Parshat Ha’azinu
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PARSHAT HAAZINU 5767
The final words of Moshe Rabbeinu to the Jewish people are described as a song. This entire Parsha is called the song of Moshe. The future of the tribes is described, and the predicted exile is also described. The ‘song’ is full of mussar and warnings.
It is not a very romantic or pleasant song and one could wonder why Parshat Haazinu is called a song at all…
After all, the entire book of Tehillim which is our national anthem, our national song, is one that inspires, heals, uplifts…
The Kedushas Levi answers this question very directly. Life is not as it appears to be. Exile is not the punishment we think it to be. The Yerida or lowering into Mitzrayim was not a punishment and the Yerida of the soul into the body is not a Yerida at all, but actually the opposite.
The Gemara teaches that the entire reason for our Nation being scattered to the four corners of this planet was to pick up ‘converts’. Since we know that Judaism is not a proselytizing religion, the concept of converts needs clarification. Read more
