Parashas Haazinu before Succos :- Our Parsha this Shabbos just before Succos is Parashas Haazinu . This Song was told to K'lal Yisroel on the last day of Moshe's life . This song is one of seven that is of Holy Origin mentioned by our sages . The first song was sung by Adam when he experienced the first Shabbos and the Psalm of Shabbos in Tehillim is from him . The next one , the second one , was sung at the Yam Suf after we were saved . The third one is this song of Haazinu , given by Moshe . Then came the one of Yehoshuah , the fourth one , about the defeat of the 31 kings of K'na'an . The fifth song was the song of Devorah in the book of Shoftim and the sixth song is our Haftorah for this portion , which is found in II Shmuel 22:1-51 and is the song of David , thus related to our Parsha as it is also a Shir ( Orthodox Union Rabbi Leibtag ). The seventh Song will be sung in Mashiach's Time , may it come soon in our days ( Midrash Says Devarim by Rabbi Weissman ). This song of Moshe has within it the past , present and future , all in one , where past behaviors are referred to , and also the present , as well as the future of what is to come . The first part of the Song that goes up to the part of HaShem being the Rock , has 40 words in it , and is a reference to the 40 days and 40 nights that Moshe spent up on Har Sinai . Moshe starts out the Song , calling on Heaven and Earth as Witnesses , for they will be there long after Moshe has passed on , and thus can be witnesses to our behavior as well as being tools in HaShem Punishing us or Rewarding us for how we act . Moshe asks that his teaching - the Written Torah drop like rain on us and his utterance - the Oral Torah flow like dew . Rain penetrates and is stronger , whereas dew , falls on us gently and is taken in also emotionally , as the Oral Torah - our Mishna and Gemorrah need be taken in . Moshe has accepted HaShem's Judgement on him , and so , calls HaShem ,Who Is Always Perfect , 'The Rock ' in reference to the Rock that Moshe struck ( So Moshe is saying that HaShem's Judgement on him is Perfect ) , which brought about his judgement . Moshe reminds us that if we sin , the blame is totally ours and that it is to HaShem that we are hurting and sinning to . Moshe reminds us that HaShem Created Creation for a people that will keep His Torah and this is what the Jews are to do , for all people are numbered by the Children Of Israel . Yaakov was part of 70 people who came to Egypt and so , are there 70 nations in the World . HaShem Was " Like an Eagle that arouses its nest and hovers over its young spreading its wings and taking them carrying them on its pinions . " HaShem Refers To Himself as an Eagle that is very protective of its young as HaShem Is Protective of the Jewish people , and just as when an Eagle comes down to its young , it hovers first , so as not to scare or arouse its young ,so does HaShem Come Down to us gently and protectively . HaShem Also Uses the analogy of an Eagle , as an Eagle does something that other birds do not do . When carrying its young , it always carries its young on its back while flying , so as to keep itself as a barrier between its young and anything below that might hurt its young. So does HaShem protect and cover us . Moshe Tells us how HaShem Is One and there is no other . Moshe again brings up the analogy of the " honey from a stone and oil from a flinty rock , " showing understanding again and acceptance to HaShem's Judgement of Moshe's actions at the rock . Moshe talks of the future at a time when the Jewish people will be known also as Yeshurun , with the word ' Yashar , ' meaning ' Straight ' within it , which is thus a name we will have in reference to our holy , straight upright ways as we follow HaShem's Torah . Moshe's Song then talks of the Aveirahs we will do and how we will in the future sadly follow Avodah Zorah , and how HaShem will then send nations against us that will wake us up to who we are . HaShem Will Then send punishments against us and HaShem Uses the terminology of " My arrows shall I Use up against them , " which can also be looked upon as a positive thing , for HaShem Is Also Saying that HaShem Will Use up All His Arrows and we will still survive for HaShem Won't ever destroy us completely . HaShem Will Send negativities against us and Mazikim Demons , that cannot be persuaded against meting out punishment and HaShem Will Scatter us and Send us into Galus Exile , which again is not only a bad thing , for in spreading us out , so we will survive when some nations will go against us . The Nations that attack us , won't realize at the time , that it is only by HaShem , that they can attack us , for they have no power of their own . Whenever we stray , Chas Ve Shalom , we will face punishment .If we don't keep Eretz Yisroel as HaShem Wants , then punishment will be the deserved result . Moshe quotes HaShem in saying , that HaShem is HaShem and that HaShem Is The Only G-D And Creator - that there is no other . HaShem Makes It Clear in this Song , How HaShem Will at the end , punish those who