DVAR TORAH - Pinchas - Rabbi Elisha Freedman

He's about to to leave this world. What's he thinking about? >> [music] >> He's thinking about the future of Klal Yisrael. That's a leader. That's a tzaddik. Moshe Rabbenu davens to Hashem. He asks him [music] to appoint a new leader. I'm not going to be here anymore. I can't take them into Eretz Yisrael. But make sure you give them a leader. Even as he has to go, he's thinking about Klal Yisrael. That's what Rashi says. The special shevach of tzaddikim, even as they're leaving the world, they're not worried about their own needs. The one story recently comes to mind. Rav Zalman Auerbach from Chevron was very sick and [music] he was taken into the hospital for the last time. But the only thing that was on his mind, he was making sure make sure the yeshiva goes on. Make sure that our kallah is >> [music] >> in yeshiva and they're always simcha. Make sure the seudos are good. Is there enough food? Is it going to be a geshmake Yom Tov? Just make sure the Yom Tov is good for the yeshiva. Don't worry about me. Go on with simcha. His own needs were not part of the equation. And that's what we see throughout the doros. Tzaddikim their minds are single-focused on the tzibbur. Moshe Rabbenu from the very beginning, he couldn't let one sheep out of the flock get lost. That's why he was chosen to be the leader. And again, as he's about to leave the world, they need a ro'eh. [music] I can't be a ro'eh, but give them another one. So Klal Yisrael should continue.