Parashas Korach

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Korach . This Parsha tells of the sad happening with a Levite called Korach , whose descendant was Shmuel Samuel the Prophet and so , the Hoftorah for this Sedra is 1 Samuel 11 : 14 - 12 : 22 .

Who was this Korach , that caused so much Machlokes Strife amongst the people and what happened to him and those that stood with him . This is the happening of our Parsha this Shabbos .

Korach was the cousin of Moshe Rabbeinu , from the very holy son of Levi , Kohath . This was the Tribe that was given the right to carry the Holy Ark and the Holy Articles of the Tabernacle . So as Moshe said to him , ' is it not too much , oh Son of Levi , ' for , to carry such Holy Articles , should have been enough of a great Kavod , but sadly for Korach , it was not . It was from this holy side of the Tribe of Levi that Korach descended . Korach always felt that he was meant for greatness . He foresaw that his descendant would be the holy Prophet Shmuel Samuel ( The subject of our Haftorah ) and Korach was the son of Yitz'har ( as mentioned at the beginning of this Sedra ) to show his illustrious family line . " Yitz'har " has within it the Hebrew Word " Yatzar , " which means ' create or make ' ( Shilo Hebrew Dictionary ) , which shows a high status , with regards to the word ' create ' suggesting a closeness with HaShem , The One And Only Creator . On the other hand , the word " Yitz'har ' also has within it the word ' Yetzer ' which means ' inclination , ' like the word ' Yetzer Horah ' - ' the evil Inclination , ' and so , within Korach , was a choice , that he could either choose to be very holy , or fall to his Yetzer Horah , and turn out bad . Sadly he followed the latter choice . Korach was a man of division , strife and Machlokes , so much so , that even his own organs within him didn't agree with each other . In fact his own hair on his head was separated on the left and the right , thus forming an empty middle patch and pathway in the middle where the hair separated on the left and right , leaving a balding line in the middle . The word " Korach , " means ' separate or balding . ' The Gematriah of his name comes to 100 + 200 + 8 = 308 and 3 + 0 + 8 = 11 and 1+1 = 2 , not one , showing that he isn't one with HaShem , but lives a life of two different conflicting opinions . Korach was also one of the wealthiest men that ever lived and in Egypt , he was put in charge of Pharaoh's treasury , and thus when the redemption from Egypt came , he did not want to leave , for he hoped that at the destruction of Pharaoh , he might be put in charge of that treasury . One day , he came across Yosef's secret wealth , hidden among the rest of the wealth in Egypt , that belonged to Yosef , and Korach took it for himself , making him extremely wealthy , to the point , that when he left Egypt , he had with him man and maid-servants that saw to his every need and these were some of the Eirev Rav , Canaanites and Egyptians that went with . His wife , like him , was never satisfied with their present status and both always wanted more status and higher honor and position and so , she constantly prodded and pushed him further over the edge . Whenever he would return home , she would constantly question him and as did he , belittle Moshe and the things that Moshe would command From HaShem .

After the incident of the Spies , Korach saw that the atmosphere was rife for rebellion and so , now was the time to take his stand .

The last Sedra ended with instructions on the Tzitzis , and then this Sedra of Korach continues . The reason for this Sedra carrying on straight from the one before about Tzitzis , is that it was the issue of Tzitzis , that Korach chose , to come to Moshe on and challenge him once and for all . Korach would constantly privately with his wife , question Moshe's relating of HaShem's Commandments .

One day , Korach came home to his wife , and his wife asked him what he had done that day . Korach in anger , related how he among other Levites , had been told to stand before Aharon and be lifted and waved , for the preparation of their service . Korach's wife told him that Moshe had just made this law , only to ridicule him . Instead of Korach's wife being an Eishes Chayil , like On's wife , Korach's wife constantly prodded him , for her own status and benefit . Korach then related the Laws of Tzitzis and that they need a Techeiles String of Blue . Again , she mocked this as did he , telling her how the blue has to come from a creature called the Chilazon . And so they carried on , so he chose to once and for all , confront Moshe . But he would not do that on his own . He chose to go around from tent to tent , stirring up strife and division and Machlokes , using every possible thing he could twist , to gain support . Near him , was the Tribe of Reuvein and so , did he approach that Tribe and specifically two of their members , who were brother in law to each other , Dathan and Aviram , from the Tribe of Reuvein , and also a Reubenite called On . Korach knew already that Dathan and Aviram held an antagonism to Moshe . Dathan was the one , who in Mitzrayim Egypt , Moshe had saved from being beaten by the Egyptian Taskmaster , over the matter of Dathan's wife Shelomis and when the following day , Shelomis' brother Aviram was arguing with Dathan not to divorce his sister , Moshe had come along and tried to stop their bickering and they warned him . It was this Dathan and Aviram , who had gone to Pharoah at the time , to report on Moshe for what happened to the taskmaster , and it was this incident of reporting on Moshe , who had actually saved Dathan , that had caused Moshe to have to leave Egypt . This was that Dathan and Aviram .

On , that is mentioned here as well , is not mentioned again , as he started out standing with these rebels , but his wife constantly talked him out of it and told him to stand with Moshe . Also , when the time came to go before Moshe , On's wife gave him something that would put him to sleep , and she and their daughter sat outside their tent with their hair uncovered , so that Korach or his followers , when coming to call him , would turn around and go ,rather than converse with a wife of uncovered hair , thus On's wife and daughter saved On's life , by making sure that On would not go with Korach that day . In fact , On's wife , insisted that On , go and apologize to Moshe for even taking part , but On refused , feeling too guilty to face Moshe , so she called Moshe and Moshe came to him , and so he apologized to Moshe and Moshe forgave him . Such is the difference of the wife of On and the wife of Korach , where a holy wife seeks to improve her husband's holiness , while an unholy wife , seeks to pull her husband down with her . Such is a true Eishel Chayil .

Korach , using every persuasion in the book , like saying that Moshe makes up his own Laws and only chooses his brother for Kohein Gadol and his close family for high positions , and that Moshe had no right to shun the first-born , for Levites , as all of Israel is holy equally , ( he meant only himself ) , and that Moshe had no right to have the spies destroyed , and so Korach managed to get the support of 250 men of the Children of Israel ( leaders of the assembly ) , to stand with him against Moshe and Aharon , and thus against HaShem . Korach got a lot of support from the Tribe of Reuvein , for he persuaded them , by winding them up , about them being shunned , as the Tribe who was first born among the Tribes and having to take a back seat . As I mentioned , Levi's line through Kohath , was near the Tribe of Reuvein . So Korach and Dathan and Aviram stood before Moshe and Aharon with the 250 men , men of renown . They all appeared before Moshe and Aharon so as to mock Moshe , by all wearing Tzitzis , but not as commanded , for they had made Tzitzis totally of Techeilis Blue . Korach challenged Moshe on this saying , ' can they wear a garment totally of Blue ' and he also challenged Moshe on the other points I mentioned , that Korach had gone around saying to the others .

Korach challenged Moshe's position as leader and most of all , challenged Aharon's Appointment as Kohein Gadol , for this position , Korach wanted for himself . In challenging this , Korach was Challenging their Leader and more so , HaShem , Who Had Appointed them . Aharon stood quietly by , not responding to Korach's attacks , against Aharon's Appointment of the High Priesthood , for Aharon himself , felt totally unworthy of the position . Moshe defended Aharon's honor , and reminded Korach and the followers , that Aharon had not chosen this position for himself and nor had Moshe , but that It Had Come Straight From HaShem Directly , As Had Everything Else , that Korach was complaining about . In Pirkei Avos , we are reminded of how there was not even agreement among Korach and his own followers , for even they didn't agree amongst themselves . Such is the bitterness and evil of Machlokes and Strife . Moshe reminded Korach how Aharon had lost his two beloved sons and certainly it wasnt a position Aharon had personally chosen , but Korach didn't stop . Moshe fell on his face . Moshe begged them to stop , and pleaded with HaShem for peace and guidance .

