BONUS Dvar Torah for Behaalosecha 7th Aliyah: Actual text: https://tinyurl.com/5t3ttjb4 Parashas Behaalosecha details several complaints by the Jews, and the repercussions of those complaints, including God’s will to fly in quails and introduce prophets. The Torah then records the following details: (1) Miriam speaks negatively about Moshe, (2) Moshe was exceedingly humble, more so than any person on the face of the earth (12:3), and (3) God defends Moshe to Miriam and Aharon. Is there a connection between the complaints, Moshe’s humility, and Miriam’s lashon hara (harmful words)? Rabbi David Fohrman explains that Moshe’s humility enabled him to fulfill his sole purpose to benefit God, which explains why Moshe was also able to assert himself when required and relinquish responsibility to prophets when asked. When you’re willing to be anonymous and forgo your ego, you can affect the most change. That’s what God was conveying to Miriam, to the Jews, and to us—it’s not about who gets to deliver a message, it’s about making sure the message gets to where it needs to get. Another interesting point, the name of the place where all this happened was changed from Paran (10:12) to Tab’erah (11:3) because of the fire caused by the complaints, to Kivros Ha’taavah (11:34) because of the craving for meat, and then back to Paran (12:16). It could be that once the lesson was learned, the Jews were able to regroup where it all started, with their new understanding about complaints and humility. Please consider forwarding this to others so they can join! https://chat.whatsapp.com/I7IHQNPpKLF0adHHXTUYda