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Insights on the Parsha & Mo'adim - From Joshua Moshe Mitchell
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July 23, 2026
Tish'a B'Av 5786 - "אם־לא אעלה את־ירושל͏ם"
<p> This Thursday is תשעה באב, the saddest day of the year, when we commemorate the destruction of our spiritual home, the בית המקדש. It is a day of deep mourning, a pain expressed most acutely in פרק קלז of תהלים, commonly known as על נהרות בבל. The passage begins by describing the grief of the Jewish people in exile: “על־נהרות בבל שם ישבנו גם־בכינו בזכרנו את־ציון - On the rivers of Babylon - there we sat and also cried in remembering Zion”. They sit, mourn, and cry over what they have lost, hanging up their harps in sorrow. But this raises the question: Why? What are they mourning over? Why could they not simply start again? Yes, they were no longer in ירושלים, but couldn’t they still rebuild their lives and even thrive in בבל? What exactly had they lost? Later in the פרק, we encounter some of the most famous פסוקים in תהלים, the promise of: “אם־אשכחך ירושל͏ם תשכח ימיני. תדבק־לשוני לחכי אם־לא אזכרכי אם־לא אעלה את־ירושל͏ם על ראש שמחתי - If I forget you, Jerusalem, I shall forget my right hand. My tongue will cleave to my palate if I don’t remember you - if I don’t raise Jerusalem above my highest joy”. These פסוקים too require understanding: What are we swearing ourselves to? What does it mean to never forget ירושלים? The complexity only deepens when we reach the end of the chapter: “בת־בבל השדודה אשרי שישלם־לך את־גמולך שגמלת לנו - Daughter of Babylon, destined to be devastated, happy is he who repays for the dealings that you have done with us.” Suddenly the פרק switches from mourning ירושלים to a prophecy of retribution against בבל. This only raises more questions: How did we get here? What brings about this dynamic switch in themes? And ultimately, as a whole, what is this פרק meant to teach us? How are we to understand the promise of אם־אשכחך ירושל͏ם? How is it meant to shape our connection to ירושלים today? </p><p>Recorded in Camp Moshava Ennismore</p><p><br /></p>
July 23, 2026
Parshat Devarim 5786 - "אלה הדברים אשר דבר משה"
<p>This week we read פרשת דברים, the first פרשה in the last ספר of the ספר דברים ,חומש. In many ways, this ספר is unlike the other four that precede it. ויקרא ,שמות ,בראשית, and במדבר were all spoken by HaShem and written by Moshe, with absolute precision, down to the very letter. But דברים is different. It is spoken directly by Moshe; it is the record of the conversations that he gave the nation before his death, before they were to enter ארץ ישראל. The אור החיים explains that these discussions can be divided into two parts: Moshe’s rebuke of the nation and his review of the Torah, which the אם למקרא identifies as the beginning of תורה שבעל פה. But this understanding only raises a greater question: why does ספר דברים belong in the חומש at all? Why should we care about the תוכחה that Moshe gave to a generation 3 thousand years ago? Why is תורה שבעל פה written in the תורה שבכתב instead of the משנה and גמרא? But most fundamentally, what is ספר דברים really about and how, being its final ספר, does it complete the Torah? </p><p>Recorded in Camp Moshava Ennismore</p><p><br /></p>
July 23, 2026
Parshat Matot-Masei 5786 - "ולמה תנואון את־לב בני ישראל"
<p>This week we read פרשת מטות-מסעי, where we encounter the well known request of the בני ראובן and בני גד. Seeing the great pastureland on the eastern side of the Jordan, they approached משה with a surprising request: instead of receiving their inheritance in ארץ ישראל, they wanted to inherit the east bank of the Jordan. In his response, משה blows up at them, asking: “האחיכם יבאו למלחמה ואתם תשבו פה - your brothers will go out to war, and you will sit here?” He continues: “ולמה תנואון את־לב בני ישראל - and why will you dissuade the heart of the children of Yisrael?” In response בני גד and בני ראובן clarify that they had no intention of abandoning their brothers. Instead, they promise to join them in conquering ארץ ישראל and only after the nation’s total success to return to the east bank. The story then concludes with משה agreeing to this deal. However, this story is difficult. Is it really that simple? Are those Moshe’s only concerns? Or was there something deeper motivating this request? And if their motives are fundamentally flawed, how then are we to view the ending? Was this agreement a resolution that fixed the underlying issues, or just a compromise that left them unresolved?</p><p><br /></p>
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