Chukas-Balak - 3rd Portion

Join me as we learn Kumish for Tuesday, the third Torah reading of Hukas and Balok combined. Yesterday, we learned about the Jewish people standing around the rock where Moshe brought water for them by hitting the rock. However, because he didn't speak to the rock, it was decreed upon him and Aaron that they would not enter the land of Israel. The Jewish people continue their travels trying to enter through Edom, go pass through Edom. However, Edom does not allow. Today, we continue as the Jewish people travel on towards the land of Kenan, the passing of Aaron Amalik's second attack, and as well as the snakes that the Jewish people have to contend with after the cloud of glory disappears. All these events, the cloud of glory, the well of Miriam, though they were there first, a well because of Miriam and the cloud because of Aaron, all of them returned in the merit of Moshe. Chapter 20 verse 22 and they traveled on from Kadesh and all the people came to the mountain to arrived at her. Verse 22 meaning that they were all complete worthy and they were ready to go into the land of Israel. Meaning at this point, all the people that already the decree happened that they were supposed to die out before they entered the land of Israel have already died out. They all died out already in the desert. And all those that are left are alive here today to enter as we're going to see in the book of Deuteronomy where Moshe tells them, you are your whole today to connect to God and to enter alive into the land of Israel. all those that's who we are with today and that's who the next part of the book of numbers into the book of Deuteronomy the Torah will be addressing why was it called which is like a double mountain name was like a mountain on top of a mountain like a small apple on top of a big apple explains even though that generally the clouds would go and the clouds of glory would flatten out the mountains mountains still in there were three mountains that remained nonflattened. Which three were they? One mountain which was Mount Si for the Torah which Aaron was going to be buried on Moshe where Moshe was going to be buried on. Verse 23. God said to Mosha at the mountain of the border of the land of saying what happens over here is because they want they were next to Asov and they almost want to identify with what Asov was doing therefore their actions their behaviors wasn't so great and because of that passed which was as we find later on also the tells us in the book of chronicles we find he tells the king of Yehud at the time because you became friendly with who was the king of the Israelites at the time which was not a nice guy to put it simply and they made boats together and they were traveling together therefore you will not be successful as well because of his frat patonizing with people who are not appropriate. Verse 24, what's going to happen is that Aaron is going to return and going to go back to his nation. Meaning he will gather to his people. He will not enter the land that I gave that I'm giving to the Jewish that I gave to the Jewish people because you rebelled against what I've said. You've defied my laws even when it came to the waters of dispute. Verse 25. Take Aaron and his son and bring them up to the mountain. How are you going to take him? What does it mean to take him? Convince him. You're going to tell him words of consolation. You're going to say, "If he's going to die, what what are you going to tell him? Lucky are you that you're going to see that your crown which means the crown of the high priest you're go you're very lucky because you're going to see that your uh priesthood the fact that you're the high priest the coingal is going to go over to your children I will not merit to such great things as my children will not be my successor verse 26 and Aram will then remove his clothes and you're going to dress these clothes unto Allar his will gather to his people and die there. What does it mean as clothing? The clothing the eight garments of the high priest. What was he telling him? Technically speaking, why did he have to take them off? The was not allowed to wear the special garments outside the holy temple. But this is what he was telling him. Get him dressed and take it off him. meaning at this moment he had to take it off and give it to Alazer even though technically he was not allowed to wear them outside the holy temple. This was a temporary law that was given to Aaron that he was allowed to wear the eight garments even outside the holy temple. He said to Aaron he go into the cave and he went in he saw over there a bed that was set and a candle lit. He told them, "Go up to the bed and he went up. Stick out your hands." He stick out his hands. Close your mouth. He closed. Close your eyes. And he closed his eyes. And this is the way that Aram passed. At that point, Moshe was jealous. He wanted to say he wished that he would be able to die in that same way. What we would call a kissing death where he had no pain and suffering. He just closed his eyes and God took his soul. The Zos. That's why we read read later in the book of Deuteronomy when God tells Moshe about going up onto the mountain about his passing that he says you're going to die the same way your brother Aaron died that type of death that you craved for verse 27 did as God commanded and they went up to the mountain in front of all the people. Verse 27. Moshe did it even though it was very difficult for him to watch his brother and deal with his brother's passing. He did not hold back and did followed exactly what God said. Moshe took off Aaron's clothing of his clothing and he clothed Elazar his son with it there on the top of the mountain and came down the mountain. And all the people saw that has passed and they cried for 30 days. All the Jewish people when they saw motion coming down from the mountain did not come down. They said we said he died. He said, "How is it possible that a person that was able to hold back the angel of death that we read about in two weeks ago's Torah reading