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What if Moses Was Supposed to Hit the Rock?

Jul 8, 2022 By Ilana Zietman | Commentary | Hukkat

In trying to make sense of the infamous 鈥淢oses-hitting-the-rock鈥� episode in this week鈥檚 parashah, one can find an overwhelming number of attempts to explain why Moses (and Aaron) are punished with the Divine decree that they will die before entering the Promised Land. It is a perfect example of 鈥淭urn it and turn it for all is in it鈥� (Pirkei Avot 5:22). The catalyst for so much interpretive work is that here, God鈥檚 reason for punishing Moses and Aaron appears particularly unclear and therefore, unfair.聽