HaShem Answered and so did Moshe tell them that they were to return the next morning , and for each one to take his fire-pan and put fire in them and place incence upon them " before HaShem tomorrow and the man Whom HaShem Will Choose - he is the holy one . " Moshe felt that Korach and the others should be satisfied with their positions and not want more , and so , as I mentioned , Moshe said to Korach and those of Levi who were disatisfied , " It is too much for you , O offspring of Levi , " to rather be happy With What HaShem Has Given them . By now , Dathan and Aviram had left and returned to their tents . So Moshe summoned them , but they refused him , their very holy leader . So in his humility and caring , Moshe himself went to them , to plead for them to stop this . When Moshe came to them , they didn't even stand up for him , but remained seated . They accused him of bringing them out of Egypt , and totally shunned HaShem , by daring to call Egypt , a land flowing with milk and honey . A description that HaShem Gave us , only for Israel , not for Egypt , a land of suffering and slavery and taskmasters and killing of our First-born . They accused Moshe of bringing them all out to die in the Wilderness and of trying to dominate them and accused Moshe of not bringing them to the land of Israel , when they knew , it was the people's fault for shunning HaShem and His Gift of the Land and the evil report of the spies and almost all the people whispering in their tents against HaShem , that they had to wander in the Wilderness for the 40 years .

Moshe had had enough and knew their offerings that they were wanting to offer , was against Halacha , for only a Kohein Priest can take the offerings and prepare them , and so , Moshe asked HaShem , not to turn to their gift -offering , given only for their own benefit . Moshe told Korach to be with his assembly before Aharon the next day , with their fire-pans as instructed and so , the next day , that is exactly what happened . They all arrogantly stood before The Tent of Meeting , with their fire-pans . The Glory Of HaShem Appeared to the entire assembly . HaShem Spoke And Told Moshe and Aharon to separate themselves from amid this assembly and HaShem Said that He Would Destroy them in an instant . Moshe and Aharon fell on their faces to try save the others . And So HaShem Told Moshe to tell the assembly to get themselves up and away from all around the dwelling places of Korach , Dathan and Aviram and Moshe obeyed . It was then that Moshe Asked of HaShem a Miracle , for the sake of all the others , that the others may know that HaShem Is The One Who Is Commanding all these things , and so , as to make sure that the others would not believe otherwise , a Neis , a Miracle for HaShem's Sake was needed and so , Moshe asked that these evil men not die a natural normal death , but that HaShem make a Miracle , and open the Earth and swallow them and they descend into the pit of Gehinnom alive , as a Kiddush HaShem .

As soon as Moshe had finished speaking , So Did HaShem Make the Earth open up and swallow them alive and their households and all those with Korach , in reference to those who served him and his wife and Korach's entire wealth . The Miracle was Also , as I mentioned , that afterwards , the Earth closed completely , leaving no trace of an opening . All Israel fled in fear , lest they too be swallowed alive . Only Korach's three sons survived , for they were holy and did not go along with their Father , rising when Moshe walked into their tent , even though their Father did not want them to . And so , did the line of this family go down to Shmuel Samuel the holy Prophet . Korach's sons composed Psalm 48 , which is said on the second day of the week , the day in Creation , that HaShem Separated the waters , for Strife and Separation is not a good thing. , ( where on this day in Creation , it is the only day That HaShem does not talk of that day being good ) , as Korach caused and so his sons wrote this Psalm . HaShem Sent a Flame that consmed the 250 men who had offered the incense . Seeing as they had intended to make an offering to HaShem , these firepans had become holy , and as in Halacha , that which is set aside for a holy purpose , cannot be used for a mundane thing , and so , HaShem Commanded Moshe to tell Aharon's son Elazar to pick up the fire-pans from amid the fire , throw away the flame , and make them into hammered out sheets as a covering for the Altar and so it was done .

On the morrow , the entire assembly complained against Moshe and Aharon about what had happened to Korach and his followers , so Moshe and Aharon turned toward the Tent of Meeting , and the Cloud Covered It and HaShem's Glory Appeared . HaShem Told them to remove themselves from this assembly and HaShem Would Then Destroy them in an instant . Again , they fell on their faces . Moshe quickly told Aharon to take the Fire-pan and put fire on it from the Altar and to go quickly to the assembly and provide atonement for them for the fury , had gone out from HaShem , for HaShem Had Sent the Malach Angel Kesef , where HaShem Had Brought a plague . Aharon obeyed and stood between the dead and the living and so , the plague was checked . This was something Moshe had learned when he was up with HaShem on Har Sinai , from the Angel of Death .

HaShem Then Commanded That Moshe tell the Children of Israel , that each Tribe take a staff , according to their Father's House , twelve staffs , each man inscribing on his staff , his name and also Aharon for the Tribe of Levi , and lay them together in the Tent of Meeting before The Testimony , Where HaShem Meets With Moshe , and the man That HaShem Will Choose , his staff will blossom , so as to cause the complaints to subside against HaShem and Moshe and Aharon , of the Children of Israel . And so did Moshe do and so did the leaders of the Tribes obey . Moshe specifically put Aharon's staff in the middle , and not on the outside , so that none of the Tribes could later say , that because Aharon's staff was put on the outside , it must have touched the Holy Place and thus budded , so Moshe made sure that it was not on the edge of the staffs but in the middle , so they would not be able to make out it budded , because in the middle , it could not have touched the Holy Place . And so it was done . On the next day , Moshe came to the Tent Of Meeting and so , Aharon's Staff of the House of Levi , had blossomed , bringing out a blossom , sprouting a bud , and " Shekeidim " - " Almonds " ripened . " Shaked " also means " hurry , " For HaShem Waited not a moment longer To Ensure That His Will , be seen by all and When HaShem Chooses something , and the time arrives for that thing to take place , no more waiting takes place and HaShem Fruitfully Hurries To Perform it . This will be like the time of Moshiach , for though he tarry and we await his coming , when he finally does come , it will come like a flood , in a hurry , with no more waiting . And so , HaShem Instructed Moshe to bring back the staff of Aharon before the Testimony as a safekeeping , as a sign to rebellious ones , and so that their complaints cease , to HaShem , that they not die . How Beautifully Merciful ls HaShem . Moshe obeyed , As HaShem Had Commanded .

HaShem Then Talks of the duties of Aharon and the Kohanim and Mentions the 24 Gifts to the Kohanim and also the Tithes to the Levites and so ends the Parsha .

We may think , after reading this Parsha , how terrible it was of Korach to make this division and Machlokes against the Leader Moshe and against HaShem . Yes , it was a terrible thing he did and so , he sits even till today in Gehinnom . A story is told of how one day , a very famous Rabbi was walking in the desert , and he came across a hole in the desert and heard a man screaming the same words that Korach screamed as he was on his way into the opening , " Moshe Was Right , Moshe is the Leader , HaShem Was Commanding Moshe , I was Wrong . " The Rabbi asked who this voice is , and from deep down in the pit , the Rabbi heard that this is the Korach who had caused this division and is now in Gehinnom . The miracle was not just that the Earth Opened up and swallowed Korach and all that was his , but also , as I mentioned , that it closed up again , just as if it had never opened in the first place . HaShem Had Performed A Miracle . Not just that , but HaShem Had Also Brought the lower opening of Gehinnom , close up to the Surface of the Earth , so that when the Earth openend up , Gehinnom's opening would be right there .

So yes , Korach does sit even today in Gehinnom and out of Mercy , will only come out when Moshiach Comes . But though we may view Korach as bad and doing terrible things , are any of us so different . Haven't we at times , also argued with our Holy Sages and With HaShem , as if we know better , even though we never can . Are we so different . Aren't there many , who turn away from HaShem's Laws or lessen on them , Chas Ve Shalom . Aren't there many who think they know better than HaShem and make up their own paths , that won't lead where they want it to , because they should rather follow HaShem And His Way Only , for Only His Way Is The Way To HaShem and Holiness .

HaShem Wanted To Make A World That would be At One With Him . A World that would seek Only His Closeness . Sadly For Him , We have done the opposite . We make strife wherever we can . We all want to go our own way . We all think deep down that we are the only ones who have the answer to Heaven . But no , we are not . We are just mere mortal human beings that don't even know our tomorrow . But HaShem Does . Yes , HaShem Knows All Things . ' To Be At One With HaShem , ' we have to ' Be With HaShem As One . ' We cannot do our own thing or follow our own heart , no matter how we might think we are right . Only HaShem Is Right . So let what happened to Korach and his followers teach us , that no matter how sure we may be that we have the answer and are right , that is only our own limited personal feelings and view on things . The Creation Is So Much Bigger And Deeper Than us . We know hardly anything . Our Pathway to HaShem , is like Moshe , to be Humble and Follow The Only True Truth , The Only Path that Takes us To Shamaim Heaven and HaShem , and that is The Path Of HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu , HaShem , The Holy One Blessed Be He .

