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In this week’s Parsha we encounter a period of transition for the Jewish people. G-d asks Moshe to ascend a mountain to get a view of the land that he will not enter. Any hope that Moshe may have had that G-d would reverse His decree and allow Moshe free passage to the Land of our Forefathers is snuffed out. This realization seems to trigger a request from Moshe to G-d: “May Hashem, G-d of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly, who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall take them out and bring them in; and let the assembly of Hashem not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”
Simply put, Moshe as a leader is concerned with the welfare of his followers. Rashi (the foremost Medieval Biblical commentator) explains that Moshe was hoping that it would be his children who would continue in his path and walk before G-d as the leaders of the people. G-d makes it clear from the outset that He has other plans. It will not be Moshe’s own children, but rather his disciple who will inherit the legacy of leadership for the Jewish people. Click here to continue... |
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