The Disastrous Consequences of Being Accustomed to Privilege
Poor Moses. The Book of Numbers doesn’t give him a moment’s rest. In the parsha Behaalotecha, read two weeks ago, opposition to his leadership was expressed by Miriam and Aaron. A week ago, the parsha of Shlach Lecha described a rebellion of Israelites incited against Moses by ten scouts who returned from a reconnaissance of the Land of Canaan negative about their chances of conquering it. This week Moses must face another rebellion among the Israelites. Our parsha describes this rebellion as follows:[…]