I wish HaShem With The Sweetest Of Love , A Most Special And Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With Eternal Love , and to all my fellow Jews and to all of Creaton , a Most Special And Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love .

Parashas Shelach

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Shelach . This is such a sad happening , for because of what happened in this Parsha , we were not able to go straight into Isael , but had to wonder in the Wilderness for forty years . This is the Parsha that contains the happening of the negative report of the spies . The Haftorah for this Sedra is in Yehoshuah Joshua 2 : 1 - 24 , and also talks of Joshua sending two spies Pinchas and Kaleiv , to spy out Yericho Jericho . These two spies did a holy action , unlike the spies that went into Israel in the Sedra .
We have to ask why HaShem Starts the Parsha by Saying that HaShem Spoke to Moshe , " Shelach Lecha Anashim Veyaturu , " - " Send forth men if you please to spy out . " Why would HaShem Talk of sending men and then when they go and return , HaShem Punishes them and us . To answer this , let us look closer at the words . The word That HaShem Uses for " Spying , " is the word " Veyaturu , " when the usual word for ' Spy ' is ' Meragel . ' So what is HaShem Trying To Show us . Within the word " Veyaturu , " is the Hebrew word ' Yoter , ' which means ' More or Abundant . ' So What HaShem Was Actually Asking the spies , was to go and see for themselves and bring back word of the Land's Abundance , to show the people the Beautiful Land That HaShem Was Lovingly Giving them , but what they did was the exact opposite , for , in saying that this was a land that devours it's inhabitants , they were directly lying and completely contradicting What HaShem Had Commanded of them . No wonder HaShem Was So Angry , and also how they went around telling all the people when they got back , that this was certainly not a Land of Abundance , but how it is a Land that devours its inhabitants . What an outright lie and slander , of the Beautiful Blessing Of Abundance , That HaShem Was Giving them and us , that they , the spies , chose to ignore and twist around . 
So how did this all take place with the Spies . What happened was , that the men came to Moshe , as the Children of Israel were nearing the border of Israel and asked Moshe to let them be sent to spy out the land . This was never HaShem's Wish or Idea . Nor was it Moshe's . The people , nearing Caanan , felt that when they go into the Land , they will need to work the Land and Fend for themselves , for throughout their journeys through thhe Wilderness , HaShem Took Care of their every need And Surrounded them With The Clouds of Glory . They knew of the many nations in Canaan and thought that they would have to fight wars to gain possession of the Land . This was not true at the time , for had they entered into the Land at that very time , HaShem Would Have Miraculously Blessed them with It , but seeing that this sad happening took place , the Land had to be fought for , at the time of Joshua .
So the people approached Moshe , saying that they need to spy out the Land so that tey could plan ahead for the campaign . They persuaded Msohe to agree to send them , for this reason , but Moshe was still reluctant and said that he needs to first speak to HaShem , to get permission for this , for by right , we should have total faith in HaShem's Assurance of how good is this Land and that HaShem Will Take Care of our enemies . So when Moshe approached HaShem , HaShem Did Not Want spies sent and Felt this action and their wish , as a lack of faith in HaShem . And this is why HaShem Says " Shelach Lecha , " - " Send for you , " not for Me . This action was never sanctioned by HaShem , Who Knew what the spies would do . But HaShem , when a person is set on a path of negativity , HaShem Allows their free choice , to lead them down that path they choose . And so HaShem Let them go and do what they so wrongly chose to do ,Knowing their motive . But in HaShem's Mercy , HaShem Said to choose , " Anashim " - " Men " of renown , leaders , men of stature and high position , so that they could hae the wisdom enough to still try to do the correct and right thing and bring a good report , but they had other ideas . Moshe told them they can go , hoping in his mind that they would see how good the Land is and what Blessings HaShem Was Giving them , and so , end up doing the right thing .
Thus HaShem Said , " Shelach Lecha , " - " Send for you " not for Me , For I HaShem Know The Land is Good . And so , Moshe sent a leader of each tribe , distinguished men of renown . 
Even in the names of the ones chosen as the spies , except for Joshua ( from the Tribe of Ephraim ) and Kaleiv ( from the Tribe of Yehudah ) , is the essence of rebellion . Also in each name. Is a himt of HaShem's Names , so they could have fairly chosen the Good and Holy Path . But they sadly did not . " For the Tribe of Reuvein was Shammuah son of Zaccur , " where Shammuah is like the Hebrew word 'Shomeah ' which means ' to hear , ' and ' Zaccur ' has reference to ' rebellion , " For the Tribe of Simeon , Shaphat son of Hori , " has reference to ' Shofeit ' - ' A Judge ' and ' Har ' - ' Mountain , ' as if to say , he judges from high up and far away , to whatever suits his own needs , and not the closeness of the people . " From the Tribe of Issachar , Yigal son of Yosef , " where the word ' Gal ' - ' Wave ' intimates that his nature was like a wave going back and forth with the tide , moving wherever it suits his own personal agenda . " For the Tribe of Binyamin , Palti son of Raphu , " has the word ' Pelah , ' which has reference to ' levelling ' and " Raphu " has within it ' Ropheah ' in reference to being in need of levelling and healing within him , thus showing he levelled or put down Miracles and was in need of Spiritual healing , being more physically minded then he ought to have been . " From the Tribe of Zevulun , was Gaddiel son of Sodi , " where the word 'Gad ' refers to physical strength and ' Sod ' refers to being secretive , thus his character displayed secretiveness and trust in his own strength and not in HaShem's Strength . " For the Tribe of Manasseh , was " Gaddi son of Susi , " where again ' Gad ' represents strength and a ' Sus ' is a horse , that runs at the first sign of danger , leaving its rider to face the threat , making sure it saves itself and thus , his character was also a belief of strength in his own self and not in HaShem , where he unfaithfully bolts and leaves HaShem , and whatever he is put to face , to just save his own skin . " For the Tribe of Dan , Ammiel son of Gamalli , " where ' Ammi ' makes reference to being with his own group of people who have chosen the worng behavior and ' Gamal ' refers to a ' Camel , ' that is very temperamental and not totally faithful to its owner rider , as he was unfaithful to HaShem is rebelling against HaShem , with the other spies . " For the Tribe of Asher , Sethur son of Michael , " where ' Satur ' has reference to arguing and putting down something of belief , and ' Macher ' refers to one who goes in for physical increase , thus ignoring HaShem . " For the Tribe of Naphtali , Nachbi son of Vophsi , " where ' Nach ' refers to resting and not acting , in this case for HaShem and ' Nachbi , ' ( Shimon Zilberman Dictionary Herew English ) , means ' hidden ' for so was he hidden and not straightforward with HaShem , and ' Vav ' refers to a ' hook , ' pointed on which to hang physical things . " For the Tribe of Gad , " Geuel son of Machi , " where ' Galus , ' refers to being in exile , shunned by HaShem and ' Macah ' (Zilberman's Dictionary ) refers to ' hits and blows ' and physical actions against the holy way . Moshe had an idea that the Spies might try something negative and so , to the spy from Ephraim , Hoshea son of Nun , HaShem through Moshe , added a letter Yud , a letter in HaShem's Name , so Hoshea became Yehoshuah , so as to give Joshua HaShem's Strength against the spies . Moshe then sent them and gave them certain things to look out for , hoping they would not look from their own biased opinion , but rather be fair and holy . When the twelve spies returned after forty days , ten of the Spies answered most of Moshe's questions with an alterior motive from their own negative point of view , twisting everything they saw to the bad . , Moshe had them enter through the South , the same direction that Avraham did when he entered the Land . The Spies entered , already planning to put down the Land wherever they could , but Yehoshua and Kaleiv defended HaShem and the Land . The spies found that Iyov as I mentioned was made to pass away , so that the inhabitants of the Land would not have any spiritual Kavod protecting them and they saw also how the inhabitants were sickly , where HaShem Had Put on the inhabitants a sickness so that the spies would go unnoticed and remain unharmed , but the spies twisted this around with remarks of the land being uninhabitable and devouring its inhabitants .A total lie , where they could see the sweetness of the Land . On the way , they came to the region of Chevron , to the Cave of Machpeilah ,where Adam Ve Chava , and our Fore-Fathers Avraham , Yitzchak and Yaakov and our Fore - Mothers Sarah , Rivkah and Leah were buried . Kaleiv chose to remain there for awhile so as to pray at this Holy Site , so as to beg for strength against the plot of the other spies , for he thought that he needed extra protection against their negativity , for he wasn't given a previous Blessing of protection , by Moshe , like Yehoshuah was . before leaving to go Spy out the Land . As I mentioned , HaShem In His Mercy Still Tried To Mercifully Help the spies , by bringing a sickness upon the inhabitants of the Land so that they would not be a of a mind to take note of the spies . Also , the holy man Iyov Job , whose holiness protected his surroundings , was made to pass away at that time , thus the inhabitants of the Land would lose the Kavod of his righteous protection . But the Spies had other ideas . As they journeyed near Chevron , they came upon the children of Anak ( the giant ) , who were Talmai , Sheshai and Achiman , where Anak , was the son of Arba , from whose name , that place also known as Kiriath Arba came from , where Arba - Four in Hebrew , also referred to the Four Giants that lived there . The Spies became so frightened that they tried to pronounce HaShem's Name , but because of their negative motives , the Giants never ran away , but chased them from there , telling them , that their time to conquer the land had not yet come ( not realizing how HaShem Had Still Saved their lives . They took a bunch of Grapes from the Valley of Eshkol , that was so massive and beautiful , that it took eight of the spies to carry it . One other spy took a fig and another a pomegranate. (as said by Midrash Bamidbar Says - Rabbi M . Weissman ) . Yehoshuah and Kaleiv never carried it as they knew the spy's negative intentions . The Twelve Spies returned after the forty days and went straight to Moshe and Aharon , without even respecting Moshe and Aharon's positon . They started out telling of the Land positively , talking of the pools of milk and honey in it . And when they had the attention of the people , they turned deceitfully around , and started to Loshon This Beautiful Gift of The Holy Land That HaShem Wanted To Give us , and they played on the fear of the people , talking of Amalek and Giants , to put fear into the people's hearts to melt the hearts of the people . Kaleiv stood up against them , reminding them of HaShem's Miracles in Mitzrayim Egypt , and saying how we can conquer the inhabitants there . The spies carried on talking and throwing the Gift Of HaShem , of the Land , back into His Face , by making such vile comments about how it is a land that " devours its inhabitants , " when in fact HaShem Had Only Protected the Spies during their sojourn while spying . They completely contradicted themselves by calling the people there " huge " which actually shows it is not a Land that devours its inhabitants By now , the people were in a frenzy . They referred to the children of Anak , calling them Nephillim , who were the fallen ones in Noach's time , where there were only a small few left as family of Anak . They referred to the opinion of Anak for us as being , that " we were like grasshoppers in ' our ' eyes , and so were we in their eyes , " thus showing that it was from their ( the spies ) own eyes and their own negative point of view , that the spies saw themselves small , and not from the point of view of Anak at all . 
