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What is the reason for the Torah’s recording of each journey of Bnei
Yisrael in the Wilderness?

The listing of the journeys teaches us that man’s travels in this world
are all pre-ordained from on High. Chazal tell us, “One does not stub
his finger below unless it was announced on High.” Bnei Yisrael never
knew when they would travel and when they would encamp. Everything
was decided on High. The twists and turns of man’s life are determined
by Hashem.

Hashem rests on the seventh day, but Creation continues functioning.
Hashem placed this element of nature into its very creation. A condition
was made with the sea, too, at the time of Creation. Hashem told it to veer
off course and split when Bnei Yisrael would be pursued by the Egyptians.

The words “their journeys according to their goings forth” seem
incomprehensible. A person does not decide to travel in order to go out
of his house. On the contrary, he leaves his home in order to get to where
he needs to go. Why does the Torah word the pasuk this way? It is in
order to attest to Bnei Yisrael’s blind faith in Hashem, traveling according
to His word, without knowing where they were going.
If everything is pre-ordained, it seems that man does not have free choice.
But the Torah states, “See – I have placed before you today the life and

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