Devarim - 6th Portion

Join me as we learn Chumash for Friday, the sixth reading of Parshas Devarim. Yesterday we started with Moshe telling the Jewish people about their journeys and how they conquered the lands on their way to the land of Israel. We spoke about how they made a detour around the people of Seir and Moab, and now we can and Ammon, and only when it came to the people of Sichon and Og that God made them stubborn that they should not allow the Jewish people to go through. And because of that, the Jews were now going to rage wage war against Sichon and Og. Verse 31. And Hashem said to me, "And God said to me, See, I have begun to deliver Sichon and his land to you. How can I rush begin to take possession? So that you can possess his land." What is this telling us? What does it mean he began? We learn from here God forced the angel above of the Amorites in heaven under the feet of Mosha. Mosha was able to step on his neck, meaning that he was able to keep him under his reign that the angel above of this nation no longer had the opportunity to defend his keep him under his reign that the angel above of this nation no longer had the opportunity to defend his nation, and this way the Jewish people will be able to overcome his nation. Verse 32. And Sichon and his nation came out to greet us, came and went forth towards us. He and all his people came out to war against us by the place called Yatzah. He didn't he did not send because of Og to help him against the Jewish people. That's teaching us that Sichon and Og were both such great giants that they did not need each other's help. They believed that they were so strong and they were able to overcome the Jewish people on their own. And God at that time delivered him to us. And he said to me, >> and God at that time delivered him to us. We say one of and we killed him and we destroyed him and his and his sons. And his whole army and his whole nation. What does it mean strong sons of Noah if you look at the word the way it's written is without the youth. You can read it his son singular son. Give her a that he had a son that was just as strong as he was. Verse 44 34. And we conquered all his cities. He at that time is called ear and we utterly destroyed every city machine like utterly in a way to knock everything out. The women and children are in the city to his left no survivor. The word machine machine means men and ocean Russia says. So men women and children machine and ocean which is the men the women and the children. The Russia now explained the difference between how the spoils of and went about. The when it talks about the spoils that were there by number one means that we took it for ourselves. Russian a type of spoils that was they enjoyed that they took and each person took whatever they wanted for themselves. However when it came to the spoils and the booty that was there by the nation of Og. They already had plenty already from and therefore they had no interest in taking anymore. They would just take and rip and destroy everything that the enemy had animals and clothing they only took the gold and silver. Therefore it says later on by the but no no no we we the spoiled for us but also in the word comes from the word like it was an embarrassment it was disgusting for us. That's what the explains Israel was cheated. That the animals no no no the only thing that we took for ourselves, the only pillage that we took for ourselves was the cattle. And the spoils of the cities that we had taken. Verse 36 From the area from the southern border of the territory which is area, which is at the edge of the Arnon of the area of Arnon. And the city that is at the brook as well. There was not a communal city that was not too strong for us. Everything God has gave us we were able to overcome and conquer every city along the way. Verse 37 The only place that we did not approach was the area of the Ammonites. By the area of the Yabbok river the area of and that area of this and these cities around the mountain and everything else that we ever God told us that we should not conquer. Meaning everything that was next to the Yabbok river. The whole should not be conquering we left alone and we did not conquer. Chapter 3 verse 1 Now we turned and we went northward towards the Bashan. And the king Og, the king of Bashan came out to greet us, came out towards us. Him and his whole nation to war at Edrei in the place called Edrei. Verse 2 North through alley means going up towards the land of Israel. Verse 2 said to me at the time, I'll tell you I say don't be afraid of him. Don't fear I can be out of that area because I gave him in your hands." Oisif is called him and his whole nation besides he and his land. I should have had someone that was settled in Heshbon. Rashi, I'll tell you he said, "Don't be afraid of him. Don't fear him." I love because in this case Moshe was not afraid of the strength because he was so strong. Moshe was afraid to leave common who was she was from At the end of the day, this fellow Og was a servant and helped Avram. And she remembers it as because it says the told Avram that the Og was captured. And there was so he thought that now Og has some has some merit that maybe he's the going to stand in his stead. And therefore, Moshe won't be able to conquer him. Therefore, God comes along and says, "Don't worry about it. You'll take over this guy as well." Verse three. And he actually gave it to them. And God gave him over in his hands Og and his whole Og, the king of Bashan, and his nation. And I came and we wiped them out. Built in history we started until there was no remnant remained from him. Verse four. I knew the color of them. We conquered all the cities. But he said at that time we secure that was not available that we did not take from them. 60 cities total. Call our gig the whole territory of the royal palace including all that big Bashan. The entire territory of the royal palace together all of it constituted the kingdom of Og in the Bashan. What is the capital Og Rashi says? The Targum mean on base the area which was considered the palace, the royal palace, the royal area. Right, you see Targum plotting the matter he actually made a look based on what the Targum says in the track in the Megillah Esther as well as we see the word palton which means a palace is called tracknin. So therefore Rashi comes to the assumption comes to the translation that the word Argev in this case means a royal palace as well. Meaning Nisha Malchus Nikra Shuma, the area where the entire kingdom is called based on it. So do we find this as the Argev of Elohim, this is in the book of Kings 2 where it says the Argev of the Kings which means the palace of the Kings Eitz HaLechem which was considered the the home and the royal palace in the area where the king is hanging out and the most inner chamber. So here Rashi says how