Healing the Trauma of Loss (Rabbi Sacks on Chukat, Covenant & Conversation)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
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Moses at the Rock Is a Story About Sin and Punishment
Miriam was Moses' elder sister she'd watched over his fate when as a baby had been placed in a basket and floated down the Nile. Without Miriam he could never have become the human face of God to the Israelites lawgiver liberator and prophet losing her he lost not only his sister he lost the human foundation of his life bereaved you lose control of your emotions, says Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. between her death and Moses lost if emotional equilibrium our parasha is about mortality that is the point God is eternal we are ephemeral but God is life forever at one level Mosellat rock is a story about sin and punishment because you did not have
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