Parsha Pearls
אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִ ים אֲשֶּר דִבֶּר מֹשֶּה אֶּל כָל יִשְּרָאֵל... וּבֵין תֹפֶּל וְּלָבָן... דברים א:א
These are the words that Moshe spoke to all of Yisroel...and between Tofel and white... -- Devorim 1:1
Rashi tells us that the first verse of this week’s parsha lists through hints the rebuking words that Moshe Rabbeinu told to Klal Yisroel. Regarding the words “between Tofel and white” Rashi (quoting the words of Chazal) writes: - הוכיחן על הדברים שתפלו על המן שהוא לבן He rebuked them for complaining about the mann that was white.
What lesson can we learn from this? Don’t complain about your food! The food that’s on your plate, although it is not “the mann”, it is “a mann” - it is the food that HaKadosh Baruch Hu gave you. Appreciate it. Appreciate Hashem’s love for you that is manifested in your food’s color, texture, taste and nutritional value.
בְּעֵֵּ֥בֶר הַיַרְּ דֵֵּּ֖ן בְּאֶֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָב הוֹא ֶ֣יל משֶֶׁ֔ ה בֵּאֵּר אֶת־הַתּוֹרֵָ֥ה הַז ֵּ֖את לֵּאמ ֹֽר.
On that side of the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moshe explained this Torah, saying, (Devorim 1:5)
You probably know that Rashi comments on this verse and says: Moshe explained it to them in seventy languages. But did you know that the reason why Moshe had to do that, as explained by some commentaries on the Chumash, was in order to bring kedusha into other languages as well, so that when a Jew will learn Torah in a foreign language, his learning will have kedusha of Torah!
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