- Q. See question above. Dear Rov Shlit’a. I did suggest that to the above, yet they were unhappy since they explained that the Torah, for a number of reasons does not have a blessed delightful happy ending. Is that really true? And if yes, why not?
A. In reality, the very last verses of the Torah are the greatest tribute to the greatest leader and Prophet our nation ever had. The ultimate tribute the Torah gives Moshe Rabbenu, is both simple and powerful. He was “Haish” - “the man Moshe,” Bamidbar 12/3, “the servant of the Hashem” (Devarim 34/5).
Vezot Habracha is not read as an ordinary Shabbat portion, but instead we read it during Simchas Torah. It is a powerful statement about mortality, the end of life and what it means to be human. The Moshe that we encounter in our Torah is most truly simply a human being that became specially very great, not only by the incredibly unique and gigantic task he was set to carry out, but more so by his incredible humility and rightfulness.
He thus became the ultimate channel through whom the word and power of Hashem flowed for all of the history of the universe, and all eternity.
It would therefore be wise to try to convince at least one of them to be the chosen “Chatan Torah”, and therefore become closer to Moshe Rabbenu.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a.
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