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 .