Joshuah and Kaleiv tried their best to stand up for the Land and contradict the evil report of the Spies , but to no avail , the people would not listen . The Spies ran from tent to tent , till all the peole were in mass hysteria and cried all that night , for actually no reason at all , for HaShem Had Shown us His Almighty Love And Protection throughout , Fighting our battles For us , but the people that night cried out in vain , for no reason . That night was the night of the Ninth of Av , the night we cried out in vain for nothing and so , did HaShem Say that we cried for no reason on that night , so from then on , HaShem Would Give us a reason to cry through the centuries on that night , which became the night of Tisha B'Av ( The Ninth of Av ) . It is on the date of this night that we Jews have suffered throughout the centuries , for our total loss of faith in HaShem and Ungratefulness of His Goodness To us Throughout the years . It was on Tisha B' Av , that we lost both our Holy Temples . It was on this very date , that the Chmielnetsy massacres took place in the Ukraine about 400 years ago . It was on this date , that the Expulsion from Spain took place just over 500 years ago . It was on this night that the city of Betar fell to the Romans and our bodies were left lying on the ground , with no Roman permission to bury them . It was on this date that The Final Solution was promulgated , in the holocaust . It was on this night that so many calamities have happened to our Jewish people and still we cry and shed tears , for the effects of Tisha B'Av will continue till Moshiach's time . 
The Children of Israel murmured against Moshe and Aharon , calling for us to return to Egypt , calling for an appointment of a new leader to lead us back to Egypt . Moshe and Aharon fell on their faces in prayer to try save the people . Joshua and Kaleiv tore their garments and tried their best to defend HaShem and His Land , but the people tried to pelt them with stones . The Glory Of HaShem Appeared In The Tent Of Meeting To all the Children of Israel , Asking Moshe how long we will provoke Him , and not have faith in Him , after all the Signs HaShem Performed For us . HaShem Said He Would Destroy us and Make of Moshe and his descendants a more powerful nation then them . But faithful and humble and selfless Moshe still prayed for us to be saved . Moshe , having learned the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy at Har Sinai after the people had sinned with the Chait Ha Eigel , when HaShem Taught him these 13 principles of mercy to use whenever he needs to seek mercy for us , chose to pray with 8 of these 13 principles , to attain mercy for us , the other 5 pricipes he knew he couldn't use in this case due to the nature of the people's lack of faith and sin . Moshe continued to pray and beg for forgivenss , and HaShem forgave because of Moshe's words . But Commanded that none who left Egypt would see the Land then , except for Kaleiv and Yehoshuah , and the women who did not sin in this sin , they would see the Land of this generation , but not the others who had tested HaShem , these ten times . The 10 Spies who had slandered the Land died in a Plague before HaShem . HaShem Commanded that we turn back toward the Wilderness and so , for every day that the spies spied out the Land , we would spend a year in the Wilderness , and so , we spent 40 years between Egypt and finally entering into Canaan . Also , it was decreed that every year at this time on Tisha B' Av then , the people between the ages mentioned would have to go out and dig their own graves , and lie in them. , where they would die . This carried on year after year , until the year before they came to the border of Canaan , where on that year that they went out to dig their graves , they found that the next morning , they were still alive . They did this every night for the next few nights , thinking that maybe they had gotten the date wrong , and by the time of the 15th of Av , when they saw that there was a full moon , they realized that they had not mistaken the date , and That HaShem Had Lifted this particular decree , and so they rejoiced and this day of Tuv B'Av - the 15 th of Av , became a day of rejoicing .
When the people heard all the decrees of HaShem , they mourned and some wanted to go up toward Canaan , against HaShem's Decree , realizing they had sinned , but Moshe warned them , that they must not go up , for HaShem Will Not Be In their midst and the Amalekim and the K'na'anim would kill them , but they didn't listen , and so , when they tried to go up , the Amalekites and Caananites struck them and killed them . 
The people started to think they might sin again and that HaShem May never let them into the land , so HaShem Mercifuily Gave them the Commandment of the Libation , that is performed in the Land of Israel , to let them know they would perform this Commandment one day in Israel .
HaShem Also Commanded about taking the portion of the Challah as Lehafrish Challah Al Ha Issah , that was a portion for HaShem , given to the Kohanim . Today , we burn that portion . 
HaShem Commanded about Atonement for unintentional idol worship , but for an intentional sinner of idol worship , they are to be cut off .
A man was found gathering wood on Shabbos and he was placed in custody and Moshe asked what was to be done to him . HaShem Commanded , that he be taken outside the Camp and be stoned to death . And so it was done . The name of this person isn't mentioned here , so as not to embarrass him , for our Rabbis say , he did this action , as a show to what happens to people who break HaShem's Laws and Shabbos . Though we know his name , Rabbis say we are not to mention it , for he is known . 
HaShem Then Commands About Tzitzis Fringes , that we males are to wear on a four-cornered garment . The Tzitzis are a reminder to us of the 613 Commandments in the Torah to the Jew . The word " Tzitzis " comes to 600 in Gematriah , and with the 5 knots and 8 strings on each corner , we get 613 , the number of Commandments to a Jew . The four corners represent the four directions of Creation , where we are to fill every corner of Creation with HaShem's Mitzvos and Light . The letters of HaShem's Name " Yud Key Vav Key " comes to 26 in Gematriah and 2 + 6 = 8 , thus the 8 strings on the Tzitzis , are a sweet carrying of HaShem , with us as we wear it . The Tzitzis are a very holy garment , worn by the Jewish male and when HaShem Mentioned this Mitzvah , HaShem Also Commanded About the one blue Techeilis string as part of the 8 strings on each corner , which was taken from a water creature called the Chilazon so as to represent the colour of Shamaim Heaven . In today's times , that Creature was hidden from us , for we aren't worthy , to have the colour of Shamaimin near us , so we put a longer strand of white . We are to look at the Tzitzis and remember the Commandments of HaShem and do them , remembering all the Commandments of HaShem , and being Holy to HaShem . HaShem Says , " I Am HaShem your G-D , Who Has Removed you from the Land of Egypt to be a G-D unto you ; I Am HaShem your G-D . " So ends the Parsha . 
This Parsha of " Shelach " - " Send " has so much meaning . The whole idea of being sent , has a lot of connotations . But we need to realize , that we , of our own mind , sometimes speak for HaShem , even though HaShem Never Commanded such a thing . We are all servants of HaShem our G-D . So we need to realize , that , seeing as Creation , is not ours , and that HaShem Is All - Knowing , we need to have total faith and trust in HaShem . The very fact that we are servants of HaShem , means that in essence , HaShem Gives us life , and so , " Shelach " - " Sends " us out to make His Creation Holy and a Place For HaShem To Dwell with us . So when the " Shelach " - " Sending " is according to HaShem's Command ,and Wish , That " Sending , " that " Shelach , " is in accordance with Creation , and It's Path to the End of Days and It's Intended Completion . But when we send ourselves out on our own wants , desires and wishes , and to defend our own position , we think incorrectly that we make ourselves feel better , by making out that what we are doing is what HaShem Wants , then we delude ourselves and Creation at large , and sadly , we wrong HaShem and His Beautiful Gift of Creation . HaShem Gives us all life , so that we can be His Messangers of Light and Holiness , for when HaShem Gives us Life , HaShem Is Actually " Shelach " - " Sending " us out on His Will . To defy that , Chas Ve Shalom , is to defy Life , The Very Life That HaShem Gives us , and it halts the Coming of The End Of Days Olam Habah . We are not here for selfish reasons . We are not here to fulfill meaningless physical desires of no long lasting value . We , you and me and all of us , are here as Messengers " Shelach " - " Sent " From HaShem , to Bring HaShem Into Everything That Is . Doing this , will also benefit us all , for a Spiritual Existence , is so much sweeter and more beaitiful than anything physical can ever be . It is True and Eternal . It Is True Holiness . The word " " Shelach Lecha " is 10 Gematrically ( 300+ 30 + 8 + 30 + 20 = 388 and 3 + 8 + 8 = 19 and 1 + 9 = 10 , the number of Completion , bringing all Creaation to Completion , from the Time Creation was Created , to Completion , with HaShem's Ten Pronouncents That HaShem Used To Create Creation , and that 10 of Completion , becomes 1+0 = 1 , where we are all at one , with HaShem . Such a Beautiful Existence , Is Truly " Shelach Lecha , " - " A Sending for you . " Such a " Shelach , " is the step with Moshiach into that holy time into the End of Days , Olam Habah , the Time of 10 , of Competion , where we are At One With HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu , The Holy One Blessed Be He .
I wish HaShem With Deepest and Sweetest Love , A Most Beautiful Sweet Shabbos Kodesh With All My Love , and to all my fellow Jews and Creation , a Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With Love .

