We’ve wandered long enough.
In this week’s parsha, Moshe begins his final address to Bnei Yisrael.
But he’s not speaking to the generation that left Egypt. He’s speaking to their children—the ones who struggled in the desert, grew through challenges, and matured over forty long years.
Now, they stand at the threshold of Eretz Yisrael.
They’re finally ready to enter.
And in a deeper way… so are we.
For the past 2,000 years, we too have been wandering—not just physically, but spiritually.
We sinned.
We were exiled.
We wandered.
We suffered.
And yet, we’ve also grown.
Our journey mirrors theirs.
The parsha opens with “Eileh hadevarim”—“These are the words.”
Rashi explains that Moshe offered words of tochecha (rebuke), but only in a hinted way—mentioning locations that symbolized past failures without naming the sins outright.
Why? So as not to embarrass anyone.
Because real rebuke comes from love.
Moshe reminded them of every place they had fallen… so they could rise.
Not to shame them, but to awaken memory. To bring clarity. To guide the future.
And our galus has followed a similar path:
Through Spain. France. Poland. Iraq. Germany. Russia. America.
Each stop has been part of our story—just like the 42 journeys in the desert.
The Arizal teaches that those 42 travels reflect the 42 spiritual stages the Jewish people would pass through in exile.
Every step in the desert was also a step through history.
And now, just like then, we are standing right outside the Land.
Moshe understood the power of words.
Devarim means “words.”
And words are where it all began—and where it can all be healed.
The Beit HaMikdash was destroyed by words—by lashon hara, sinat chinam, speech that tore us apart.
But Moshe shows us the way forward: words rooted in love. Words that build, not break.
The Torah is eternal. It’s a living Torah.
And Moshe is still speaking to us. Still guiding us. Still reminding us who we are, where we’ve been, and where we’re going.
Are we listening?
We already know where we’ve fallen short.
No need to spell it out.
What we need is to hear Moshe’s voice of love, urging us forward.
The pasuk says Hashem placed the Land before us, “to give to them”—to Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov.
Rashi points out that this promise wasn’t fully fulfilled in their lifetimes—proof, he says, of Techiyat HaMeitim—that they, too, will rise to receive it.
Bnei Yisrael was ready to enter the Land.
And today—we are ready for the ultimate Geula.
Back in Eretz Yisrael.
With the Beit HaMikdash.
With the Shechinah.
With Mashiach.
With the Avot.
With our families.
With our people—past, present, and future—united again.
The pieces are in place. The signs are all around us.
It’s time.
And we are ready.
Leave a Reply