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Chukas: Just Part of the Plan

Moshe Rabbeinu had spent the last forty years trying to lead Bnei Yisroel into Eretz Yisroel. He tried to direct them to do what was right, and was the one who dealt with the fallout when they didn’t listen. But in this parsha, Moshe gets the bad news. He will not be entering Eretz Yisroel. He will die in the desert like the rest of his generation did.

But Moshe didn’t focus on his own disappointment at his life’s dream slipping away. The very next pasuk has Moshe back in action, trying to convince Edom to let Bnei Yisroel pass through so they could get to Eretz Yisroel without him. The plan must go on, with me or without me. My job is to do what Hashem says; what part I have to play is up to Him, not me.

לע״נ דוד חיים בן ישראל דוב הכהן
לע״נ ר׳ חיים דוב בן ר׳ בןציון שלום