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Amram son of Sultana
We may ask, why did Moshe cry when he wrote these last eight verses? Surely, he knew that one day he would die. What, then, caused him such sorrow that brought him to tears?
The answer becomes clear as we go back one verse to the ninth to last verse in the Torah: "And God said to him (Moshe): This is the land which I made an oath to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya’akov saying: ‘I will give it to your descendents.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross (the river) to enter it" (Devarim 34:4).
Moshe Rabbenu, upon hearing God’s final communication to him, begins to cry. He continues to cry, even as he records God’s words testifying to Moshe’s greatness, his closeness to God, and the love that the people had for him.
Moshe, our teacher, left us with this final message: All of one’s personal achievements in this world pale in contrast to the fulfillment of God’s oath to our forefathers and the achievement of the Jewish people’s national dream.
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Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part I
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part I
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Our King on Rosh Hashana, Our Father on Yom Kippur.
Based on Aroch Siach, p. 221 (Rav Shaul Yisraeli)
P'ninat Mishpat A Non-Contractor in Changing Times – part II
(based on ruling 85128 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Moreshet Shaul Hashem Is your Shadow – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 420 – an address from 1941
Parashat Hashavua Happiness for the Right Reasons
[With painful longing, we share these divrei Torah from our co-Rosh Kollel for close to 40 years, Harav Moshe Ehrenreich zt”l.]
