Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Be A Searcher

משֶׁה֩ יִקַּ֨ח אֶת־הָאֹ֜הֶל וְנָֽטָה־ל֣וֹ | מִח֣וּץ לַמַּֽחֲנֶ֗ה הַרְחֵק֙ מִן־הַמַּֽחֲנֶ֔ה וְקָ֥רָא ל֖וֹ אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהָיָה֙ כָּל־מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ ה' יֵצֵא֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִח֥וּץ לַמַּֽחֲנֶֽה.
 The Targum Yonason translates אהל מועד as a בית אולפנא, a place of learning.  The possuk is saying those that wanted to learn Torah, to hear the word of Hashem had to go outside the camp.  The possuk emphasis that it is those that are the 'מבקשי ה that went outside the camp.  It requires a desire to search for Torah that will allow a person to be successful in learning as is well known from the Alter of Nevardik.  Most Rishonim learn these pessukim are written out of place and it actually took place after the second luchos were given So why is it written here, after the agel?  The Torah is telling us the path of teshuva, the antidote to the agel is to be a mevakesh devar Hashem.  As we discussed earlier this week, the sin of the agel was a lacking in ahavas Hashem, there was a lack in the desire of Klal Yisroel to come close to Hashem, the tikkun is to take the extra steps to be a mevakesh Hashem.

3 comments:

  1. Where can this teaching of the alter of novardok be found?

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  2. Its the story that the best talmid is the mevakesh

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  3. See http://beisvaad.blogspot.com/2016/12/toldos-yaakov-and-eisav.html

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