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Ki Sisa - 3rd Portion
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Join as we learn together
for Tuesday parishesa the third Torah
reading chapter 33:12.
Yesterday we learned about the sin of
the golden calf. Moshe asking God for
mercy and atonement for the Jewish
people. God forgives the Jewish people
for the sin of the golden calf. Today we
continue to the events on the 29th of
when Moshe is about to go up the
mountain with the second set of tablets.
Verse 12.
And Moshe says to God,
"Look, you are telling me,
take the people up,
but you haven't told me
who you will send with me.
And you told me
you will. I have granted you my
recognition
and that I have found favor in your
eyes.
What does this mean?
Verse 12. Rashi,
look and see what you're saying. You
told me,
but you never let me know. You said take
up the nation, but you never said how
I'm supposed to do this.
That you told me that you're sending an
angel with me. This is not letting me
know. I'm not interested in an angel.
You told Moshe said
that you are able to identify a I'm able
to recognize God more than anyone else
meaning with a name of importance.
I'm coming to you in the cloud
and they will also entrust you. Verse
13. Now,
if you indeed regard me favorably,
please let me know your ways
and I will find out
so that I can find favor. So, I'll find
out your favor.
And consider too that this is your
people,
Rashi.
the and now
if it is true that I have found favor in
your eyes then show me your ways.
Meaning
what is the reward that you give to
those people that find favor in your
eyes?
With this I will be able to know what
their favor is, how you appreciate, show
your appreciation.
What is this favor that I found in your
eyes? How does it express itself?
And the explanation of meaning so that
you can be known favor so that it can
identify I can recognize
what is the reward for one to five favor
in God's eyes.
Don't say
I'll make you into a great nation. But
these guys if you're going to let go
these are your nation even before
and if you're not going to be happy with
these people
I can't trust that those that come for
me are going to be able to follow what
you say
and therefore my reward I want it to be
visible in this nation.
The rabbis explained this in the track
of
I am explaining it the way it should
make sense according to the verses.
Verse 14.
And he says, and God answered, very
well, my presence will go with you,
and I will grant you and I will grant
you rest
from your concern that God says he will
and from what said before, I will not
lead you directly. Let's see. Rashi,
I'm not going to send an angel. I'm
going to be the one to go with you.
Verse
love.
So Moses said to God,
"If your presence does not accompany us,
don't bring us up. Don't take us up from
here to the land of Israel at all."
He answers to God, "Yes, this is exactly
what I want.
If you're going to say you're going to
send us through an angel, don't even
bother." Verse 16.
How else can it be known
that I found favor in your eyes
that I and your me I and your nation
this is only through when you come to
us. How will it be known that I and your
people have found favor in your eyes is
only when you walk with us and when you
come with us
and I let your people be distinct. I and
your people will be distinct from all
nations of the world will be different
which is on the face of the earth
because your presence will be with us
alone.
How would we know that this favor that
you find amongst us is only when you
come with us
asking you another thing.
Yes, you're going to divine presence be
on us but we also want that it shouldn't
be on anybody else. Therefore,
that we should be distinguished and
different than any other nation of the
world as we say
just like God made the difference
between the nations of the world and the
Egypt when they the same word is used
that God differentiated between the
Jewish people's cattle and the
Egyptians. So two Moshe is asking that
the Jewish people should be different
distinguished that only God's presence
would be with the Jewish people. This
concludes the third Torah reading for