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The sefer Ateret Tzvi asks why Moshe “went out” instead of gathering the
nation together by means of the trumpets, which was how it had always
been done before. Moshe Rabbeinu passed away on Shabbat, when
trumpet-blowing is forbidden. How, then, could he write thirteen Sifrei
Torah, as we are told he did on his day of death? According to those who
claim he did not die on Shabbat, why didn’t he blow trumpets to assemble
the people?

In Hashem’s order to Moshe to “go to Pharaoh,” He intimated that He
would go along with him. With every step a person takes to do a mitzvah,
Hashem is at his side. Moshe wanted to gather the people directly, without
the aid of the trumpets, because he wanted to be together with them, as
Hashem stood beside him.

How could Moshe gather all the people without loudspeakers, and how
could he manage to write thirteen Sifrei Torah in one day? Nature bows
to those truly involved in Torah. Who was a greater advocate for Torah
than Moshe Rabbeinu? Those who study Torah receive a tremendous
amount of siyata di’Shemaya. In one night, Yosef succeeded in learning
seventy languages from the angel. By the time he was seventeen years old,
he had mastered learning from Yaakov all that he had learned from Shem
and Ever.
Moshe went directly to the people since he wanted to strengthen each and
every one, inspiring them to reach greater heights. As their leader, he felt
responsible for each and every member of his flock. # 26347-EYAL-6

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