parshaמפרשי הפרשה

משך חכמה — לא אוכל לבדי שאת אתכם / איכה אשא לבדי

Are Moshe's words a complaint about the burden of leading Israel?

לדמיון, כאשר יש לאדם ברכה מופלגת בעושר ובנים ויש לו טורח הרבה מגידול בניו, אז יאמר: מה גדלה עלי הטורח מכם — יתן ה' כי כן יהיה לכם מבניכם ובני בניכם טרחות כאלה, וטורד כזה לא יופסק מכם. כן משה רועה נאמן אמר.

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משך חכמה, דברים ג׳

Meshekh Chokhmah, Devarim:3

Q — Are Moshe's words a complaint about the burden of leading Israel?

A — NO — they are a BLESSING. Like a wealthy parent whose burdens stem from a multitude of children blesses his children that they too will know such "burdens" from their own children — so Moshe blesses Israel that their future shepherds (Yeshayahu, Yirmiyahu, and so on) will continue to "complain" about caring for them, because such complaints arise only from abundance. "ואומר אליכם בעת ההיא לאמר" — meaning, so too will others say in time.

לדמיון, כאשר יש לאדם ברכה מופלגת בעושר ובנים ויש לו טורח הרבה מגידול בניו, אז יאמר: מה גדלה עלי הטורח מכם — יתן ה' כי כן יהיה לכם מבניכם ובני בניכם טרחות כאלה, וטורד כזה לא יופסק מכם. כן משה רועה נאמן אמר.

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