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Giving up and gaining: Why exactly can someone who blocks himself get a great return?
Parshas Hashavua, Parshas Beshalach, presents Moshe's decision not to participate in the looting of Egypt, even though he had rights to do so.
His choice led to successful results.
Devar Torah from the ancestors of the tribunals in Morocco, the Admor Rabbi Josiah Pinto
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David Berger, in collaboration with Shuva Israel
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 12:59
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"And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him"
When a man blocks himself from something he is allowed and deserves, he will receive things that cannot be imagined and described.
It is quoted in this week's Torah portion, "And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him," and the Gemara (Deuteronomy 13) says about this. H).
A difficult question must be asked, for Moses had no right to take anything from Egypt.
Our holy rabbis say that the tribe of Levi was not in bondage and did not work in Egypt and if so, they have no right to take from the property of the Egyptians either, because only he who was in bondage and the Egyptians tortured him could take from the looting of Egypt.
And our holy rabbis also say of Korach, that all that deteriorated and all the evil that came, came because he was the only one of the tribe of Levi who took from the plunder.
If so, why does the Holy Torah praise Moshe Rabbeinu so much, a wise man will take commandments, for he did not go to take from the plunder and went to take the bones of Joseph, even if he was not allowed to take from the plunder because he was from the tribe of Levi and did not work in the land of Egypt?
But one can interpret and say this: Moshe Rabbeinu was the one who brought out and brought before Pharaoh, so that he too was in bondage and had to flee from Pharaoh and sat in the house of the forbidden.
Moses also had to leave Egypt after going through severe torments for the redemption of the people of Israel, and because he also had difficult things for the redemption, he was also enslaved.
And what is quoted in our holy rabbis, that Pharaoh was an incarnation of Cain and Moses was an incarnation of Abel, so surely he was allowed to take what in the previous incarnation Cain took to Abel.
But in any case, even though Moshe Rabbeinu was allowed to take from the looting, Moshe Rabbeinu blocked himself and did not touch anything on the looting and there Moshe Rabbeinu bought great virtues in his soul.
Man needs to know a great element.
There are many things in life that a person can do and also the halakhah allows him to do the thing, but once the person blocks himself and does not do, he achieves great achievements that are second to none.
A lot of people got worlds because they deserved something, and they worked on their virtues and didn’t do what they deserved.
When a person passes on his virtues and gives up things that are due to him, he gains and receives things that cannot be imagined and described.
This is what happened to Moshe Rabbeinu, Moshe passed on his virtues, did not take anything from the property of the land of Egypt and thanks to this he gained great things.
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