Parashas Beha'aloscha

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Beha'aloscha which starts out the Commandment for the Menorah . This is like the Haftorah for this Parsha in Zechariah 2:14-4:7 which ends with words about the Menorah .
This Parsha continues after the previous Parsha where the Tribal leaders brought their contributions , and the Tribal Leader of Levi had not yet brought theirs, for Aharon felt HaShem Had not wanted his contribution , thinking that HaShem May Still Be Angry at him . But HaShem Had a Bigger Kavod in store for him , for HaShem Instructed Moshe to tell him to Kindle the Menorah . This would be a continuing Mitzvah, unlike the one-time giving of the Tribal contributions and also this Mitzvah of Kindling the Lamps , would be a future special Mitzvah that would also bring about later in history by the Levites , the beautiful Festival of Chanukah . Aharon was to kindle the 6 lamps on either side , to lean toward the face of the Menorah . The Menorah doesn't literally have a face , so this referred to the central seventh stem , reminiscent of HaShem , and this showed , like all of us and our Neshomas , that we must always lean toward HaShem and His Mitzvos . The word Menorah , comes to 295 Gematrically , which is 2+9+5=16 and 1+6=7 , the number of Moshiach , in whose time , HaShem's Light Will Openly Shine Forth to us all and we can be at one with HaShem .
HaShem Then Instructs on the Consecration of the Levites , which included Aharon lifting and waving 22 000 Levites in the same directions we wave the Lulav and Esrog , all done by Aharon in a single day .This shows the immense strength of Aharon and Moshe , where Moshe later on , defeated the giant Og . The Levite was to start at the age of 25 his apprenticeship and enter into active Avodah service from 30 years of age until the age of 50 , when he would stop his usual duties and continue lighter work and Service .
HaShem Then Instructed on the Pesach Offering , and at that time , on the second year from the Exodus , there were certain men who were contaminated Tamei from a corpse and could thus not offer the Pesach Offering at the appointed time. Our Rabbis say that this was because they were carrying the coffin of Yosef and so , HaShem Instituted Pesach Sheni , for those who were contaminated , not through fault of their own , and Pesach Sheni , would be their opportunity a month later in Iyar , to offer the Pesach Offering and eat it with Maror Bitter Herbs and Matzos .
HaShem Let Sit The Cloud of Glory on the Tabernacle , which would roll itself up to indicate to the Children of Israel when they were to journey . This would take on an Appearance of Fire at Night . When the Cloud would rest , so would we encamp . Thus , we would journey in faith with and trust in HaShem . This is the way at all times to live , to go only by HaShem , trusting that we are to follow Him only , putting our lives totally in His Hands , to never turn away from Him , for He Knows best . HaShem Knows when to go and when to stay . We need only have total faith and trust in Him to Lead us always and go , only by His Word and Command .
HaShem Also had Moshe make two silver trumpets , that were to be blown to signal the different Tribal camps to journey , to wage war against enemies who oppress us Chas Ve Shalom and also when making offerings on our Yomim Tovim and Rosh Chodesh . After 10 days short of a year of being in the vicinity of Har Sinai , HaShem Had us start to journey and the Ark of the Covenant , travelled three days ahead ,to clear our path for safety , like for example ,to protect us from a giant snake that lived in the Wilderness. The Tribal Camps journeyed in their positions and banners . Moshe's Father-in-Law Chovav chose not to journey with us , but to return home , to promote HaShem there and to also fix up certain loans made before . His children remained with us and members of his descendants grew to become Torah Scholars .
Bamidbar 10:35-36 were the words Moshe would say when we were to journey and when we were to encamp, as a command to the Clouds of Glory to either roll up and lift when we were to journey at the Command of HaShem , or when we were to encamp , at the Command of HaShem . These verses in a Torah scroll are put before and after , with inverted Hebrew Letter Nuns. The reason for this is that these verses are actually classed as a separate book of the Torah , for within them , are many Torah Concepts . Our Rabbis Say these verses were put here in this place , to separate the Aveiras made , so the sins wouldn't be put one after the other . The two inverted Nuns have a Gematrical value of 100 , which gives a reference point of how many sections of a specific type of spaces are from the beginning of Bamidbar . The last word of these two verses is also the last word of the Torah .
The Eirev Rav started Complaining " Mit'on'nim " that they want to return to Egypt . HaShem's Anger flared and He sent a fire which burnt them .
The Eirev Rav cultivated a craving for meat and fish and the five specific vegetables mentioned ( which were stopped as they were unhealthy for travelling women who would have a baby ) . They were dissatisfied with the Holy Mannah , HaShem Gave every day except Shabbos , where a double portion would be given the day before . The Mannah would have the taste of anything a person would think of and the holier a person was , the less they needed to prepare it , for they would delight in its Holy Spirituality . The Mannah had no waste in the body and HaShem Gave it to us With Such Love , on a tray of soft dew . At first we didn't know what it was and thus called it ' Man Hu ,' which meant ' What is this .' Thus it became known as Mannah ( Mann ).
Moshe heard the complaints spreading and came to HaShem , pleading for help. HaShem Told Moshe to choose 70 elders , who happened to be the Jewish overseers in Egypt who took beatings for their own people in trying to constantly protect them and HaShem assured Moshe that HaShem Would Take some of the spirit form Moshe and put it on the people and
Moshe's power would not be diminished , just like a candle can carry on lighting other candles , whilst its own light doesn't diminish , such is the case of teaching Torah , where holy light increases .
HaShem Also Said That they will have their meat to satiety until it comes out of their nostrils .