Parashas Beha'aloscha

This Shabbos is Parashas Beha'aloscha. In the previous Sedra , the Tribal Leaders brought their offerings and HaShem Spoke To Moshe From the top of the Cover that was on the Ark of the Testimony , from between the two K'ruvim .The only Tribe that had not been called upon Spiritually , to bring their offering , was the Tribe of Levi . Aharon felt within , that he had not been called upon with his Tribe of Levi , because he thought that HaShem Was still upset with him about the Chait Ha Aigel and so , HaShem Starts out this Sedra , with a special Mitzvah for Aharon and the Tribe of Levi . HaShem Spoke To Moshe and told him to speak to his brother Aharon that " Beha'aloschah " - " That when he kindles " " the Lamps , toward the face of the Menorah shall the seven lamps cast light . " This would be unlike the once off offering that the Tribes gave , this offering action of Aharon's would be a continuing Mitzvah . Also , the Menorah would have among the Levites a special connotation , for at a later date , the descendants of Aharon , the Levites of the Chashmonaim , the Hasmoneans , would , on Chanukah , come and rededicate the Menorah . The Haftorah for this Portion is Zechariah 2:14 - 4:7 and its link with the Torah Portion , is also about the Menorah mentioned in both the Torah Portion and the Haftorah . Aharon , would every day , clean it out and re kindle it and as Ohr HaChaim puts it , it would be like building a new Menorah every day , by his lighting .
The face of the Menorah referred to the Central Stem , where the other Lights would be directed . The Central Stem is like the one represents our souls within , that is Part Of HaShem and thus is like the Face of HaShem Within us all . The Menorah had to be of one hammered out piece of gold , all one piece , just as we are to me at one with HaShem . In the Hebrew , before the word " P ' nei " - " Face of " are the words " El Mul , " which actually means " Opposite to " and thus shows us that when we are opposite to in direction , facing HaShem , it means that our face , faces HaShem , and so , we are standing toward HaShem . This is how we must always be , facing HaShem and never turning away from HaShem . All our actions must always be toward HaShem , Who Is Always In Front Of us .
The Menorah was so detailed , that HaShem Showed what it looks like to Moshe , when Moshe was on the Mountain , for Moshe asked for an explanation of it and how it was to look , so he could understand its detail . The picture of the Menorah does not appear among the Script of the Torah , only a comment that HaShem Had Shown it to Moshe . This shows us that there is more within the Torah that Moshe was told to write in words ,and was thus told via the Oral Torah - ' Torah She Be Al Peh , ' then what the written word ' Torah She Bichtav ' shows on the surface of the Words . So Moshe made the Menorah and all that it was to contain on it , out of one hammered out piece of Gold . Though HaShem Gives us His Light of the Shechinah , Within the Holy of Holies , HaShem , Wanting us to be at one with Him and His Light , Still Asks us to contribute to This Light , by us kindling our own light , for Light , is like our Neshoma , our Soul within us , and we are to raise this Light of our soul ,via Torah Observance and Obedience to HaShem , and so , join as one , with HaShem's Eternal Light .
HaShem Then Asks Moshe to Purify and Consecrate the Levites into the Service . Aharon was to wave them as a Wave Service before HaShem . This gives us an idea of how strong Moshe and Aharon was , for Aharon had to lift and wave each Levite in one day and that means , he lifted and waved ,on his own , with HaShem's Help , 22 000 Levites in one day . HaShem Then Explains the age of , and work of the Levites .
HaShem Teaches also about the Passover offering , and how we are to make the Pesach Offering . There were , at that time , some men who had been contaminated by a human corpse . Our Rabbis tell us that these were either the men that were handling and carrying Yosef's coffin , or they were men that had come across a corpse that they buried , for the Mitzvah of burying an unattended corpse , and so were not pure enough to make the Pesach Offering on that day of the 14th of Nissan , so in honour of them , and their coming to ask , out of eagerness to do the Mitzvah , on their own volition , HaShem Taught us of Pesach Sheni , where a month later on the 14th of Iyar , they were to make this offering and eat it with matzos and bitter herbs .
HaShem Gave Signs To the Children of Israel , so that they would know when to journey and when to wait and encamp . When The Cloud Covered the Tent , then we would encamp and when the Cloud Lifted off of the Tent of the Tabernacle , we would journey . Sometimes , it might be on for only a day and then lift , and so we would then start to journey again , and sometimes it would rest on the Tabernacle for a longer period , like for example , when we were in Kadesh , it rested and so did we encamp there for 19 years . All was up to HaShem , for HaShem Alone Knew what was up ahead , how long we would need to wait at each station , for , as we were traveling toward Canaan , so were other things going on in the area , so , we relied in pure Faith in HaShem , on when to go and when to wait . If only we , today , could have the same Faith in HaShem , Who Knows best , about our future , and so , we too need to trust HaShem every step of the way and let Him Guide us toward our destination , and realize that should we be delayed , we need to trust in HaShem Knowing Best and Watching Over us in His Tender Loving Care .
HaShem Instructs Moshe to make two silver trumpets , which , according to different signals , of tone , would tell the Children of Israel , certain commands .
In this Sedra , in Bamidbar 10 : 35 - 36 , are two verses that have before and after them an inverted letter Nun . The reason for that is that these two verses of the Torah are actually considered deeply , a separate Book of the Torah , thus making in actual fact , Seven Holy Books of the Torah . Within the verses of The Torah , are breaks in the scripts and the letter Nun , being 50 in Gematriah shows , that these verses are 50 sections away from the section of the Carrying of the Ohel Moaid , where this section actually belongs ( in Bamidbar 2:17 ) , thus showing that HaShem delayed this section in the Torah , by 50 Parshiyos . Also , the letter Nun , being 50 , shows that we would have straight away gone over the Jordan River ( which is 50 amos wide ) into Canaan at that time , had the incident of the spies , which comes up soon , not have taken place , where B'nei Yisrael actually turned their backs on HaShem , shown by the inversion of the letter Nuns .( Midrash Says - Bamidbar - Rabbi M Weissman ) .
The people , being the Eirev Rav , Mixed Multitude , took to complaining about the Manna , that HaShem Beautifully Gave us , and the people desired Meat . They couldn't just shecht their own animals , for as our Rabbis tell us , at the time , meat from them could only be eaten when it became part of a Korban that permitted the eating of a portion of it , though , the people desired Meat , for they were not Spiritually Holy enough to appreciate the Spiritual Holiness of the Mannah , That HaShem Sweetly Provided for us on a Bed of His Loving Dew , ever day . The Mannah , was so called , because when it first came down from us , This Holy Food From Heaven , that gave off no waste part , but was completely absorbed in health , by the body , the people at first didn't know what it was and when they first saw it , said , ' Man hu , ' - ' What is this , ' for many of them were not on a Spiritual Level enough to full appreciate it , and so could not understand it's holy depths and so , did it get called " Mannah . " It could take on the taste of any food that a person thought of while eating it and some even prepared it in different ways , showing that they did not appreciate it's beautiful Spiritual taste . The Holier among the Children of Israel , didn't have to do anything to prepare it . They just ate it as it was Given By HaShem and were able to taste its Taste beyond the human Physical need and thus could taste it's taste in a Spiritual Physical way . Though the people complained and Moshe Complained to HaShem , why the people had been put on him . HaShem Told Moshe