where the angel of death came amongst and started making a plague and Aram went with the incense amongst them and stopped the pass stopped the plague? How is it possible?" And he slept the angel of death to the tent of meeting to the tabernacle. How then is it possible that the angel of death should be able to control our own? So right away asked that people should see so they should not accuse him of any wrongdoing and therefore the angels on high showed a bed they saw on high Aram was lying in a bed passed and only then that's why it says they saw that Aaron died literally that they saw that Aaron was lying in a bed that no longer alive all the people all the Jewish people rash men and women because Aram was a person who pursued peace and brought men and women, husbands and wives together and stopped arguments. So therefore everybody appreciate who Aaron was and because of that everybody mourned Aron's passing. Kova. The word kgova means that he passed. And what this word kovva as we're going to see um there are different ways of how they're interpreted and rashi brings different interpretations over here that we're going to see the word kava. Rashi says I say that the Aramaic translation that it says that all the Jewish people saw that Aaron died. He's making a mistake because then it would say that everybody saw that he died. only if he translates the word in the Taruma Aramaic translation means that they became afraid or they were seen because our rabbis explained that the word key when we say in our verse means because meaning as we explain according to the medish that the reason why the Jewish people were afraid. At this point, the clouds of glory because of Aaron's passing have been removed. Therefore, they were afraid of what was going on here. Now, they were afraid that they're uh that they're prone to be attacked by the enemies. Like explained, don't read the word and they saw they were afraid. This is the only way you can explain key to explain because this is explaining of what happened previously. It says they were scared. So therefore key why were they scared? Because now Aaron died and now there is no clouds of glory because if you're going to explain it according to the Aramaic translation that all the people saw then what does it mean because what did they see? Because they saw because Aaron died. How does that make sense that not that they saw because Aaron died? They saw key in this case means that Aaron died. As Rashi explains that many times we can find that the word key has many different translations and sometimes it can be that as we find and he gives other cases where the word key can be that as well. Verse chapter 21 verse one. Now that Aram passes away, the clouds of glory are not uh they are protecting the Jewish people. The Jewish people are susceptible to any attacks. Because of this, Malik sees an opportunity to try to attack the Jewish people and the Canananites, the king of Ard, who was sitting in the south, who lived in the south that the Jewish people have come through the route of that the spies previously traveled and he waged war against the Jewish people and he took captives from them. What does it mean that the heard? What did he hear? Hear past now the clouds of glory are protecting the Jewish people as it says in attracted toash 3A which was referring to theani were always there like they were there like a a pain in the neck. They were there like a strap that was going to hurt the Jewish people. They were there at all times to ready to hurt and to punish the Jewish people and to hurt them. This is what they were sitting in the south. This is it says were sitting in the south. Over here the Torah changes the terminology to sayanites. So over here he the this is because that the Jewish people when they were praying to God that the Canananites should be put in their hands and they should be able to fight them and therefore if they were not Canananites they they they would then assume that their prayers would not be answered because since they were different people so the Jewish people saw that they were dressed like Amalikites but they were speaking like the Canananites. They said you know what we're not going to say anything. If God will give us these people in our hand, what happened was the Amalachite said, you know what? We'll try to disguise oursel because if we disguise ourselves, the Jewish people will not be able to pray correctly. If they don't break correctly, when they will be able to win over them. So, what the Jewish people do? Because they're stuck over here. I mean, they look like Canananites, but they look like Amalachites, but they're speaking like Lanites. Who are they? That's why we're going to see in the following verse when the Jewish people pray to God to be saved from these people, they're going to use a terminology, which is a general ter terminology that we should just be saved from our enemies. What does it mean? The way of the way of the spies. The way of the of the south that the spies went as we mentioned previously in the book of in the Torah reading of that they went through the south. Another explanation of what it means the way of the spies. This is the based on the way that the great tour guide was taking them and traveling with them that the ark would take them three days in advance to be able to give the people rest. So they were saying that they were following the way that the ark was traveling. They only took of us use a singular term and doesn't say that he took many captives but it says that they took only one captive one made servant of the Jewish people who they took verse twoem and the Jewish people made a promise to God that if you're going to give deliver these people in our hand in my hand and we will dedicate their spoils and their cities and give them to God. We're going to take their spoils and give it to God. The word which can mean to give and dedicate and make it holy. Verse three and God heard the voice of the Jewish people and he gave theanites in their hand and they dedicated their cities to God and