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FROM THE RABBIfS DESK
In life, we all suffer pain. Not all pain is of our own making. Life
has so many frustrations. What’s more, the pain of disease, the pain
caused by sudden catastrophes like tornadoes, hurricanes, or the pain
caused by a crazed drug addict or a drunk driver can turn our whole world
upside down without our having done anything at all to precipitate these
tragedies. We all know what a terrible blow the unexpected mental illness
or sudden death of a loved one is. Life does not always seem fair. Many
times when we see what has happened to us, we feei resentful and bitter.
Many times we are even filled with rancor and hatred. In the Torah por-
tion, Vaeschanan, we learn how Moshe Rabbeinu, too, feels resentment
and bitterness.
This Torah portion opens with Moshe telling the people how he had
pleaded with G-d to let him enter the Promised Land, but how G-d had re-
fused his request. Moshe continually reminds the people how it was their
fault that he could not enter the Land. He repeats and repeats in these
and other words, "and G-d was angry against me for your sakes and listened
not to me and G-d said unto me, ’Rav Loch, that is enough for you, Moshe,
do not continue to speak to Me again about this matter’ . Here was this
same,Moshe who, when G-d had once told him, "I will consume them and I
will make from you a great nation", had interceded for the people and
had pleaded for them because of his great love for them, but who now
was feeling and showing acute bitterness and resentment toward them.
Moshe Rabbeinu could not have loved the Jewish people more, yet at this
moment he felt deep resentment toward them. This demonstrates to us
that in every relationship there is love and even hatred. In Judaism, we
are not to feel guilty because sometimes we feel bitterness or resentment.
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