15:22 (וַיַּסַּע מֹשֶׁה אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּם-סוּף, וַיֵּצְאוּ
אֶל-מִדְבַּר-שׁוּר; וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת-יָמִים בַּמִּדְבָּר, וְלֹא-מָצְאוּ
מָיִם) The Shira ends right
before this Posuk. There was (אָז
יָשִׁיר) and (וַתִּקַּח מִרְיָם) then a (ס). Then we have this Posuk. The Posuk
mentions that they left Yam Suf and travelled and that 3 days later they didn’t
have water. The connection between leaving the Yam Suf and the fact that they
didn’t find water is what we are going to try to explain. Rashi says (ויסע משה: הסיען בעל כרחם
שעטרו מצרים סוסיהם בתכשיטי זהב וכסף ואבנים טובות, והיו ישראל מוצאין אותם בים,
וגדולה היתה ביזת הים מביזת מצרים, שנאמר (שיר השירים א יא) תורי זהב נעשה לך עם
נקודות הכסף, לפיכך הוצרך להסיען בעל כרחם). Rashi is explaining that Moshe Rabbeinu forced Klal Yisrael to
leave Yam Suf against their will. The Biza of the yam Suf included gold, silver
and valuable stones and the Yidden were loading up with the Bizas Hayam and Moshe
had to pull them to leave.
Rav Druk
mentioned a Maiseh that happened with his grandfather. He prints the name of a
wealthy man who lived in Yerushalayim and Rav Druk’s Zaide had gone to visit
him. He came into a fancy elaborate house. There were servants walking to and
fro. When he came into him there was a beautiful fancy table set up with the
breakfast meal which was about to take place. However, when the wealthy man
came in and sat down to eat, he ate half of a bread and he stopped. It seems
that he had a certain illness that did not allow him to eat and he couldn’t
properly enjoy his meals.
Later,
when Rav Druk’s Zaide left, he passed by a person who was a water carrier which
was a very menial job and this man was eating a sandwich with some vegetables
and he was enjoying it. He learned from that that wealth is not everything.
There are times that people have wealth and they can’t enjoy it either for
emotional or physical reasons. Money is not everything. This is something that
Rav Druk’s Zaide passed down to his Eineklich.
Rav Druk
said now I understand the connection here in the Posuk. (וַיַּסַּע מֹשֶׁה אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּם-סוּף) The Yidden had just left Mitzrayim after
the Heilige night of Korban Pesach & Bris Milah, and Klal Yisrael was suddenly
intoxicated by all the gold, silver, and valuable stones. Moshe Rabbeinu
couldn’t pull them away and it was very difficult to get them to leave. (וַיַּסַּע מֹשֶׁה אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל
מִיַּם-סוּף), suddenly they
were very wealthy men each and every one of them. The Ribbono Shel Olam showed
them. (וַיַּסַּע מֹשֶׁה
אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּם-סוּף),
now you have everything, (וַיֵּלְכוּ
שְׁלֹשֶׁת-יָמִים בַּמִּדְבָּר, וְלֹא-מָצְאוּ מָיִם) suddenly they had nothing. With all their gold and silver they
didn’t have water. You can’t drink the money. It showed Klal Yisrael that wealth
doesn’t solve all problems.
As it
says in the Sefer, All he is missing in life is a better income and wealth. If
he has wealth everything else will be fine. It is not that way. Human beings
are challenged in that sometimes when someone has money the Ribbono Shel Olam
has to remind him that the money is not everything. This is a beautiful insight
into this Posuk.
Agav, I
would like to mention that I had mentioned a number of weeks ago that in Dikduk
there is something called Binyan Kaveid (we had this in Parshas Noach when
Noach sent out the Yonah from the Taiva – (וַיְשַׁלַּח)). When you have a verb and there is a Dageish in the middle letter
of the word, that Dageish indicates a change in meaning. (וַיַּסַּע מֹשֶׁה אֶת-יִשְׂרָאֵל) This word (וַיַּסַּע)
means that Moshe forced them to leave. There is a Dageish in the Samach which
is Binyan Kaveid. When we had the word (שַׁלַּח) it meant to send away without expecting the person to come
back.
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