P arshas Bamidbar
“And Hashem spoke to Moshe… saying… ‘Count the heads of the congregation of Yisrael… every male…’ ” (Bamidbar 1:1–2)
It’s interesting that Hashem used the word “saying” when giving this command to Moshe. In general the word “saying” implies that Moshe should repeat what he’d heard to Yisrael. But this was Moshe’s personal commandment to count so what should he repeat to Yisrael? (Rav Menachem Nachum MiChernobyl Me’or Einayim)
“If you don’t want them in your house why keep them in mine?”
My mother had a point. For years she’s stored the boxes of my memorabilia that I had no room for. Maybe if my own kids would throw out some of their junk…. This seemed to be a never-ending cycle so I decided to have mercy on my mother and downsize.
