Parashat
Masei
This parasha starts with 42 names of cities, villages or
small places where the Israelites stopped during their journey in the desert.
Many of these names are "hapaxlegomenon" words
that appear in the Bible just once. We know nothing about them, not even where
they are located, but for sure those places were meaningful stations for the
Israelites.
I spent the last couple of days listening to the IDF radio.
Every time there is a siren anywhere in Israel, they stop the show and call the
name of the places that are under threat.
To be honest, I have no idea where many of the places are,
even though I lived in Israel. But they are as meaningful as those names in the
Torah.
May we see the day when there will be peace even in the
places we have no idea exist.
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