Shnayim Yomi - Behaalotecha - Sh'vi'i - #7 - Rabbi Ephraim Polakoff - The Power of Words

Paras the aliyah of the final aliyah of the para. This aliyah also packed full of drama. The aliyah begins with the sllo which are these birds the meat that was providing for Israel and Hashem allows him to be blown into the camp to be blown into the camp by the winds. And the Torah tells us about the multitude of birds, the tremendous amount of meat that was provided and blown into the camp. Hashem punished these people for complaining even after they got the meat and they ate the meat. Hashem punished these people and he killed many of them and the place was named Hatava because people were b were buried there because of their desires because of their desire for me. Then the Torah goes to the famous well-known story of Miriam and Aun speaking badly about Mosher Rabenu. We know that Mosher Rabenu had separated from his wife because he was a Navian and he always had to be on call could appear to him at any time. Miriam and Aron Miriam said to Aron, "Hey, we're also Naveim. Hashem also comes to us and speaks to us. We don't do that. How come Moshe did it?" And they speak badly about Moshe. Hashem suddenly out of the blue appears to Miriam and Aaron and says come here. And then he explains to them that Moshe is a different level than everyone else. All the other Naveim they see visions Moshe I speak with Moshe directly. Mosha has to be on call at any moment. It's not like all the other Naveim where they can go to sleep, see a vision, prepare themselves. Moshe has no time to prepare. And therefore it was inappropriate for you to speak badly about Mosher Rabenu. We know well-known fact that Miriam was punished with Taras because she's the one that instigated although Aron also spoke but she's the one that really started this. Aon comes and pleads with Moshe on Miriam's behalf. Moshe for Miriam the famous words he utters please heal her. That was the extent of his. It didn't need to be elaborate. It didn't need to be long. Says that Miriam has to quarantine for seven days outside of the camp when she has to be Israel waited for her. They didn't travel without her, but they waited until she was able to purify herselves herself. One thought from this aliyah, we see how careful we have to be about lash and about our speech. This is according to many this is the source that we have to be careful not to speak always remember what did to Miriam why because she spoke about her brother Moshe and the Rambam says that even though what Miriam said wasn't so terrible it was true and Miriam was older than Moshe and Miriam had raised Moshe and Moshe as the Torah says here was of Mikada Moshe was exceedingly humble and these things just rolled off his back. You know, he didn't even mind the fact that they were talking about him. Nevertheless, we see that Miriam was punished. All the more so how careful we have to be about when we speak about other people, never to speak anything derogatory, never to say anything negative, only to speak positive words, words of encouragement, never any or any negative speech about other members of the Jewish people. That's the lesson that we learned from Miriam, from Aon and from Moshe.