פָּרָשַׁת כִּי תֵּצֵא תשפ”ו – Moshe switches from Musar to Halacha
August 17, 2026
Do these laws originate with Moshe, just Hashem confirms them? Were they told to him at an earlier time?
Do these laws originate with Moshe, just Hashem confirms them? Were they told to him at an earlier time?
Also, Rambam vs. Ramban re: whether the Canaanites must be exterminated or not
The difference between living in the desert "panopticon" vs. living scattered on farms in Israel with the privacy (and therefore the option) to make bad choices.
"You have been rebellious all the way through!"
Even during those missing years?
Were the pleas of Moses rejected out of anger? Because the request was premature? Out of a sense of Divine "pain?"
He is rebuking the CHILDREN of the sinners, not the sinners themselves. The challenge of rebuking constructively
The peculiar moral characteristics of a "War of Revenge" – נְקֹם נִקְמַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֵת הַמִּדְיָנִים
Were the 24,000 who perished Jews? Or erev rav?
Bil'am the spinmeister could have (through his rhetorical skills) united the various kingdoms into an anti=Jewish Alliance…
The survey of the Ohr HaChaim of the opinions re: the sin of Moses and his critique of all of the opinions
Does כְּבַד פֶּה mean Moshe had a speech impediment? Or does it mean he was not quick and sharp in political give-and-take?
The impetus to do תְּשׁוּבָה comes from the יֵצֶר טוֹב but the יֵצֶר הָרַע often inserts itself in the implementation of the repentance
Also, why did he marry the Cushite woman at this particular time?
A tricky person can manipulate the Sotah rules…
Who were the member of Moshe's secretariat? Who kept the records of the Jewish People's vital statistics?
They are punished but do not repent. By the end of the תּוֹכֵחָה the punishments have been ratcheted-up 2400 times (7x7x7x7)!
“Break the News to the Kohanim Gently. They are going to have even more marriage restrictions than those of regular Jews”
Shabbos as a powerful enforcer through mimesis of the Jewish Family unit, with the parents playing roles reflecting their exalted status in the family-unit
Their crying over it was not simply a matter of petulance!