Thursday, July 3, 2025

When You Went After Me in the Wilderness

 Pirkei Avot 1:12


… Be like the students of Aharon, love peace, pursue peace, love people and bring them close to Torah.


Aharon, who brought peace amongst Israel, died at Hor haHar, and immediately thereafter:


Bamidbar 21:1


The Canaanite, King of Arad, heard, who dwells in the Negev, that Israel was approaching by way of Atarim, and he fought Israel, and took captive.


Bamidbar 21:6


Hashem sent upon the people the venomous snakes and they bit the people…


Bamidbar 21:9


Moshe made a bronze snake…


The antidote to the snake is another snake.


Bamidbar 31:2 Rashi:


… for this was a quarrel that didn’t concern them.


Bamidbar 31:49


… your servants have taken count of the men of war and not one is missing


Devarim 32:34


Their wine is the fierceness of crocodiles, and the cruel venom of asps


Tehillim 11