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us to make a move without fully knowing what the ramifications of
such a move might be. The Sages actually suggest that in certain deVarim םי ִר ָב ְ ּ ד
circumstances a change of physical location actually provides us
with such a new perspective on our lives that it can either motivate
us to change our fate, or, alternatively, that it can cause our fate to
be changed on a metaphysical level (Rosh Hashanah 16). Although
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what we believe is the Divinely inspired purpose of our lives, in
retrospect, even acting intuitively or out of fear can also turn out to
be, as the verse states, “at the command of God.”
“Words that emanate from the heart – enter the heart” (based on
One senses a dynamic pulsating energy in the summary of the Berachot 6b). This simple but powerful saying resonates especially
journeys which is dramatically captured by the unique way the forcefully when applied to the book of Deuteronomy, whose Hebrew
words are chanted during the public Torah reading. The only other name, Devarim, derives from its opening verse: “These are the words
time this unique melody is used is when the Song of the Sea is read (devarim) that Moses spoke to all of Israel.” Moses began reciting the
in public. There too the energy is palpable as the Jews have just book of Deuteronomy on the first day of the month of Shvat and
escaped from Egypt and seen their pursuers drowned in the Reed according to tradition he died on the seventh of Adar. Therefore, he
Sea. According to Chassidut, which teaches that the Torah provides transmitted the entire book to the children of Israel in just thirty-
each and every person in every generation with practical instruction, seven days. Alluding to the fact that these words come straight from
these forty-two journeys are an archetypal paradigm for every Moses’ heart, the numerical value of the Hebrew phrase “the heart”
individual’s life journey. Each person, though, experiences these (halev) is thirty-seven.
journeys in a fashion uniquely adapted to his or her soul and his or As Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh has noted, permuting the letters
her lifework and purpose.
of “halev” may produce the following idiom: “hevel halev lahav,”
Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh notes the beautiful correspondence which means “the vapor of the heart is enflamed.” When the heart
between these forty-two journeys and the forty-two times the is enflamed and inspired, the “vapor” or energy it produces fulfill the
Hebrew root for “love” (ahavah) appears in the five books of Moses. dictum that “words that emanate from the heart – enter the heart.”
Furthermore, he notes that these correspond with the forty-two letter We are taught that the Torah was given in fire, as Mount Sinai was
name of God alluded to in the forty-two words of the mystical prayer on fire “until the heart of heaven” (Deuteronomy 4:11). So too, when
“Anna Beko’ach,” composed by the great mystic Rabbi Nechunia ben we speak words of Torah they should reflect this level of passionate
Hakanah (Shaarei Ahavah Veratzon, pp. 125-127). The association of intensity, which in turn enters the hearts of those listening and
these various sets of forty-two teaches us that each of the journeys in awakens their souls.
the desert, as well as each person’s journey through life, takes place Deuteronomy contains not only a summary of Israel’s history
within the overall context of God’s love, despite being filled at times from the moment the nation left Egypt until Moses’ death and a
with obstacles, failures, frustrations, and uncertainty. Knowing summary of many of the commandments already given (as well
that God’s love for each and every person forms the basic existential as many mitzvot that are only introduced in this book) but also a
parameters in which we operate has the power to turn obstacles into constant stream of blessings and curses, warnings and rebukes, and
challenges, trials into opportunities, and adversity into triumph. prophetic messages. Had Moses delivered his parting words in a harsh

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