their cities and they called that place. First of all the first thing they had to do is kill them. The promise was that was not on the people but only on the spoils. So they were able to kill the people. However, the cities that were in the spoils, they dedicated to God and gave it as spoils and gave it as a donation to the holy temple. Verse four, they traveled from through the way of the to be able to go around uh to circle the land of not to enter it. And the people became disheartened because of the setbacks of their journey. Let's see. because Aaron died and now they had to wage a war against the cananates against the And it seemed like they were going backwards. Which way? Backwards towards the sea of this was the way that was decreed upon them when the spies went did something wrong that they were held in the desert for 38 years and they had to travel for the rest of the time. that God told them travel towards but in this case we came the end of 40 years they went backwards again seven travels as it says that means they came to and over there the people they reached them what happened was they were going backwards as it says that the Jewish people traveled from Aaron died did he He died in. So why does the Torah when it talks about in the book of Deuteronomy that he died in they went there and they came back they mourned him and they eulogized him as if he had just happened now. Now if you make the calculation you'll see so if you look that they went back to coming back to seven different travels. number one. So they went, they retreated and now they had to come back. This was the was circling the land of Edom because the people of Edom did not allow them to go through. So therefore they had to go a whole circular way through the Moabitete land and the people became uh disheartened because of this meaning Rashi explained because they were on the way as we find because of the traveling that it started becoming difficult for them. He said, "We're right near the land of Israel. We're going backwards again to be able to circle the land of Edom. This is what happened to our forefathers." And for 38 years, they were circling. Therefore, they were so upset by the traveling of the way. Meaning they lost any uh any enthusiasm of going towards the land of Israel. One cannot explain to say that when it means that they lost enthusiasm on the travel that it became short. You can't explain that it became the way became short because anytime you see if it means short will tell you what made it short there let's say we find in that god says I no longer can tolerate it because of their sins or in chaim that they became shortened meaning that he couldn't tolerate because of something what was happening anything which is difficult For a person it is it is the language to use when somebody is losing enthusiasm in something you can use the word like the person's disheartened explains like for something which is very difficult for him to do. So therefore, he doesn't have the mind and the bandwidth to be able to accept that. He doesn't have that ability to be able to sit there and deal with that pain that's going through it. Something which is difficult, something which is bothersome. You have the word a lot because it's difficult and it's great on the individual from him to be able to tolerate it. For example, we have the as well. There the fact that they've rebelled against God. It became difficult. God is complaining so to speak about the sins of the Jewish people. Also talks about his uh problems that he's going through. The gener general rule when it comes to this interpretation anytime when we talk about that the soul is exasperated is disheartened by something that it cannot tolerate anymore it's talking about it talks about that the mind it's not that physically they can't do it but the mind is no longer it's a mental disheartening which causes the person and in this case as well the very fact that they had to circle the place of edom this became very challenging for the Jewish people because they felt that we're until now we were going going going about to get into the land of Israel and now we're just circling back verse five the people spoke both against God and about Moshe saying why did you take us out of the land of Egypt to die in the desert there is no bread there is no water and our and are uh and we are weary of the light mana bread. They compared the servant to the master. Moshe and God that they both were rebelling against them blaming Moshe and God that they're both equally guilty for taking us out of Egypt. The same way we explained before the word doesn't mean from the word short means that they were exasperated. that already uh they're weary of it and they're disgusted by this food that they already had for 38 years. What's this food? What does it mean that this food which is light bread? What is it telling us? Because the mana was absorbed into the person's body and there was no waste. There was no need for them to go to the bathroom for it. It was called the word comes from the word light. They said the Jewish people were concerned and said, "Listen here. We're eating this man for this amount of time. We don't know what the side effects are going to happen. For all we know, we're going to explode because of it because there is no individual, no human being that is only able to ingest and not let out anything. And over here, we're eating this man and there's no waste that's coming from it. And therefore God would punish the Jewish people by because of their slander and sent against them as against the people venomous snakes and they bit the people and many people of the Jewish people died. Why were they called which means to burn? Because with their venom they kill the person. The person gets singed from their venom that was between their teeth. That means the moment they bit into them that poison went in and disintegrated the individual and they bit the people because the snake was the one that spoke ill at the time of the creation. So too and convinced seduced her to be able to eat