonrdquo (Deuter-onomy 325) He speaks asif there is only one moun-tain in the Holy Land ldquothatgood mountainrdquo in Hebrew

rhh (hahar ) bwoslashfh (hatov ) hzh

(hazeh) For the Jewish tradi-tion this ldquogood mountainrdquo isthe emple Mount in Jerusa-lem Te site of the Sanctu-ary the resting place of G-drsquos

Parasha forthis Week

VaeacutetchananNAhellipnAjVtRaIcircw

Deuteronomy323-711

ldquoTe LORD spoke with you face to faceat the mountain out of the midst of thefire while I stood between the LORDand you at that time to declare to youthe word of the LORD For you wereafraid because of the fire and you did

not go up into the mountainrdquo(Deuteronomy 54ndash5)

2 3

Parasha

Overview

Vaeacutetchanan

Although Mosheis glad that Ye-hoshua will lead

the nation Moshe never-theless prays to enter theLand of Israel in order toenjoy the promise landafter the last forty yearsof hard work Hashemrefuses

Moshe reminds Israelof the gathering at Sinai when they received the orahmdashthat they saw no visual representation ofthe Divine but only thesound of words

Moshe impresses onthe people of Israel thatthe Sinai revelation tookplace before an entire na-tion not to a select elite

and that only the Godrsquospeople will ever claimthat Hashem spoke totheir entire nation

Moshe specifically en- joins Israel to ldquopass overrdquothe Sinai event to theirchildren throughout allgenerations

Moshe predicts ac-curately that when thepeople dwell in the landof Israel they will sin andbe scattered among all thepeoples

Tey will stay few innumber but will eventu-ally return to Hashem

Moshe designates threeldquorefuge citiesrdquo to whichan inadvertent killer mayflee

Moshe continued to ask 515times Tis is truly amazing We learn from this the prin-ciple that the way to successis through persistence Espe-cially in spiritual matters oneneeds to adopt this attitude

Tere are three rules forsuccess 1 Initiative mdash youhave to try 2 Perseverancemdash you have to keep trying 3 Te Almighty blesses your ef-forts If something is impor-tant enough to you you must

persist in order to succeed Te case of Moshe is veryspecial Because when weread this text we think thatG-d did not answer posi-tively to him even thoughhe prayed 515 times on thissame topic However we dis-cover that God answered himpositively When we analyzeMoshersquos request we under-stand that he wanted to enterthe Promised Land or ldquopara-diserdquo to rest after forty yearsof hard work But the prom-ised land of Canaan was not

a real ldquoparadiserdquo even thoughit was a land of milk andhoney Te work was not fin-ished yet when they reached Jericho the conquest of theland had just started andthe way to get all the country

was sti ll long it wi ll last allthe life of Joshua Tatrsquos whyG-d had a better answer toMoshersquos prayer G-d wantedto give him the real para-dise Ten when it was timefor Moshe to die G-d give astrange instruction nobodyhad to attend his death andfuneral ldquoTen Moses theservant of the LORD diedthere in the land of Moabat the LORDrsquoS commandHe was buried in a valley in

the land of Moab oppositeBeth-peor but no one knowshis burial place to this dayrdquo(Deut 345-6) Who buriedMoshe Te Brit Hachadashahelps us to understand a veryimportant point about thedeath of Moshe Moshe hadno need to be buried by hu-man beings Moshe died and was resurrected immediatelyto go to paradise Te veryspecial archangel called Mi-kael came to take Moshe toheaven ldquoBut when the arch-angel Mikael contended with

the devil and disputed aboutthe body of Moses he did notdare to bring a condemnationof slander against him butsaid ldquoTe Lord rebuke yourdquo(Jude 9) Ten Moshe finallygot what he was asking for in















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