to pick Seventy men ( like the 70 Sarim angels of the 70 nations ) and like the members of the Sanhedrin with another at their head as Moshe was at their head ( Midrash Says Bamidbar - R Weissman ) , and Moshe when asked which , Was Told to take those that had taken the blows for our people in Egypt under the taskmasters , when they had decided not to put us in trouble when we were asked to go and make bricks without straw , and so , they were rewarded now , by having some of Moshe's Spirit be put on them , to help him , yet like a candle is not diminished by lighting other candles , so was Moshe's Spirituality not diminished , by Him giving some of his Spirituality to them , even though , HaShem Had Increased his spirit . HaShem Bacame Angry With the people , and this was one of the Ten Times that we tested HaShem , in the Wilderness . Out of the people that were part of the 70 , two of them Eldad and Medad , were overly humble , and so they remained in the camp . Because of their greater humility , HaShem Increased their prophecy beyond the other Elders and so they remained behind to prophesy in the Camp , Eldad prophesying Moshe's death and Eldad and Medad , prophesying , the war that Moshe would overcome with Sichon and Og , both also foreseeing the war at the End of Days with Gog and Magog ( Midrash Says Bamidbar - R . Weissman ) . Both Eldad and Medad outlived the other Elders . Moshe's son , as the youth mentioned in the Torah , Gershom , felt for his Father , and came and told his Father Moshe , and Yehoshuah , who was there , asked for their incarceration , thinking they had wrongly prophesied in front of their Rebbe Moshe , something one Halachically does not do , but Moshe , in all his humility , thought humbly , less of himself , than others , and more for his people and selflessly said , that all Israel should be prophets like this , even if prophesying Moshe's death , just as long as we all follow HaShem Wholeheartedly. What a beautiful selfless soul is Moshe .
HaShem Brought the Slav , the Quail and it descended on the camp and came so abundantly that the people got punished with it , till it was coming out of their teeth , and once consumed , extended their stomachs , like what happens to the unfaithful Sotah . The place was called Kibrot Hattaavah - Place of the Lusters ( Rashi ) .
After the 70 Elders were appointed , Miriam commented to Tzipporah , Moshe's wife , how Blessed their wives will be , but Tzipporah commented that it would be otherwise , fro they would not come near their wives either , just as Moshe doesn't . Miriam , in the presence of Aharon , and in the earshot of Moshe , commented how she and Aharon have not left their spouses , even though they too receive prophecy . Her intention was not a bad one , for she hoped to fix things for Tzipporah and she did speak in the earshot of Moshe ( Midrash Says - Bamidbar - R. Weissman ) . HaShem Summoned them , for Moshe had not responded , so HaShem Responded for him . Moshe was left in the Tent of Meeting when HaShem Spoke to Aharon and Miriam , explaining to them that what Moshe does re Tzipporah , is totally correct , for at any time , HaShem Comes and Talks to Moshe and so Moshe must always be ready and totally pure , unlike anyone else . Both Aharon and Miriam , were both stricken with Leprosy , but the Leprosy for Aharon lifted straight away , for is was Miriam , who first spoke out . Aharon begged Moshe to pray for Miriam's healing . Moshe Begged HaShem To Heal her . Miriam was quarantined outside the Camp for seven days , and the whole of K'lal Yisrael waited for her . The waiting for her by the whole nation , was a reward for Miriam , who waited and watched over Moshe for 15 minutes , when he was small and put upon the Nile , before Basya drew him from the water . Miriam , after she was healed , so was her skin , cleared as a youth , yet she was sickly for a lot of her life before due to her overworking in Egypt as one of the women who saved the Jewish babies with her Mom Yocheved as the two Jewish mid-wives Shifrah and Puah , even as Miriam was at such a young age , so , had remained unmarried for so long , until Kaleiv , who was much younger than her , saw her true Spiritual Beauty , and after he married years , hen years later , her health was restored . Out of Miriam and Kaleiv , came their grandson Betzalel , who at 13 years , built the Mishkan . So ends the Parsha .
The Path to HaShem's Light , is through selfless Humility and total Faith In HaShem . Every Mitzvah that we do , goes straight up to Heaven Shamaim . Every Action we do , is accounted . Every time , we do a Mitzvah , we light up our soul brighter than before , as it it years to join with HaShem . Every moment HaShem Gives us , is an opportunity , to lift and " Beha'aloscha " and " Kindle " the Flame of our Life Soul within us , to Reach Closer to HaShem . If we all could do all we are supposed to do , then we would all , come together and bring Creation ( like the one hammered out piece of Gold on the Menorah ) , to the Oneness of HaShem .
The word that HaShem Chose for " Kindling " is " " Beha'aloscha " where , in Ivrit , Kindling is actually " Lehadlik . " So why did HaShem Choose this word " Beha'aloscha ? " Within this word , is the word " Alei " which means , " To go up / To reach High Holy and Spiritual Heights . " This is what happens when we keep HaShem's Commandments , for we lift ourselves up on high and raise our levels of holiness , and the Mitzvah of Lighting the Menorah , is one of us giving ourselves over totally to HaShem's Light and Commandments , and , like the Wicks of the Menorah , that ' Alei , ' - ' Rise upwards , ' so do we raise ourselves , pointing upwards to HaShem . As The Candle always burns upwards , so should we ensure , that our every action , is one that faces and carries us upward on high , up toward HaShem . The Torah Is A Light , and the pathway to HaShem , just as a Candle's light , burns upwards , for wirth Torah , we travel up towards HaShem and join with HaShem's Light .
The word " Beha'aloscha , " is 527 in Gematriah and when we add 5+2+7 = 14 . The numbers 10 and 4 , come to the letters Yud and Dalet , which spells two words , ' Yad ' and ' Dai . ' The word ' Yad ' Means ' Hand , ' and represents The Hand of HaShem . The word ' Dai , ' means ' Enough ' and thus has reference to the End of Days , when the Physical World will have reached its End , when it will have been ' Enough ' that was done , so that the End of Days can come . Thus , in " Beha'aloscha " - " Kindling the Lamps , it is the pathway , via HaShem's Eternal Light , to reach the End of Days , when we can all rest Lovingly , in the Hand of HaShem .
If we take the 1 and add it to the 4 , 1+4 = 5 . Avraham , who brought the Shechinah back to Earth , brought out , the light of HaShem , in bringing people back to HaShem and HaShem's Oneness . How interesting it is , that Avraham's name in Gematriah , comes to 248 and 2+4+8 = 14 , where 1+4 = 5 , for Avraham was also a light to bring all back to HaShem . Also , the Fifth Letter of the Hebrew Alphabet , is the Letter ' Hei , ' which is representative of The Breath of HaShem , Where HaShem Breathed Life Into all of His Creation , so the very Lighting and " Beha'aloscha " - " Kindling , " of the Menorah , is like HaShem's Breath of Light , that Shines out His Light of Wisdom to Creation . This is also why the window frames of the Temple , were different sizes , within , then they were without , for HaShem's Light Shines out to Creation . So we all can do as Avraham did , and bring the Light of HaShem , His Breath of Light , like the Light of the Menorah , into everyone we meet , by working to bring HaShem , into every corner and person in this World , teaching all around us , about the Oneness of HaShem , and so , be like the Lamps on the Menorah , that lean toward HaShem and become one with Him , just like one hammered out piece of gold , and so , give of ourselves and the light of our Neshoma , toward HaShem's Creation , so that Creation , can all be one with Our Beloved Creator , HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu , HaShem The Holy One Be He .
I wish HaShem With Sweetest And Deepest Love , A Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With Love , and to all my fellow Jews and all of Creation , a Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh with love .