from the tree of knowledge will now pay back for those people that spoke against God. That's one interpretation. Another explanation that we find And the snake that all kinds of food that means even if you bring all the different kinds of food in front of the snake it all tastes like earth to him. Should pay and should punish those who are not appreciative of what was given to them. They get the mana that way by eating the mana it changes to any flavor that they enjoy any flavor that we'd like. And over here the snake who everything by him tastes like one thing earth. He is the one that's going to punish those people that are complaining for lack of appreciation for what they have. Verse seven the people came to say we spoke about you and God please pray to God for remove from us the snake prayed on behalf of the Jewish people. Here we say even though they were speaking against Moshe but they came along and asked Moshe for forgiveness and therefore Moshe listened to them and prayed on their behalf. And from here we learned that when a person asks for forgiveness you should not be refusing. You should not be stubborn and not uh and not forgive and you should forgive the individual. Verse eight, God said to Moshe, you should make for yourself an image of a venomous snake and you're gonna put it on a pole. And therefore, any person that gets bitten by the snake will look up and see it and will be able to live. What does an over here mean? On a pole, we find calls it a pole that was on the top of the mountain. pick up a pole. Something which is tall. The word n comes also from a mast. And because the mast is tall on the boat that everybody can see it from a distance. Anything that you put up tall and that somebody can see from a distance that they can look up and notice it would be called an ace. Anything that was bitten meaning the same thing was also that the snakes would bite anything even if was a even that let's say even if he wasn't only bitten by a snake but if he was bitten by a dog or a donkey and because of that his body would be begin to deteriorating he would look up at the snake and he would be surv and he would help the reason why he uses the terminology of a snake is Because the venomous poison of a snake is more dangerous and causes a person to die even quicker. Therefore, it says that any person that was bitten, no matter what you were bitten with and you see it, you will automatically be healed. Just by seeing it, you were saved from the poison. However, when a person was bit by the snake, as we see, it says, and he will look more not just looking, but more of a stern look, a more of a um focused look, as it says later on that when a person would look at the snake, when a person was bitten by the snake, he would then have a deep look at this pole, at this uh copper snake that was there on the pole because just by seeing it from a glance, from a distance, I wouldn't and help you. You would have to intentionally look at this copper snake and only then were you healed from the poisonous venomous snake. The rabbis explained in the tractor of Russash 298 is somebody thinking that the snake itself this copper snake is what's deciding if a person should live or die. As we mentioned, the snake was put on a pole look on high. It reminded them where everything comes from. when they would look up on high and they would remember about God in heaven then they would then devote their hearts to the God in heaven they would be healed from that poisonous snake but if they would not concentrate and that's why he needed that concentration they would disintegrate verse 9 and Moshe made the copper snake and he put it on a pole And if a person was bitten by a snake, he beat on he would then look towards and have an intentional look how was just mentioned in Rash and he would survive and he would live. Moshe wasn't told to make it out of copper. Just God told him to make a image of a venomous snake. God said God calls it and I will make it out of copper which is the same similar terminology that means the two terminologies even though they're two different words but be two different meanings but because the words are similar and therefore Moshe believed that this would be able to help the Jewish people and understood it to make it into this copper snake. This concludes oh we continue sorry because we are now in a double Torah reading a combined Torah reading of we now continue with verse 10 as we now learned about the events with the Kananites. The Jewish people now continue with the other people along the way as they travel along the southern border of Moab and the different nations that they encounter along the way. And the Jewish people traveled and they now rested in a place called verse 11 and they journeyed from and they then settled in a place called which was in the desert which is by the um by the we are on the east of the east of Moab is from the east side of Moab. I don't know why it was called the word means like a destruction a place which was no longer there. So Rashi says why was it called I don't know but that's what the word means as well as Rashi tries to say why was called a place of destruction what was destroyed thereata it's something as if like when you clean the floor they say matata is like a broom as if you're cleaning the floor and all the earth is gathered into one place and then you have to sweep it up the and over here the is the letter is you find also the shovels that were used um and we talk about the copper shovels that were made for the altar outside. They were also called yin and they were things that you would collect. So we find in Isaiah where he talks about the evil people who trust in their foolish things that they have the that they will be piled on into the pile of garbage of what they are up about. Why was it called? This is a way how people would be able to pass through the mountain of O on their way to the land of Cananan. This was a place which would be able to pass you through from the land of Moabites to the land of the Amorites which was right at the border