{"id":3879,"date":"2018-07-03T08:33:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T08:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batkol.info\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2018-07-03T08:33:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T08:33:31","slug":"parashat-pinchas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ratisbonne.org.il\/bk\/2018\/07\/03\/parashat-pinchas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Pinchas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Parashat Pinchas \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u2013 Erev Shabbat 6 July 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Week of 1-7 July 2018\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Torah portion<\/em><\/strong>: Numbers 25:10-30:1 Haftarah<\/strong>: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3<\/em><\/p>\n

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I<\/em><\/strong>nheritance is an important theme in this week\u2019s reading.\u00a0 There is the case of the daughters of Zelophehad.\u00a0 And there is the question of who shall succeed Moses and lead the people into the Land.\u00a0 For it will not be \u00a0one of Moses\u2019 sons; instead it will be the son of Nun, Joshua. Why does the lord instruct Moses to choose Joshua? (Num 27:18-19) Is it because he is brave and resolute, as he demonstrated in the war against Amalek (Ex 17:9-13) and as one of the spies who ventured into Canaan (Num 14:6-9)? \u00a0Yet he shares with Caleb this courage and this faith that the Israelites will prevail.\u00a0 What sets Joshua apart?<\/p>\n

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According to the Sages, this is how Moses approached the lord about his successor:<\/p>\n

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Moses said: Now is the time to make my claims.\u00a0 If daughters inherit, then it is only right that my sons inherit my glory! Said the Holy One blessed be He to him: \u201cWhoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof\u201d (Pro 27:18) Thy sons idled away their time and did not occupy themselves with study of the Torah; but, as for Joshua, much did he minister to thee and much honor did he apportion thee.\u00a0 He would betake himself early morning and late in the evening to thy meeting house, arranging the benches and spreading the mats.\u00a0 Since he served thee with all his might, it were meet for him to minister to Israel, that he lose not his reward. \u201cTake to thee Joshua the son of Nun\u201d\u2014in fulfillment of the text: \u201cWhoso keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof.\u201d (Leibowitz, 342-343)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cMuch did he minister to thee\u201d\u2014Joshua is described in Torah as the faithful servant of Moses, seemingly always there at his elbow (Ex 24:13, 32:17; 33:11; Num 11:28).\u00a0 And almost the last words said by Joshua, in the book which bears his name, are: \u201cAs for me and my house, we will serve the lord. \u201c(Jos 24:15) Could it be that Joshua\u2019s devoted service to the people of Israel and to the lord is inspired by the example of Moses?<\/p>\n

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Moses is always ready to serve others. What casts him out of his comfortable life as the adopted son of Pharaoh\u2019s daughter is the sight of an Israelite being beaten by an Egyptian.\u00a0 He kills the Egyptian, and while this is not to condone homicide, his motive is to rescue the victim of the beating.\u00a0 He flees to the land of Midian and there rescues the daughters of the priest of Midian from shepherds who won\u2019t let them water their flock.\u00a0 He then waters the animals himself (Ex 2:11-22) He encounters the lord in the burning bush\u00a0 when he is \u201ctending the flock\u201d of his father-in-law. (Ex 3:1) This same father-in-law later on thinks that Moses, as the leader of the people,\u00a0 works too hard! (Ex 18:17-18) He is constantly burdened with the people\u2019s needs and demands, their fear and anger.\u00a0 Complaining to the lord about \u201cthe burden of all this people,\u201d he asks; \u201cDid I conceive all this people, did I bear them, that You should say to me, \u201cCarry them in your bosom as a nurse carries an infant\u201d? (Num 11:11-12) Despite his understandable exasperation, it is a beautiful image, very different from the usual depiction of the stern figure holding the tablets of the Law. \u00a0\u00a0It is in keeping with the description of him as \u201ca very humble man, more so than any other man on earth.\u201d (Num 12:3)<\/p>\n

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Reflection:<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>As the people trudged through the desert, Moses may well have helped tired women by carrying their children. Think of him in this way and reflect on the relationship between leadership and service.<\/p>\n

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Bibliography<\/em><\/strong>: \u00a0Leibowitz, Nehama. Studies in Bemidbar (Numbers)<\/em>, Jerusalem, pp. 342-343.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s teaching commentary is by<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Anne Morton, Winnipeg, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bat Kol alum 2010<\/p>\n

Email: anmorton@mymts.net<\/a><\/p>\n

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