hurt us Jews , intoxicating His Arrows with blood and His Sword Will devour flesh , because of all those through history who caused us Jews death and to bleed and kept us captive . HaShem Will " return vengeance on His enemies , " those that went against and hurt His Jewish people who kept His Laws , as only we Jews did , while other nations went their own way, following other beliefs that were not of G-D . HaShem Directly States , " He Will Bring Retribution upon His foes and He Will Appease His Land [ ( Israel ) , from being attacked by those who want to throw Jews out ] , and His People ( Jews ) , who have been maligned , murdered and tortured through the centuries , just for being Jewish and being the only ones truly following HaShem And His Laws . Moshe finishes the Song and warns us to take heed of it and to follow and perform all the words of this Torah , which is our life and will prolong our days . It was when Moshe was finished speaking , That HaShem Commanded Moshe to ascend this Mount of Avarim Mount Nevo , and see the Land of Canaan that HaShem Was Giving us as an inheritance . The view that Moshe saw of the Land was beyond the view of a human being , for Moshe saw a view of the land that was unprescedented , and a view that was from on high , a view that was also totally spiritual , a view that we as human beings , couldn't imagine , a view as sweet as Gan Eiden Itself , for Moshe saw the physicality of the Land as it was , as it is then and as it will be in times to come , a vision and view of Eretz Yisroel , as HaShem Intended it to look , as a Garden in Eden , for Moshe had reached such a high and lofty , pure and holy level , that he was able to view Eretz Yisroel , the way HaShem Intended it , at Creation , to be . No wonder , Moshe couldn't enter it in his physicality , for he had reached a level of holiness , that allowed him to be in the Sublime Presence of the Shechinah of HaShem and HaShem Saw a more broader view of Israel in its future holy time, just as Moshe now could perceive a more true view of just how Holy , Eretz Yisroel can be . So ends this Parsha . This Parsha that is called " Haazinu " - " Give Ear " is a Command to the Heavens and the Earth . When Moshe asked or rather politely commanded the Heavens to " Haazinu " - " Give Ear " and the " Earth to hear the words " of Moshe's mouth , they wondered at this human being giving them orders , but Moshe had reached such a lofty level , that HaShem Had them obey Moshe , for HaShem Made us to be partners in His Creation and when we reach a very high level of holiness , HaShem wants us to ensure that His Creation bends to HaShem's Will , so when we do as HaShem Commands , we are thus becoming one with HaShem's Intention for Creation , and so , we can work properly with the rest of Creation , to help lead the rest of Creation , to Emulate HaShem's Beautiful Way . The reference to ' Hearing ' and using of the Ears , in this Song , is for a very specific reason . Hearing with the ears is the start of obeying HaShem . The ears are not there on the sides of our head to just look nice . HaShem Made them to be as close to our thinking and acting brain as possible , so the ' Hearing ' of HaShem , can go straight to the brain , which must command obedience to what is heard . It is the organ that HaShem Created to start us obeying . But the ears , right now , can only listen to HaShem , if they tune out from the body's own personal wants and tune into HaShem . Interesting then is the fact that the ears face outwards , where we can get direction from HaShem on how to behave . We have two ears , just like there are many twos in Creation , and this calls upon us to take extra heed . Just as Heaven and Earth ( Two ) are mentioned , so do we have two ears , to listen to HaShem's Command through both . Heaven and Earth play a role in Creation , where we use one of them to work toward the other . We use Earth and what it contains to help ourselves build ourselves up to Heaven . Earth comes with its many physical tests and desires , and if we can get the Earth part of ourselves , to work toward fulfilling HaShem's Commands , then we can be Blessed with the result of Heaven . That is a case where Heaven and Earth work together to bring about a positive result in the person . But if we let the Earth part of us stray from HaShem , Chas Ve Shalom , then we become more Earth physical bound and lose the Reward of HaShem that He Would Give us from Heaven . So , two places , as Moshe chose to be our long lasting witnesses , are there for us and with them , two choices always show themselves - to choose G-D or to choose our own wishes . The choice of our own wishes , leads nowhere , but the choice of HaShem's Wish , leads to HaShem and His Intended Wish for Creation . But to choose wisely , we must first tune out of ourselves and really listen . HaShem Is Always in Communication with us . We just have to tune out from ourselves , and " Haazinu " - " Give Ear . " We can choose to continue to listen to the beat of the Earth's physicality and look downwards and