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Asher Ben Haim
This Midrash is difficult. Joseph could, indeed, say that he was from the "land of the Hebrews." But Moses could not make such a statement. He was an "Egyptian man." He traveled on an Egyptian passport. He had never set foot in the "land of the Hebrews." Moses could perhaps have said that he was a Hebrew, but not that he was from the land of the Hebrews. Why then was he denied entry into the Land?
In the eyes of R. Levi, to declare you are a Jew is equivalent to acknowledging the Land of Israel as your land. The connection between the Jewish people and the Land is an intrinsic, essential one. Therefore, had Moses said, "I am a Jew," his declaration would have been an acknowledgment of the Land of Israel as his land. This he could very well have said, even though he traveled on an Egyptian passport. His failure to make such a statement reflected a weakness in Moses’ connection to the land.
R. Nachman of Breslav said: "Wherever I go, I am going to Eretz Yisrael."
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Hosha'ana Rabba FLYDUBAI & HOSHANA RABBA- ANI VAHU HOSHIA NA- I & HIM SAVE US
"Ani vaHu Hoshia Na", "I and Him, Save Us". We don't just pray to Him, but we also pray to and for ourselves that we should emulate and educate our children to have that instinctive altruism with which He created the world. President Trump seemed amused about Yaniv Hayon, our PLUMBER who confidently worked with G-d like Superman (he learned from a pilot on a TV show!) to save 174 lives on the Dubai hijacking, but we in Israel are totally accustomed already 78 years to our plumbers, teachers, garbage-men, rabbis, farmers & doctors being Hashem's shlichim! This is what Zionism is about.
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)
