Matos-Masei - Israel the Desired Land

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Parsha Podcast with Ari Goldwag’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

You're listening to the weekly parsha podcast with Ari Goldwag recorded with a Shem's never-ending assistance in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel 5783, 2023. This week's parshas parshas Matos and Massei, we have two parshas together. And one of the central themes as we come to the close of Sefer Bamidbar is the the fact that the the the people of Israel, Klal Yisrael, is standing at the cusp. They're standing on the threshold of walking into Eretz Yisrael. walking into Eretz Yisrael. They're about to be manchiel. They're about to be to inherit the land. The pasuk tells us in parshas Massei Vayedaber Hashem el Moshe lemor Hashem says to Moshe as follows Tzav es Bnei Yisrael ve'amarta aleihem Command the people of Israel and say to them Ki atem bo'im el ha'aretz Kena'an You are coming to the land of Kena'an. Zos ha'aretz asher tipol lachem b'nachalah. Eretz Kena'an The Torah says This is the land that shall be yours to inherit, land that shall be yours to inherit, that shall fall to you for inheritance. The land of Kena'an in its boundaries. And I'd like to share with you beautiful thought actually. It's interesting cuz I was thinking about this recently. Birkas Hamazon. You know, we're in the time We're in the time of the three weeks. We mourn the Temple, the loss of the Beis Hamikdash, the loss of our national sovereignty, the loss of Yerushalayim, loss of Jerusalem, the loss of our intimate

Jump to a moment

1. 0:00You're listening to the weekly parsha podcast with Ari Goldwag recorded with a Shem's never-ending assistance…
2. 2:35that flag of Am Yisrael. We can't recognize it even though we're deeply into the process.…
3. 5:07about it's not just about the food. It's interesting that we say it with the food.…
4. 7:39beloved blessing of the four blessings that that say after we eat bread. What would you…
5. 10:13uh progenitors of Israel, the 12 sons of Jacob, they all had their bones brought to…
6. 12:44Eretz Yisrael. The Torah is not complete except for in Eretz Yisrael. As long as we're…
7. 15:20therefore we are to want. We are to desire. We are to feel this is where…
8. 17:54They hired all kinds of kings and armies to help them. I'm going to Sisera and…
9. 20:36in order to have sustenance. And the sustenance of the Jewish people is our relationship with…
10. 23:12parnossa doesn't just mean being able to live. Doesn't just mean paying my bills. The real…

Every second of this shiur plays inside Lehallel — a filtered YouTube library of Torah, music and shiurim. No ads, no comments, no autoplay.