Har Hashem – Peninim on the Torah

And He (Hashem) said, “Please take your son…and go to the land of Moriah.” (22:2)

The Torah dedicates two parshios to Avraham Avinu. The first one begins with Hashem’s command to Avraham, “Lech Lecha,” (12:1) Go forth, leave the land and reach out to the world. The second ends with another Lech Lecha. Here he is instructed to take his son, Yitzchak, and go to the land of Moriah. He begins his mission focusing on himself, his responsibilities. He ends his mission by taking his son to Har Hashem, exposing him to the Divine, ensuring that he will carry on his father’s legacy. Indeed, is that not what Yiddishkeit is all about? The father goes…

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ומשה היה רעה את צאן יתרו... וינהג את הצאן אחר המדבר... וירא מלאך ד' אליו בלבת אש מתוך הסנה... והסנה איננו אוכל... וירא ד' כי סר לראות. ויקרא אליו אלקים... ויאמר אל תקרב הלום של נעליך מעל רגליך כי המקום אשר אתה עומד עליו אדמת קודש הוא

Rabbi L. Scheinbaum In 5773, Shemos

Moshe was shepherding the sheep of Yisro… he guided the sheep far into the wilderness… an angel of Hashem appeared to him in a blaze of fire from amid the bush… but the bush was not consumed… Hashem saw that he turned aside to see. And G-d called to him… He said, “Do not come closer to here, remove your shoes from your feet, for the place upon which you stand is holy ground.” (3:1-5)

Hashem appeared to Moshe Rabbeinu in the wilderness, from amidst a burning bush. It was at this point that the Almighty appointed him to be Klal Yisrael’s leader. Moshe resisted until Hashem ultimately “convinced” him to accept. The place where the encounter with the bush took place was Har Sinai, which would later become known as Har Hashem, the Mountain of G-d. Moshe was overwhelmed with the vision of a bush that continued to burn without being consumed by the fire. The scene was an allegory to Klal Yisrael, with the burning bush representing the Jews in the Egyptian exile….

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Rabbi L. Scheinbaum In Beha'alosecha, 5755

“And they journeyed from the Mountain of Hashem a three day distance.” (10:33)

The Midrash views this journey from the Mountain of Hashem in an uncomplimentary manner. Chazal equate Bnei Yisrael’s departure with a “child who is running away from school,” happy to leave the holy place where he received mitzvos. Inasmuch as their venture away from the Har Hashem was in accordance with Hashem’s will, Bnei Yisrael’s attitude reflected a haste that was unbecoming and inappropriate. We must endeavor to understand the analogy to a child running from school. After all, Klal Yisrael was not delinquent in their departure. Horav Elyakim Shlesinger, Shlita, gives the following insight into this analogy. Why does…

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And He (Hashem) said, “Please take your son…and go to the land of Moriah.” (22:2)

“And they journeyed from the Mountain of Hashem a three day distance.” (10:33)

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