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Parashat Haazinu:
Moses
and Shem: A Matter Within the Matter
Rabbi David Katz
In this week’s Parsha Moses ascends the extraordinary
mountain that would receive his perfected body, the same mountain that would
receive Aaron and Miriam as well. What makes this mountain extraordinary is
that the Midrash explains that it has four official titles [Mt. Nevo, Mt.
Avarim, Mt. Hur, and Mt. Hapizga], with Mt. Nevo in particular as being perhaps
the most revealing of the four, and being a
mash up of: “Nachash – Bo” – “The snake is in it.” This is a reference
to Miriam, Aaron, and Moses, all...