Prepare for next Shabbat's Torah parashah by listening and learning to our new illustrasted d'var Torah study on Parashah Bamidbar from Numbers 1:1-4:20 meaning "in the wilderness of" [Sinai], telling of the census and the priests' duties.
The word “B’midbar” which is spelled (בְּמִדְבַּר ) also can be seen to hint at the Word as the root is dabar, the same root word we get d’var from referring to God’s word and the wilderness is the place where that is always revealed… the prefix beit and mem simply mean “in” and “from” thus there is something for us to learn “in” the word and “from” the word… although there is no new mitzvot in this opening parashah of the book bringing our focus to the Word in the Wilderness.
Interestingly, we always read parsha Bamidbar just before Shavu'ot when we experience the giving of the Torah word once again- for spiritually, the Torah is given anew every Shavu’ot – and it is necessary to recall and take to heart the fact that the Torah word of the LORD was not given in a civilized environment, but in a desert wilderness… And the lesson here is twofold:
Firstly, a desert wilderness is a place of utter desolation where “no man can live” (as Jeremiah 2:6 says). thus, the Torah was given there to indicate that it should be embrace without any preconceptions or ulterior motives. When a person lives in a civilized place and he encounters a new idea or suggestion, he usually first evaluates it to determine whether it is acceptable according to social norms. But with Torah however, this would be a mistake as the correct approach to accepting Torah is “we will do, and (later) we will understand (as Israel said in Exodus 24:7). therefore, the Torah was given in a desert wilderness, where nobody lives, to indicate that one needs to be truly empty of self and materialism and “open minded” - not influenced by one's environment to truly appreciate its spiritual values!
Secondly, the Torah was given in a desert wilderness to teach that sharing the Torah with those who currently find themselves in a spiritual desert is fundamental to Torah Judaism. It is not the case that the Torah can also reach those who are found in a spiritual wasteland; On the contrary, this is a central theme of the giving of the Torah: to transform every spiritual desert into a “civilized environment.”
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