Parshas Matos-Masei/hgxn-,uyn ,arp

(42^nd & 43^rd Parshas  of 54 sections of the Torah)

By Rabbi Avraham David great grandson of Rabbi Moshe Langner, Strettyner Rebbe

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God Protects His flock

The last Parsha of the Book of Numbers details the wanderings of the Children of

Israel in the Wilderness on their journey to the land of Canaan. According to the

Torah, the children of Israel made 42 stops on their way to their promised land.
When they left Mitzrayim, (ancient Egypt), they did not leave as runaway slaves or as cowards but they left as  a proud people. When we read the Haggada commemorating the Exodus, we sit reclined as if we are royalty. We see an allusion to this in the Torah. The Torah says, ohrmn kf hbhgk vnr shc, “in an upraised hand, before the eyes of all Egypt.”  

(Numbers 33:3) If we rearrange the encoded letters it spells the word lkn, meaning king. Another important word we see with the last letter code of the phrase  ohrmn kf hbhgk vnr  is the term vkhn milah , meaning circumcision. The Torah mentions in Exodus 12:48 that no uncircumcised male shall eat of it. From this we learn that before the eating of the Passover meal all males were circumcised. With the aid of the code, we learn that even the Egyptians knew that we were circumcised. If they thought that we were weakened, the Torah says we went out with an upraised hand. In fact, it is the obeying of the commandments that gives us our strength. 

In this Parsha (Masai) the Torah tells us that an intentional killer must be put to death. The Torah says the following, jmrv ,nuh ,un tuv jmr ,,nhu, and he died, he is a killer;  the killer shall surely be put to death (Numbers 35:17) . In our society, most killers are put away in jail for many years. Some states authorize the death penalty. However, it is a lengthy procedure and the killer remains in jail for many years before the execution takes place. According to Torah law, an intentional killer is put to death. If the person is judged to have killed unintentionally, then the killer is sent to a city of refuge, to be rehabilitated by the Levites, who will teach him the laws of the Torah. The Torah places much importance in this situation based on the findings of the encoded letters which spells the term vhrnv (GGenesis 22:2) or  vhrunv (C2 Chronicles 3:1). , Hamoriah or the Temple Mount. On the temple mount sat the Sanhedrin, the highest court in the land of Israel. Why is Hamoriah encoded there? What has death to do with Moriah? Based on the reading of Rashi at 35:25, the Torah mentions that the killer shall dwell in the city of refuge until the High Priest (Kohen Gadol) dies “for the Kohen Gadol comes to make the Divine Presence rest upon Israel and to extend their days, and the murderer comes to remove the Divine Presence from Israel and shortens the days of their lives. Alternatively, because the Kohen Gadol should have prayed that this misfortune should not have occurred to Israel during his lifetime. In my opinion, it means that Moriah represents God and this killer does his act in spite of  God.

This past week (7/16/-7/21), we have been witnessing the war between Israel and the Hezbolla located in Lebanon and against the Hamas in the Gaza. Most of the activity has been centered in Beirut, where Israeli F-16 war planes maintain a constant bombardment of Hezbollah positions in South Beirut. Talking about intentional killers, there are no shortage of them as the Hezbollah terrorists keep firing katyusha rockets into Northern Israel. As the Israeli army prepares for a ground invasion, let them know that the Prophet Isaiah has a thought about the situation especially about the arrogant statement made by Hassan Nasrallah, the political leader of the Hezbollah, who said. “ Even if the whole universe comes, they will not be able to take back your two soldiers.” The Prophet Isaiah said, “For Hashem, Master of Legions, has a  day of retribution against every proud and arrogant person and against every exalted person – and he will be brought low. And against all the exalted cedars of Lebanon”(Isaiah 2:12-13). We should remind the arrogant Nasrallah about the powerful Roman general named Titus, who was humbled by a mere gnat. The day of retribution is coming to Mr. Nasrallah. He has caused enough pain and suffering to the Jewish people.  May we turn our hearts to the One Above , who always protects his flock against all harm.  

A refuah shlaima to my father, Yakov Zev Ben Malka blima, who is recovering from stroke, at Vanderbilt Nursing Home.

Shabbat Shalom ouka ,ca