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An original approach to understanding the elevation of Israel in Parshas Devorim.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
Devarim, Moshe Rabbeinu alludes to many sins that the Jewish people committed throughout their sojourn in the midbar. And the even before alluding to the cheit ha'egel in the words "v'dizahav", Moshe Rabbeinu alludes to a sin that happened after that. Namely, Bein Paran. He alludes to the cheit hamaraglim. Bein Paran. Why is Moshe Rabbeinu alluding to the cheit hamaraglim before the cheit ha'egel? This was a question Rav Emanuel Bernstein asked me a few years ago. And according to our principle of davar b'ito, of the appropriateness of a parashah to the time of the year, there is no more appropriate subject matter this time of the year than the cheit ha'egel. So, almost the cheit ha'egel is mentioned than than the cheit hamaraglim. After all, the cheit hamaraglim is the sin of Tisha B'Av. So, the cheit hamaraglim is up front and center in our attention even before the cheit ha'egel. That's why the main subject matter of parashah Devarim is the cheit hamaraglim. In describing the cheit ha- hamaraglim, the pasuk says like this, "Vayikchu v'yadam mipri ha'aretz." They took in their hands from the fruit of the land, "Vayoridu eleinu." And they brought it down to us. They brought it down to us. Rashi says, "Why does it say they brought it down to them?" Why does it say they brought it down? You know, it's interesting. It doesn't say such a an expression in the context of the Miraglim and Shlach. But here it says Vayoridu Aleno. They brought it down to us. Oh, says Rashi, "Magid She'eretz Yisrael Gavoha Mi'kol Ha'aratzos." And here we see that the land of Israel is taller than all the lands. Really? No, it's not.
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- 0:31Devarim, Moshe Rabbeinu alludes to many sins that the Jewish people committed throughout their sojourn in…
- 1:02alluding to the cheit hamaraglim before the cheit ha'egel? This was a question Rav Emanuel Bernstein…
- 1:33up front and center in our attention even before the cheit ha'egel. That's why the main…
- 2:06Why does it say they brought it down? You know, it's interesting. It doesn't say such…
- 3:07lands? Why? So there's an amazing Tshuvas Ha'Chasam Sofer. Keep the door open a little. And…
- 3:37to get one. You know the ball the globes that show the altitude where by the…
- 4:07is the high point. So, says the Ram Sofer, the reason why Chazal say Eretz Yisrael…
- 5:08the land? This is the focal point of the world. This is the epicenter of the…
- 5:38When we say in Eichah, "Bacho sichki balailah, v'dim'atah al l'cheyah." We We say in Eichah,…
- 6:09unfortunately are guilty of that sin. We still reject our Israel. And the proof is our…
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