be pulled away from holiness , and HaShem's Commands , Chas Ve Shalom , or we can choose to constantly look upward and work our way up to Heaven . That ' Two , ' is constantly appeaing . The choice of which of the Two we choose , is our own choice , but what ever it is we choose , the choice comes with either a Blessing or a Curse , that we ourselves bring upon ourselves if we don't listen to HaShem . The term " Haazinu , " is active , for it translates as " Give Ear . " In other words , we mustn't just sit back and listen to what comes along physically speaking , but we must take an active role in giving our ear , a holy pathway to pursue . We mustn't just wait and let the Yetzer Horah overcome us . We must get up and and actively ' give our listening , ' to Holy Ways , to HaShem . HaShem Speaks to us through time . His Voice cannot be stopped by any part of His Creation , for It Is Too Powerful . I have said this before , that HaShem's Voice has no echo , for nothing can stop His Voice Waves from penetrating any mass . Thus , HaShem , When He Speaks even long ago , that which He Said , Continues Eternally , for nothing can stand up to His Voice Waves . So , if we listen really closely and truly " Haazinu " - " Give Ear , " we can pick up His Speaking even long ago , as time and space cannot contain Him . So even though our ears are attached to us , we must " Haazinu " - " Give Ear " to HaShem . Give Him our all . Give Him our very connection through hearing that we have , to connect to the Physical World , and make our lives entirely for HaShem's Purpose . One of the reasons that HaShem Made Heaven and Earth , was to be a platform for us to grow from , and be rewarded . So Moshe , before his passing , was renewing that order that HaShem Made to Heaven and Earth at the beginning . Thus it was like a renewal of the Covenant HaShem Made With Heaven and Earth . In the very first verse of Torah , HaShem Created the Heavens and the Earth . So now , just before Moshe is to leave , Moshe reminds the Heavens and the Earth of their role in Creation , since the beginning . For HaShem Created them with His Attribute of Elokim - Justice . So now that Moshe mentions the Heavens and Earth again , shows how here in this Parsha , the Heavens and the Earth are to act as HaShem's Judges and , being witnesses that are to be the first to mete out the punishment , are to thus exact upon man , HaShem's Judgement . So now that Moshe is leaving us , Creation , and our people , are being given an opportunity on our own , to Walk in the Ways of HaShem , and bring about the End of Days if we do what HaShem Wants . The word " Haazinu , " comes to 7 Gematrically , Mashiach's number , so in heeding and " Haazinu " - " Giving Ear " to HaShem , we can bring about Moshiach . This is so linked to the Yom Tov of Succos . Pesach has an even that It represents , like the Exodus from Mitzraim . Shavuos , was also the date that we received the Torah . But Succos , doesn't obviously show a specific happening that we celebrate on this Yom Tov ( Though the Succah does have reference to HaShem's Clouds Of Glory ) . I think the reason for that is that Succos , will come to be for an event , that is still to come . An event , related to Mashiach and the End of Days . To dwell in a Succah , is to be in total trust with HaShem and His Divine Protection , as he gave us His Clouds Of Glory . The Lulav and the Etrog , are all brought together as one when we wave them on Succos , just like the different types of Jews , all coming together as one , just as there will be peace between our people , in Moshiach's time . The Festival of Succot holds a Holiness , we can't imagine . It is a time , to leave our permanent dwelling and live in a Succah in Trust and Faith within the Loving Arms Of HaShem . Just like going back to live within Gan Eiden at the End Of Days . That is how it will be in Moshiach's Time . The Time , when we will truly listen and " Haazinu " - " Give Ear " to HaShem . We can all bring on the End of Days right now , if we would all , just put our own ways and false beliefs aside , and just " Haazinu " - " Give Ear , " and listen to HaShem and do His Will and Commandments Only . HaShem Desires So Much , To Bless us . But it is up to us . The Words of HaShem Are There in the air . The Wish By HaShem , Is There in the air . The Loving Want Of HaShem Is There in the Air , To Be Close to us . All we need to do , is " Haazinu , " - " Give Ear , " to HaShem Only , and follow HaShem With all our hearts and souls . Start right now , and we can all walk into Gan Eiden Again , where the Magnificent Sweetness Of HaShem's Voice That Beautifies the air . " Haazinu " - " Give Ear " to HaShem and HaShem Will Surround And Flower us all With His Love . I wish HaShem With Sweet Love , a Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Good Yom Tov With Sweet Love , and to my fellow Jews , a Beautiful Shabbos Kodesh and Good Yom Tov with love and to all of Creation , may this World finally be a World of Eternal Shabbos As HaShem Wants .Shabbat Shalom with love .