he learned it, the area where was Pekach the son of Remaliah to Pekach the son of Menachem and over here we learned as well that this word Hiparchia which is the word Chevel Argev the Aramaic Aramaic translation basically proving that this word Chevel Argev means the royal palace. Now continue with verse five. Kol Eilah, all these cities that were destroyed Arim Beturot Chemah, they were cities that were in fortified walls. Givohah, big tall walls. Lasaim, it had massive doors, double doors. Uvriach, beside the double doors that had bolts in it from all sides. This was besides we captured a great deal of open walled cities, of unwalled cities but the walled cities were tall big walls with big doors and bolts on it that they were difficult to get in. Ari Perazot, Perazot Yisrael meaning opened, that there was open wall open cities without any walls. For him Perazot Yisrael we have the verse in Zechariah where he talks about the time will come that Jerusalem will be without walls. Uh verse six. V'Nachrem Oisah, and we destroyed it. We utterly destroyed it. Like we did to Sichon the king of Hashbon, Hashrem called ear wiping out the entire city in Mesima and tough men, women and children. Hashrem verse six Loshon even meaning currently at the what they did it's not about what they've done but actually now was completely destroyed. It says they went on they went and destroyed it. Verse seven And all the all the these score we scorned all the cattle and the spoils of all the cities as we mentioned previously but they don't know that was disgusting by them already cuz they already had so much and they only took the gold and the silver. Verse eight and we took at that time also the land from the two kings of the Amorites the land from the two kings of the Amorites which were on the other side of the Jordan from from the river of Arnon and Har Hermon until the Mount Hermon. Rashi means meaning not literally from their hands from their domain that was no longer theirs. Verse nine The Sidonians would call the Mount Hermon Sirion they would call it Sirion the Amorites would call it Sneer Sneer which means the mountain of snow. Rashi another place where Rashi and Hermon until this Mount Zion is Hermon and all the Arab nations you see that this Mount Hermon has four different names because different people used to call it. Why does the Torah have to tell us who called it what what do we care what different nations called it? Well how you get your answer we want to tell us the greatness and the beauty of the praise of the land of Israel. Show you Arab that there were four different kingdoms that were all sitting around Mount Hermon miss spot is because each one gave it a different name cuz they felt that it was theirs and therefore they would pride itself with this mountain. This one says it should be called by my name. This guy says the mountain should be called by my name. This one says it should be called by my name. This one says it should be called by my name. This one says it should the my name. Sneer, the word sneer who shall egg is uh snow in the language of Ashkenaz or in the language of Canaan. In the in the language of Ashkenaz and Canaan, Canaanites, they would call it um the sneer would be the mountain of snow. The Aramaic translation as well called Tur Talga, the mountain of snow. Verse 10. Call coil are you Amish about to call the Bashan and all the the lands of Sihon and Og comprised of all the cities of the plain of Sihon. Uh that means all of Gilead and all of the Bashan. They until as far as Salcah. The Dre and the Dre are the Mamlakha of Og Bashan. These were the cities of the kingdom of the royal cities of Og in Bashan. Verse 11. Kidak Og Melekh Bashan. Only Og, the king of Bashan. Mishar Me'yas Ra'fa'im. He was the only one remaining from the great giants, from the remnant of the Ra'fa'im. The other ones were already wiped out as we mentioned in their alliance with uh Kedarlaomer and Ashteroth Karnaim. And how big was this guy? In the Arse Eres Barzel. His bed had to be a bed of iron. Halo yi barabos bene amein. It is not Is it not preserved in the city of Rabbah of the Ammonites? And anyone can go and see this bed of his. Teisha amois orga. It is nine cubits long. The arba amois rakhba and four cubits wide. Ba'amos ish according to the cubit of a man. That means Og himself whose arms length was much greater than the standard cubit. But when we're measuring, we're talking about about the average person. So if you want to call the If you want to see him feet wise, approximately this would be 14.2 feet long by 6.3 wide. So it was 14 by 6. Rashi Miyes Ra'fa'im. Shulchan Aruch as we mentioned Amrafel was Kedarlaomer and his friends killed the Nastre for who Polat the reason why it was called Hapolit he was saved from that war. Shnemar Polat came that way that's like but Amas Ish what does it mean in the measurement in the Amon the cubits of a human? So therefore he's telling us that we're not talking about the average Amon but we're talking about the Ish in the Amon of Og who was much larger than the regular person. Verse 12. This is the land that was taken possession at the time which is on the river of Arnon and Har Gilad half of the mountain of Gilad and cities of Arnon and Gad was given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. What does it mean this land? Going back to what we mentioned before what they conquered from the people of Og and Sichon. From Arnon and from the river of Arnon to Mount Hermon. This is what we conquered at the time. This is not connected to the beginning of the first verse I will say if it's going to the end of the verse. And the Reuben and Gad what did God what did Moshe give to the tribes of Reuben and Gad? All the way to Mount Hermon. Meaning from Arnon until half of Gilad was given to them but what was the possession that they took? They took all the way until Mount Hermon. Verse 13. And the rest of the Gilad and the area of the Bashan and the kingdom of Og was given to half of the tribe of Manasseh all the way to Mount Hermon that whole area of the royal palace of the royal palace of the Bashan and of the area of Bashan who you call the land of that was what called the land of Rephaim that God had promised to Abraham. Meaning that he that is the original land of Rephaim that we mentioned previously that was given to not the one that other people used to call and so on. This is the land of that he gave to the half of Manasseh that was initially given to them and to his children. Then the son with the great grandson of Manasseh look at his gave he took the entire royal kingdom royal palace there at Keshuri until the territory of until the territory of the Shuri and the Mahasi and the they and he called them on his name. He called the on his own name the villages of until today's day. This concludes the sixth Torah reading of the week.