The 70 men chosen , were brought near to the Tent of Meeting and HaShem Came Down in the Cloud , and afterwards when the Cloud lifted , they prophesied . Two of the men Eldad and Medad , were more humble than the others and so remained humbly in their tents , not feeling themselves worthy,and they prophesied even more than the others , never losing their ability to prophesy unlike the others , prophesying Moshe's passing to be replaced by Yehoshuah and also prophesying the End of Days war of Gog and Magog coming to Yerushalaim and being defeated . Yehoshuah , for his Rebbe ( Moshe's) honour , commented that they shouldn't be prophesying in front of their Rebbe Moshe , but beautiful humble Moshe , sweetly commented if only all Israel were prophets . A wind went forth from HaShem and the Slav Quail descended on the camp up to people's chests . The more greedy people were , the more they suffered , even suffering the bursting stomach of the Sotah punishment . Different punishments hit different people depending on their Aveirahs in this issue . The place got named " Kibrot Ha Ta'avah , " - " The Grave of the Lusters ."
After this , Moshe's Wife Tzipporah was talking to Miriam , Moshe's Sister and it came out in the conversation , when Miriam asked how come Tzipporah never dresses up , she answered that there is no purpose , as Moshe wouldn't look much at her anyway , for Moshe had halted being with his wife , in order to keep himself pure for at any time he could receive prophecy from HaShem .
Miriam started to mention to her brother Aharon , why should Moshe separate from his wife if she and Aharon and the elders didn't . This conversation took place in earshot of Moshe specifically , her intention not being a bad one , but one to get Moshe to return to his wife . Moshe humbly kept quiet .
Instantly HaShem Summoned Miriam and Aharon and called them separately . HaShem Put straight her error and when the Cloud lifted,Miriam was full of Tzaraas . Aharon begged Moshe , who already was pleading with HaShem To Heal her . Miriam was to be quarantined for seven days outside the camp and the whole nation , out of respect for her waited and didn't move . Such is every action we do , repaid . When Miriam was young and waited for Moshe just 15 minutes , watching over him on the Nile , when he was a baby , now , the whole nation waited for her for seven days .When Miriam was healed and brought in , her skin was renewed completely and so was her health . The people journeyed from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran and it is here that the Parsha ends .
The Parsha is called " Beha'aloscha ," which means " When you Kindle , " and refers to kindling the lamps of the Menorah . HaShem Doesn't need our light , which is minute in comparison to HaShem's Light , yet Asks us to Light the Menorah , for our contribution to HaShem is very Beloved . HaShem Wants us to Contribute to Creation , by building a holy World with His Mitzvos . The way to make the World holy is to bring up and uplift every part of Creation . The word " Beha'aloscha , " has within it the word ' Aleh , ' which means ' To Go Up , ' or ' To Rise , ' in reference to rising spiritually .The idea of lamps or Candles of a Menorah , is representative of the Neshoma , the soul . So HaShem Is Also Telling us to keep uplifting our Souls toward Him . We do this by Keeping His Mitzvos in Tanach and Torah . We are to also bring up in Spiritual Level , every part and corner of Creation . We do this by making Brochas on things or using things for Holy Purposes . Each time we make a Brocha , we say HaShem's Name , which automatically connects that thing with it's Creator HaShem . HaShem Created all things at the beginning of Creation , even things that only appear thousands of years later . Thus everything we Bless today , waited thousands of years to finally fulfill their purpose , so when we make a Brocha , we actually Bless that thing to get an Aliyah back to HaShem . The same goes for ourselves . Everytime we do a Commandment , when the time comes to do that Commandment , we are actually elevating our Neshoma closer and closer to HaShem . We must always " Beha'aloscha , " - " Kindle " our souls towards HaShem in all we do , for by uplifting ourselves and all things around us , we are helping to complete Creation . We see this in one of the words in the Brochas we say , which is the word ' Borei , ' for this word appears within the first word of Creation " Bereishis , " which means that each time we say a Brocha , we are bringing to a result that article's reason for being , returning it to HaShem , Who Made it at the beginning of Bereishis Creation . We must kindle our souls at all times , to uplift ourselves to HaShem . We use the body as a tool to follow Mitzvos , thus the physical body is the tool by which we interact with the Physical World in doing Mitzvos . By putting down our Yetzer Horahs , our Evil Inclinations and temptations , and doing HaShem's Torah , not just in learning but in the fulfillment of actions , we are uplifting our Physicalities to grow closer to HaShem . As Pirkei Avos refers to this World being the banquet hall into the World To Come, so is our Physicality , the tool to use to get us there , to Olam Habah . By getting our Physicality to keep all HaShem's Mitzvos , we end up " Beha'aloscha , " - " Kindling " our soul , to raise us up to HaShem . The middle stem of the Menorah , the Face of the Menorah , representative of HaShem, to Whom we must always turn and face , is how we must be - upright and forever reaching for HaShem . Only we can uplift ourselves by our actions . No one can do it for us . This is our personal path to upliftment and holiness . HaShem Presents us with many opportunities to do this - to uplift ourselves . Thus we must never walk away from a Mitzvah . We must never walk a way from an opportunity to be kind and good and giving . These opportunities are all stepping stones to Heaven . Never tire to uplift the souls of those around you. We are not just in this World alone . We are also here to assist others too . Wherever HaShem Puts us at any given moment , has its purpose and reason . HaShem Wants us to uplift that moment in time , Kindling its essence , to holiness . Look around you wherever you are , for every instant HaShem Gives you , is another instant HaShem Created , for you to do good . Be HaShem's partner and " Beha'aloscha " - " Kindle " your soul and the souls you meet that are around you , and uplift Creation to Heaven .
I wish HaShem with Eternal Love , a Very Beautiful and Joyful Shabbos Kodesh with Love , and to all my fellow Jews , a very beautiful and joyful Shabbos Kodesh with love .