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And why does the Torah mention that the Egyptians were busy burying
their dead when Bnei Yisrael left their land? “Then Aharon the Kohen went up to Hor

Bnei Yisrael’s goal in the Wilderness was to receive the Torah and reach Hahor at the word of Hashem and died there,
the Promised Land. All their hardships in the Wilderness were nothing in the fortieth year after the Children of Israel
compared to the suffering at the time of churban and galut.In the went forth from the land of Egypt, in the fifth
Wilderness, they merited Hashem’s supervision and open miracles. Living month on the first of the month. Aharon was
in the Land is contingent upon Torah study and mitzvah observance. one hundred and twenty-three years old at his
Without these, Am Yisrael is banished from their Land and suffer exile.
death on Hor Hahor. The Canaanite king of
This world is similar to Egypt, the land of filth and abomination. In order Arad heard – he was dwelling in the south, in
to traverse safely, one must bury his materialistic desires. Mention of the the land of Canaan – of the approach of the
Egyptians burying their dead transmits the message that Bnei Yisrael must
bury their lusts. Children of Israel”
(Bamidbar 33:38-40)
In order to combat the Yetzer Hara, Am Yisrael must constantly
consider the maxim “Know whence you came, whither you go, and
before Whom you will give justification and reckoning.” They came