Parashas Nasso

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Nasso and starts out teaching us about Levi's Son Gershon's Tribal responsibilities , of what they are to " Nasso " " Carry . " In the previous Parsha , we discussed what the Kohathites ( Levi's other son' Tribe ) carried and so here in this Parsha , we mention what Levi's other son's Tribes ( Gershon and Merari ) " Nasso " - " Carried . " In this Parsha , we also discuss the Nazarite and so the Haftorah for this Parsha is in Shoftim - Judges 13 : 2 - 25 , which also talks about a son who will be born to the Tribe of Dan , who is to be a Nazarite , the famous Shimshon Samson .
In this Sedra , HaShem Tells Moshe to " Nasso " - " Take " a census of the sons of Gershon according to their Father's household and families from 30 years old and up to 50 years old and HaShem Tells Moshe what their task will be , to carry the curtains of the Tabernacle and The Tent of Meeting , It's Cover and the tachash ( unicorn ) cover , the Screen of the Entrance of The Tent of Meeting , the lace hangings of the Courtyard and Altar , their ropes and all utensils of their service and they shall be under the authority of Aharon's son Ithamar . Then HaShem Tells Of the count to be made of Merari's Tribal families , from 30 yeas of age and up till 50 , and their work will include the carrying of the planks of The Tabernacle , It's bars and pillars and sockets. , the pillars of the Courtyard all round and their sockets , pegs and ropes for all the utensils and work and the Tribal families of Merari , will also be under the authority of Aharon's son Ithamar . HaShem Then Commands the Children of Israel , that they shall remove from the Camp , all with tzaraas , all who had a zav emission and all that are contaminated by a human corpse , whether male or female , they are to be expelled to the outside of the Camp . The underlying essence within this Sedra is also one of Purity .
HaShem Then Commands That if a man or woman commits a sin , in reference here to theft , they are to confess their sin and make restitution for their guilt in it's principal amount and add also a fifth to it , and give it to the one they indebted . If the one they wronged , is not alive and has no kinsman , then the debt is paid to HaShem , by giving it to the Kohein .
HaShem Then Discusses the Laws of the Sotah , the wayward wife , who is unfaithful to her husband . The Law of the Sotah is so important to HaShem , that HaShem Will even have His Own Name erased , in order to ensure purity in our Nation . Purity and Tznius and Modesty and Family Purity and Faithfulness , between husband and wife , so important is faithfulness between couples , to HaShem . But what is the Law of the Sotah ? If any man has a wife that goes astray , and thus commits treachery against him , which is like committing treachery against HaShem , this man can bring this case up for judgement . In this case , the Testing of the Sotah , will only act , if the man himself has been pure and faithful himself and if he has treated his wife correctly as far as he not straying . The case can be brought against the wife , if the husband suspects his wife of being carnally with another man , where it was hidden from the husband , where she became secluded with the other man , and where , in this seclusion , she could have become defiled , but not forced , but there was no witness against her defilement , so that only HaShem Would Know . This negative action alone , would cause a spirit of jealousy to reach the husband . The husband has to first warn his wife about this man , for she should not seclude herself with any other man but her husband . The husband is to bring his wife near and stand her before HaShem , and thus before the Kohein . The husband is not to have any physical relations with her after he accuses her , before she is tested with the Waters of the Sotah . If he does so , she is not tested and he forfeits the test . The man is to bring his wife to the Kohein and an offering with his bringing her , the offering is to be the offering of jealousies , and so , frankincense is not to accompany the offering , for it is not a positive kind of occasion as an offering and is not to be sweetened with frankincense . The offering is to be a tenth - ephah of barley flour , a meal offering of remembrance and reminder of iniquity . The reason that barley flour was chosen , was that barley flour , is the lowest form of flour , and is usually used as animal - feed , and is thus representative of such a low and physical action of adultery , where animals don't engage for holy spiritual reasons , for adultery is totally unholy , and thus is a show of how she let her physical carnal animalistic desires come to the fore . 
She shall stand before the Kohein and he shall adjure her many times and try to persuade her to admit her guilt ,for if she does , the Sotah test does not need to be performed . She is dressed in a way that is low physically , for she let her physical desires rule her . Where before , she used her physicality to attract the other man , now she is dishevelled and made to look as unatractive as possible . The Kohein shall then take the Sacred Water in an earthenware vessel ( representative of her earthly unholy physical desires ) , and the Kohein shall take from the earth that is on the floor of the Tabernacle ( in Temple times , there was a specific tile in the Temple floor that could be lifted and earth taken from there ) and put it into the Sacred water , and the woman shall be stood before HaShem , and her hair uncovered , as she did for the other man that was not her husband , and upon her hands , that she used for cheating on her husband , shall be put the meal offering of remembrance - a meal offering of jealousies , while in the hand of the Kohein shall be the bitter waters that cause curse . 
The Kohein shall adjure the woman to try and have her confess , asking her the words pertaining to this stage of the test , that are written in the Torah . The Kohein shall then adjure the woman with the oath of the curse , and repeat the words that are written in the Torah that she shall be rendered a curse and oath to her people ( for her name will always be connected with her adulteress actions from then on ) , when HaShem Causes her thigh to collapse , that she lay with , near the other man , and her stomach to distend , that she used to eat delicacies and drink wine with the other man to entice him . The Kohein repeats this and she is to answer two Ameins . The reason that she answers two Ameins , is for the man she is standing accused of being with , and in case she was with any other man , that is not known of by the husband . 
The Kohein shall then inscribe these curses that are written in The Torah , on a scroll and erase it into the bitter waters . It is here , where HaShem Is Letting His Holy Name be erased , which shows how important is fidelity and faithfulness to HaShem , between husband and wife . The Kohein shall then take the meal offering of jealousies from the woman's hand , and wave it before HaShem , and he shall offer it on the Altar . The Kohein shall then scoop up from the meal offering , its remembrance and cause it to go up in smoke on the Altar . The woman is then to drink the bitter waters . If she has committed treachery against her husband , the waters will come into her for bitterness ( for the bitter action that she did ) and her stomach will distend and her thigh will collapse and this woman shall be a curse amid her people . But if she had not become defiled , she is pure and will be Blessed to Given seed - offspring . The man with whom whe was with , if she did commit adultery or was unfaithful to her husband , will get the same fate instantly as she gets , no matter where he might be . Even if she was innocent , the very fact that she isolated herself with another male , is not how the purity of our people are to be , and so , she brought upon herself , the test of the Sotah . It once happened that a woman had committed adultery and she had a twin sister . They thought they could trick the test , by swopping places , by the other twin sister who had not been involved in the Aveirah , taking the Sotah Test . She was obviously proved innocent . But when she went back to the city where her sister , who was the one that had committed the defilement and deceit against her husband , was waiting for in , when both sisters , in happiness for thinking they had gotten away with it , hugged and kissed each other , the waters of bitterness , passed from the twin sister , to the real wife , and she died with all the curses of this Test , at that very moment . After a time , when the Jews were living in later Temple times , the people became less and less holy , and so were not even worthy of this test , for so many were not pure as they should be , and so the test was stopped . HaShem Values , so very much , Purity within us . We Jews are to be a Pure peopIe , unto HaShem , and not engahge in the practices of the other nations that were in Canaan before we came into the land . We are to be a Holy people , Modest and always pure and holy unto HaShem . 
