V’Zos HaBerachah - 4th Portion

Join me as we learn kumish for Wednesday parishes sabra verse 18 chapter 33 the continuing of the blessings that Moshe gives the tribes right before his passing. Yesterday we learned about the blessing that was given to Yoseph and including Ephraim and Manasha. Today we continue with the blessing that he gives to and God as well. He said rejoice in your successful departure in your tents. What is he referring to? these five tribes that Moshe blesses at the end of you will notice that he mentions their names twice and the reason is to strengthen them to give them um might they were considered the weak ones of the tribes. These are the ones that Yseph actually presented before Pharaoh showing the weak eyes that from of his brothers he took five since they were weak. And therefore, you will not put him put them into the army had a partnership. I'm sure you've heard this once before. It says was the businessman. He was the one that was dealing with the business. Went to the boats. He went to do business with boats and yachts and he would make a lot of money and he would be the one to feed and support was sitting and studying Torah without having to worry about their financial security. Therefore, he mentions before even though was greater and he was the one that was studying Torah. because the only way that was able to study Torah was because was out there doing business rejoice with leaving meaning rejoice and be successful when you leave your home to go do business you have success in your study of Torah it was the job of the tribe of that they would sit and study Torah that they would be the ones who would make and decide when the leap year and how the months should be situated. It says in the book of chronicles that from the children of they were the ones that knew the times and had a set of times their leaders were 200. They were from the leaders of the tri 200 of the Sanhedrin were from the tribe of who were busy with these uh setting up the calendar that according to them is when they set the calendar and the when they would make a leap year verse 19 will call the tribes to the mountain. Will they offer up proper sacrifices because they will because they will be nourished by the abundance of the seas and by the caches of the valuable valuables hidden in in the sand caches of valuables that are hidden in the sand. Verse is referring to all the nations and the tribes of the Jewish people. They'll be gathered to Mount Mariah. They'll be gathered to let them know when they have to set the new year and the leap year and the months and so on. Every time you gather people it's called you're calling them to come together by knowing when the calendar is and knowing what day you have to bring the different sacrifices will then be able to be supported from the great abundance that's in the sea and they will then have time to study Torah the tim the very different the many different um caches of things that will be hidden in the seas. What is it referring to? Tardis is a type of fish very important and expensive fish which was the fish that they used to be able to snail the fish that they used to be able to dye the to make it blue and white glass which comes from the sea and from the sand by the by the sea. This was in the eerie in the parcel that got and from this they were able to make a lots of money. Like it says in the tractor of that Zulen had to like fight for himself because Naftali would complain that they would complain about that he had that because there was no um because it wasn't as good as Napali is that it had vineyards and fields and therefore he complained that to my brother you gave him fields and fields and vineyards. And what did I get? So God tells him no, no, no, no. Whatever he's going to need, he's going to need and you're going to have he's going to have to come to you because you're going to have certain things that he may not have. He looked like a nice parcels looked like had good property, but you he may have good real estate, but he's going to need the items that are in your area. The word means to be covered, like things that were hiding. And after King Solomon built the holy temple, it says that he covered it and the word is he covered it with cedar wood that he covered it with cedar tree. We can explain this entire verse in a different way. the nation because of the business of the nations. It's actually referring to the nations of the world that because of the business that did all the business all the peddlers and business people would come from all the nations of the world would come to him and he would be standing by the border which means to do business with them. They're going to say, "Oh, as we already traveled all the way here, let us go to Jerusalem and see what is the God of the Jewish people. What is so special about this nation? They'll see that all the Jewish people serve one God, eat one food. They're not and very different than the nations of the world because in the nations of the world, one tribe, one nation serves one God, another nation serves another god. And they all have different kinds of foods. And then they will say there's nobody special as this nation. They're going to want to convert meaning that they're merit of that are on the sea. They're going to be able to give so much money and people are going to do so much business that so many nations are going to come and because of that convert and recognize the greatness of God. Verse 20. And to God he said, "Blessed be the one who expands the territory of God." May he dwell like a fearsome lion, tearing off the arm of the prey together with his head in one blow. This teaches us that the area of God was expanding towards the eastern side over his initial parcel because he was by the border of the land of Israel. Therefore they were blessed like lions. Whoever was by the border had to be as strong as a lion. How strong were they that when they had to fight the enemy? that they were so strong that with one swipe they were able to knock off the hand and the should the head and the shoulder at once. Verse 21 and he saw that first portion befitted him because there was the burial of the lawgiver was hidden there. He did with God. He went at the head of his people. He did what God considered righteous and executed his judgments in Israel. Let's see. Rashi verse 21. What is this referring to? God saw that he wanted to take the tribe of God in the land of that was the beginning of what they were conquering the land of Israel. He saw in that parcel of land was going to the be the place where the one who sets the laws there was going to be buried which is Moshe that allotted portion is hidden and undisclosed that nobody knows where Moshe is buried as we're going to read later on in chapter 34 that nobody knows where Moshe is buried God and God then came. They were the ones that went in the front and fighting for the Jewish people conquering the land because they were very strong. And as it says, they promised that they were going to do it that they would go armed before all their brothers. They are righteous because they kept to their word and they kept to their promise to cross the Jordan will be conquered and split. And only then did they return home. Another way of explaining this that Moshe came at the leaders of the people. Meaning that's telling us about the greatness of Moshe that when he told the people of God that there he would be buried [snorts] al is talking about the righteousness that he led the Jewish people beyond the letter of the law. This concludes the fourth Torah reading of Paras V Sabra.