July 31, 2024

Parshas Masei and the Eternal Journey from Egypt to Canaan with Insights from Rav Moshe Feinstein

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Season 7

What if you could experience the Torah as if it were given today? Join us on a compelling exploration of Parshas Masei, where we trace the 42 unique stops our ancestors made from the Exodus to the brink of Canaan. Together, we’ll uncover the hidden gems in Moshe's careful documentation, including unforgettable moments like the water crisis at Rephidim, and ponder why monumental events, such as the revelation at Har Sinai, are absent from this narrative.

Guided by Rav Moshe Feinstein's profound insights, we will challenge the notion of Torah as an ancient, static text and learn to embrace it with renewed passion and immediacy. Rav Moshe teaches us that the Torah should feel as fresh and invigorating as if it were given today, urging us to keep our spiritual connection dynamic and alive daily. Take advantage of this enriching episode that seamlessly blends faith, history, and timeless wisdom, reminding us of the enduring vitality of our sacred texts.

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just like discovering a buried old, ancient and priceless treasure map beneath the dirt in the backyard of your house, where you get to unravel it and see all the different steps one would need to take to get to the X marks, the spot where the buried treasure rests.

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So too, parshas Mase has that same feel of reliving all the different steps that our treasure-hunting grandparents took from the Yitzchias Mitzrayim and the 42 different journeys made until they reach the plains of Moab, where the march on Canaan will soon ensue.

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Where the march on Canaan will soon ensue.

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And it's interesting to note, out of all the 42 different stops, the Torah chronicles Moshe writes and his historical documentation for keepsake, all the different places that we stopped in by name and in some instances we get a bit of a backstory as to what actually happened in that encampment.

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For example, in Rephidim we didn't have water and we complained.

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But Rav Moshe Feinstein, the great Darash Moshe, the great Igris Moshe, the great Rav Moshe Feinstein, the crown of Racha, points out.

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But blatantly absent is any reference to the greatest event in human history, the Kabbalah Satorah, where God revealed himself and proclaimed the omnipresent spoke to mortal man.

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That all happened in the wilderness, right by the mountainside of Harsinai, but there's no reference to it.

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Here we just get and they encamp amid Harsinai no, nothing.

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It seems to be kind of important.

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That episode says Rav Moshe, because this is a chronicling, this is a treasure map, an old constitution to remember the past and keep it fresh in our minds.

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But Torah, the Ten Commandments, when Hashem reveals Himself, surely you're aware of the Maimar Chazal that every single day it needs to be in a person's mind.

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His attitude is, it's as if Torah has been given today.

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Torah is supposed to be fresh and not just guarded by police, all protected inside the Museum of Natural History or guarded somewhere like the old constitution.

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But no, it's supposed to be Tyre right out of the fryer.

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Tyre is supposed to be invigorating.

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Tyre is supposed to be new and novel, garden, fresh study of Tyre, to be invigorating.

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Tyra is supposed to be new and novel, garden, fresh study of Tyra.

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So of course in this old treasure map that's highly important it isn't going to mention something that is still happening and needs to happen every single day.

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Just wouldn't fit the bill For us.

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We should remember that Tyra is supposed to be fresh and even today, yesterday and every day of our lives we should serve Hashem and learn Hashem's Torah like it's right out of the fryer, as if the Torah had been given to us today.