Semuchim M'yad - Connecting Parshas Masei With the End of Matos

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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.

The end of parshas Matos said as follows, Noivach went, he conquered Kena'an and its tributaries and he called her Noivach based on his name. The Sefer Yalkut Reuveini, which is a early collection of Midrashim, it's actually quoted in many of the Sifrei Chida, says the word la is rashei teivos. Vayikra la. La stands for lashon hara. Noivach teaches you that someone who speaks lashon hara is uh comes back in a gilgul as a barking dog. So let's say you're walking down the street and you're minding your own business, all of a sudden you see a barking, annoying dog. So what's the matter with this What's the matter with this dog? Why is he so irritated? Just It's not It's not the dog's fault, you see. The dog a few years before was sitting in a drasha and after the drasha the guy badmouthed the drasha. So he had to come back as a barking dog, you know. Don't hold it against him. That's just what happened. Anyway, um that's the concept. The concept is la. La stands for lashon hara. So I think it it um it flows beautifully into the beginning of Masei. Everybody knows Eileh Masei Bnei Yisrael. These are the travails, the journeys of the Bnei Yisrael, which is a remez to the galusim that we uh had to go in. We know the main cause of our current galus is lashon hara. The Gemara says in Yoma,

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1. 0:30The end of parshas Matos said as follows, Noivach went, he conquered Kena'an and its tributaries…
2. 1:01Noivach teaches you that someone who speaks lashon hara is uh comes back in a gilgul…
3. 2:02the second base hamikdash was destroyed cuz of sinas chinam. The Chofetz Chaim says it doesn't…
4. 2:32the trope? Eilah azla geireish bnei Yisrael munach revi. Azla, we left. Geireish, we were chased…
5. 3:32And maybe the Chida says that's why there were no dogs that were barking when we…
6. 4:02Then there's a safer Torah Misinai. Says like this. Va'Yikra Rabbah Noach B'Shmai Ela Masiv Bnei…
7. 5:03but I want to be very, very, very happy and that's why I'm miserable." Yeah? You're…
8. 5:33for Edom, Mayav, Bavel, and Yavan. The four galusim are rooted in the arba avois nezikin.…
9. 6:35It's the last city of the Arei Kenaani. Shar, Bar, Maveh, Hever. It's the Dalet Avos…
10. 7:07Gad and the Bnei Reuven come to Moshe Rabbeinu and they say to Moshe Rabbeinu, "We…

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