Unfaithfulness to one's spouse is unfaithfulness to HaShem , Who Blesses Couples with their partner . One who can be unfaithful to a partner , will be unfaithfull to HaShem . This fact , the Prophet Hosea talks of a lot in his Book in the Tanach . 
The Torah then discusses the Laws of the Nazarite , akin to the Haftorah of this Sedra . The Nazarite is one who chooses to live a holier life , abstaining from wine and grapes . All the days of his Nazarite vow , he is not to go near these products and he shall not cut his hair and not come near a dead person . Thus he chooses to take upon himself , so as to grow Spiritually in Holiness , the Laws like a Kohein Gadol . This portion of the Nazirite is mentioned in the Torah , after the Laws of the Sotah , for both deal with Purity and like a woman who used wine to entice her adulterer , the Nazirite does the opposite and abstains from wine . Should the Nazirite become contaminated during his Nazirus period , he shall perform the sacrificial offerings , and again begin the term of the Nazarite from the start . Torah also explains what the Nazarite is to do at the completion of the term . The idea of a sin offering also being brought by the Nazirite , has a specific purpose . Even though the Nazarite was trying to abstain for holy reasons . HaShem Gives us What He Does , even physically for enjoyment , that we consume , according to what is allowed , for us to partake of His Bounty . When we prevent ourselves by choice from partaking on what HaShem Has Allowed us , we are actually depriving ourselves from What HaShem Allowed us , and HaShem Knows Better . We Should thus be able to conrol ourselves and our desires in this World , no matter how we are tested . Holiness must always reign supreme . Also , as Ramban tells us , the Sin Offering , is for the return to physical not lasting pursuits in this World , which this person now returns to , after completeing the term .
Torah then Tells us of the Holy Priestly Blessings , which the Kohanim are to say , when they Bless the People . 
The Priestly Blessing is in three verses , which the Kohanim nowadays say on Yom Tovim , in the Shul . Originally the three verses were said as one long verse , by the Kohamim , and the people , whom the Kohanim are to face , with their hands raised and fingers split in the way Halacha teaches , originally was said with us saying a single Amein after the full Blessing was completed . Now we say an Amein after each verse . The hand positions of the Kohanim , were done so that there would be five openings between their fingers and two on the outside , making seven , like Moshiach and the holy number seven . HaShem's Shechinah Would Filter Through these gaps and thus , Through the Kohanim , who stand before us with no shoes out of respect , and so , we would thus be Blessed By HaShem . In days of old , the Kohamim would do this every day and then it became only on Shabboses and Yomim Tovim . Now we have it on only Yomim Tovim . 
Torah then continues with the offerings brought by each Tribe by their Leader , on the Day that Moshe finished erecting the Tabernacle and anointing It , Sanctifying It and all It's Utensils, and the Altar and all It's Utensils . Moshe had erected the Tabernacle and taken it down each day , but on this day it was set up as a permanence .
We note that each Tribe Miraculously brought the same things . This was a Miracle , for each Tribe thought at the same moment , to bring the same things , without knowing what the other Tribes would bring . Each Tribe had its common reason as well as it's own personal reason for bringing what it brought , in the numbers of each item that it brought , that had a common purpose with the whole of Israel , as well as a personal reason that had something to do with that particular Tribe , in It's history . Also , each Tribe's Offering was repeated , even though it was the same as each other Tribe , for HaShem Was Showing that each Tribe's Offering was special to HaShem . 
As an example , the weight of the one silver bowl was 130 shekels , which was , as Ramban tells us was the age of Adam ha rishon , when he had his child Seth Shais , in the Book of Bereishis . The one silver basin was 70 shekel in the sacred shekel , like the number of Moshiach and of the 70 nations in the World . The gold ladle of 10 shekels , was like the Ten Pronouncements that HaShem Pronounced In Creating Creation and also the Ten Commandments . As Ramban says , the word " Ka'arat Kesef " for the " Siver Bowl " comes to 930 in Gematriah , which was the age of Adam ha rishon , when he passed away . As Ramban tells us , the 5 rams , 5 he-goats and 5 sheep in their first year , as given by all the Tribes , and also given by the Tribe of Yehudah , comes to the number 15 , which were the number of Kings between Rehoboam and Zedekiah . 
So each and every thing in Torah , has its deep reason . At the end of the bringing , all is totalled , for the dedication of the Altar afer it was anointed .
When Moshe came to The Tent of Meeting , to speak to HaShem , Moshe heard HaShem's Voice Speaking to him from the top of the Cover , that was on The Ark of The Testimony , between the two K'ruvim - Cherubim , and HaShem Spoke to Moshe . Here , the Parsha ends .
The Parsha is called " Nasso " - " Take " but the word " Nasso " also means " Carry and Lift . " When we bring offerings to HaShem , or do HaShem's Mitzvos , we " Lift " ourselves up to HaShem and so HaShem " Carries " us To Him . We are in this Physical World to " Nasso " - " Raise " our Spiritual levels and be at one with HaShem . ln this World , we are here , to gain merit . We are not here to just waste our lives on empty Physical pursuits . This is what we can also learn from the Laws of the Sotah in this Sedra and also from the Laws of the Nazarite in this Sedra . Our lives are not just for a momentary value-less pleasure or lifetime of song and dance . We are here to gain HaShem's favor . We lost that when we were forced out of Gan Eiden , after the Aveirah , and HaShem , every day , Gives us the opportunity to Go Back Home . In Gan Eiden , HaShem " Nasso " - " Carried " For us , every need . Whatever we needed , was there for us to Be Gifted With From HaShem . That is HaShem's Love In Creation . We made the errors . We did the wrongs . We didn't listen to HaShem . And till today , we still disobey . We still want to do our own things , and don't appreciate , the Wonderful Miracles of HaShem's Laws , for our benefit , to be our pathway back into Gan Eiden , where HaShem " Nasso " - "Carries " us , In Love . We can see by HaShem's Abundant Creation , just how much , HaShem Loves us and Really Wants to Bless us with and Give us . All we need to do , is to listen to Him . He Asks this , for our sakes . HaShem So Desires , To Bless us With all His Goodness and Bounty Within Creation . The very word " Nasah " means " High and Lofty " ( Silverman's Dictionary ) . This is what the Mitzvos of HaShem Give us . To bring ourselves on high and be at one with HaShem . Every time we give of ourselves in doing what HaShem Wants , we " Nasso " - " Take " ourselves higher . HaShem Wants to Carry us . We need to Obey Him and Let Him " Nasso " - " Carry " us to Him . We need to be a part to completing the Beauty around us , by obeying HaShem Whole - heartedly and so take the final step into Gan Eiden . The Gematriah of the word " Nasso " is 50+300+1 = 351 and 3+5+1 = 9 , the number before 10 , where 10 is the number of completion . So , doing HaShem's Mitzvos , is the Step before " Nasso " - " Taking " ourselves up to HaShem and Letting HaShem Carry us Into Olam Habah , The World To Come in Gan Eiden and Shamaim . 
If we take the letters of " Nasso " and put them backwards , we get " Ashan " which is the root of the word " Ashanav " which means " Window . " ( Silverman's Dictionary ) So our very Obedience of doing HaShem's Mitzvos , opens the " Window " of HaShem's Shamaim Heaven to us and also allows HaShem's Beautiful Rays of Light to Shine Upon us , through HaShem's " Window " of Shamaim . 
We can't imagine the beautiful Merit , in each and every Mitzvah that we do . We are not , in this Physical Realm , on a level to fully appreciate the Amazing Value of each Mitzvah Of HaShem . Only when we have Done what HaShem Wants from us and raised our level to Holy Heights , will we be able to appreciate How Truly Wonderful and Magnificent , is each Mitzvah Of HaShem and how each Mitzvah " Nasso " - " Carries " us " High " and Opens For us , HaShem's " Window " into His Closeness and how , Through that Holy " Window , " HaShem's Rays Of Warmth And Light and Love , Shine Upon Us and Bring us close , " Nasso " - " Lifting " us and " Nasso " - " Carrying " us Into The Beautiful Arms and Hands Of HaShem HaKadosh Baruch Hu , HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . 
I wish HaShem With Immense and Beautiful Love , A Very Sweet and Most Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With So Very Much Love , and to all my fellow Jews and all of Creation , a Very Sweet and Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh With Love .