The Rock, the Song, and the Staff of Blossoms - Parashat Ḥukkat
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.
Add to Cart failed.
Please try again later
Add to Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Remove from wishlist failed.
Please try again later
Adding to library failed
Please try again
Follow podcast failed
Please try again
Unfollow podcast failed
Please try again
The Rock, the Song, and the Staff of Blossoms - Parashat Ḥukkat
-
Narrated by:
-
By:
About this listen
Am Yisrael arrives in Kadesh, near the end of their 40-year journey. The final stretch before entering Eretz Yisrael.
וַתָּ֤מׇת שָׁם֙ מִרְיָ֔ם וַתִּקָּבֵ֖ר שָֽׁם׃
“Miryam died there and was buried there.”
(Bemidbar 20:1)
The Torah gives no hesped, no tears, no mourning.
Just a silence.
Then:
וְלֹא־הָיָ֥ה מַ֖יִם לָעֵדָ֑ה
“There was no water for the congregation.”
(20:2)
Chazal make the connection instantly.
📖 Ta’anit 9a teaches:
Three gifts sustained Israel in the midbar — the man, the ananei ha-kavod, and the well — in the merit of Moshe, Aharon, and Miryam.
When she died, the well stopped.
But why did water flow in her merit?
No reviews yet