of Cananan. This is on the east of the of the border of the land of Moab. Verse 13. From there they traveled and they they encamped on the side of on the north side of Arnon which is in the desert which extended towards the border from the Amoriteski that although Arnon was actually the Moabitete border but it was beny but it actually passed between the Moabitete border and the Emirites and that's the way as we mentioned previously for one to make their way through. Let's see. Rashi explains this over here. We're telling about the whole area of what it was. And this area, the border of the Amorites, which was it's telling us the end of the border of where they were. So to the boundary of the where the Moabites were. is telling us the edge that they were going on this side of their borders between the Moabites and between the Amorites. They circled the land of Moab called going southeast until they came to the other side of which was already in the Amorite land. But this was already on the north side of Mo because they started going from the south going southeast and now they came to the north all the way around which is comes out from the border of the Amorites. What does it mean? There was one area of land that was sticking out from the Amorite land towards south but it belonged to the Amorites but that little strip of land would enter into the Moabitete territory as well. So they would it would diminish a little bit of that territory and it went through like a pass through into the area of the Moabitete land. However, as the Torah continues, it was which is the boundary of Moab. The Torah is telling us here that they were on the outskirts of the boundary of Mo, but they were not in Moab itself. And therefore, they were in that little area on the north of Arnon, which belonged to the Emirites. Though that Arnon is on the boundary of Moab, the Moabites did not allow them to pass through. So therefore, they had to go on that pass through. Even though the Torah doesn't say clearly that they asked the Moabites to go through was the one that asked permission that he sent messengers to the king of Mo and did not allow them to go through Moshe alludes to it when he talks about in the book of Deuteronomy and reviews about the encounters that the Jewish people did and he says like the did not allow us to go through their land and like the Moabites did not allow them to go through their land. We don't see it clearly in the Torah. However, we see it later on by when he says that also asked them permission and they did not allow. So too we find over here that they did not allow as well the same way by the people of that they did not allow them to pass through the land. So therefore they traveled around them. So two by the Moabites that didn't allow them to go through so therefore they traveled around them. verse for verse uh 14 as therefore it should be said concerning this encampment whenever we talk about recount the words of God and to talk about the wars of God that what he gave to the Jewish people the sea of reeds and the valleys of Arnon. We talk about the miracles that happened in Aron as well. So let's see rashi what this means al about this encampment about the miracles that happened here. what we're talking about here seem when we talk about the great miracles that the Jewish people had and the miracles that happened to our forefathers they will say they will talk about what is and that he gave as it says what he gave as means Y what he gave them bes the great miracles that happened to the Jewish people in the sea of reeds with the crossing of the sea. So when we talk about the miracles and events that happened with the Jewish people at this encampment we will also when we talk about the great miracles that happened to them there just like we talk about the great miracles that happened with the Jewish people on the sea of reeds which is when they cross the rims. [snorts] So too they're going to talk about the great miracles that happened by the canals by the rivers of Aron which also over here great miracles happened. What are the great miracles that happened at Aron? We're about to say in the next verse and the spillage of the valleys towards the dwelling of and leaned towards the border of Moab, the capital district of Moab. What specifically happened here? So Rashi explains as follows the word which means the poor this is alluding to events and it's saying it in short about different miracles that happened to the Jewish people. What happened was the blood of the Amorites that were hiding in the mountains were all spilled were killed and because of that the Jewish people were saved because were very tall mountains and the valley was very deep and short and the mountains were very close to one another. So it's very easy for they're so close that a person can stand on one mountain, a person on another mountain and still communicate with one another. And this passageway that we were talking about coming from the south walks goes through that valley as soon as the Jewish people come into the valley l to pass through because that was the only pass through to get through around the Moabitete land namotus. We're going to come out of the caves that's in the mountain that's on top of them. So, they're going to go in the valley. The only way for them to go through is this little passage through. We're going to stand on top of the mountains and we'll kill them with arrows and with and with um and with different weight and u and different stones to be able to that are thrown, you know, with the with the arrow as well. And then they're going to And these mountains that were there, they were like these two big points that were coming out from like two corner, two horns that were on both sides or two uh protruding uh items that were coming out on both sides and the Jewish people were going to go walk in between. those Jewish people that are going to walk inside. They're going to be like a maid servant that goes out to greet her master and they were going to go to the to the point of the mountain of Moabites. So what happened was that God made that those two mountains should be able to come together crashed into one another and therefore all the people that were hiding inside were now all killed. The fact that they tried killing the Jewish people that they were passing to, they themselves got killed. This is what it means in the verse that it leaned towards the place of and it leaned towards the property of Moab that the two mountains removed itself from its place and they came to bang into one another and because of that because they connected with another everything that was in the mountain all the people that were there were automatically killed and the Jewish people were saved. Verse 16. From there the flow of blood of limbs ran into the well. He that was the well. God said to Moshe, "Gather the people and I will give them water." Verse 16. From there the flow went until the well. The God said, "How my children are even going to know about these wonderful miracles that these two mountains clobbered with one another and killed all the Amorites that were waiting to kill them." The example is if you give food to a child, you got to let the mother know. Therefore, after the Jewish people passed and the mountains came back to their original place and the well was going into the into the valley, and from there it's washed away. and you were able to see the blood of all the people that were killed and so they have arms and their limbs and it brought them around the camp of where the Jewish people were as soon as the Jewish people saw this they gave a saying to Hashem and therefore it's called the song of the well as they saw the well had now all the enemies of the Jewish people came floating down the well realizing the great miracle that happened to them that they were saved unbeknownst to them and here in verse 17 begins the song Oash Then the Jewish people sang the song, ascend a well and sing to it. Come up from the valley. Show us what you have. How do they know? How do we know that the well showed them what was there? As it says with from there the well came out was from there dwell that the well were ready for 40 years came down to the valley and then says to publicize the miracles. Therefore it gives another reason why then did the Jewish people sing the new song was sang at the 40 years. One second. If they're singing a song for the well, the Jewish people have already a well for 40 years. Why didn't you wake up earlier to saying to sing and give thanks for this well that you have? Why all of a sudden now you're giving thanks to God for a well that you had for 40 years? And this is because this is another miracle that happened because of the well that they were able to see the events that killed the Amberites. It was floating through the well which brought them to sing and give thanks for the well that they already had. [snorts] Verse 18. This is a well that was dug by princess meaning referring to Mosha carved out by the nobles of the people with their staffs and from the desert as a gift as a gift. Rashi explains as follows. This is the well that was dug by great ministers which is how did they do it with their staffs. And then he continues it was given to them in a place of dry land. It was given to them this well that they should be able to survive. Verse 19 and from the gift after it was given to us as a gift. It went down into the valleys and from the valleys it was then ascended to the greatest heights. bum went to heights like the tarum explains it went down with them into the valley and then went up to great heights. Verse 20 and from the heights in the to the valley in the fields of Moabis to the top of the peak was able to be seen over the entire wasteland. meaning that they were able to see it from quite a distance because in the in the fields of Moab that's where um Moshe died and therefore no longer was able to be seen another another explanation to these verses was done by the it was dug by the nobles of the people meaning is called meaning to say every time the Jewish people encamped the leader of the tribe would make a hole with a staff like a line with a staff from the well and they would have a running well they would have a stream of water going all the way until their camp in front of each camp as we find later on it says within carved according to Moshe is Why is the Mosha's name mentioned in this song? Like we find in the book of Exodus. He says that he sang with it as well. Because Mosha was punished because of this. Well, because Mosha's name is not mentioned. You'll also see God's name is not mentioned. It's like an example when they invite somebody is invited to a meal. If my friend comes, my friend's not invited. I'm not going either. If Mosha's name is not mentioned, God's name is not mentioned as well. The type of the mount, the top of the mountain. What does the word pisk mean? Very high. Like we find in the book of something that's very, very high. You're able to see it from a distance. The words that very high mountain was able to be seen. That means you're able to see it throughout the whole desert. And why was it called Yeshima? Because God is called Yeshua. But as well the desert is called from the word. It's desolate. There's nothing there. Another explanation to these words are that's going on the well. that the well that the well was that it was that the well after the passing of Moshe the well was then placed and was put into the sea of Taria which today is known as the kiner and it's there floating at the caner and when you see it in the caner it looks like a circle which is uh just floating here and like the opening of a well that's where said that it looks like a round rock in the middle of the caner and that's where the well of Miriam is that's called the well of as we know it as but known as the the caner today and that's where that's why he says it'll be floating it'll be seen from a distance it's in the caner that everybody can see from a distance this well eventually where it went to this concludes the third Torah reading paras Kukas abol combined.