Moses’ First and Final Act: Outreach

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Absolutely amazing!!!! So powerful!!! May Hash-m bless you and your family with strength to cintinue your holy work, parnasa beshefa, briut, and only revealed good!!!

But why did Hashem not allow Moshe to complete the Kiruv work, and He left the rest to Moshiach? I did not understand the explanation in that. Please clarify.

I think the answer can be simple because each person has his role and destiny in this World.

Baruch HaShem

If I had the courage of Batya....

Those who cannot go to the Gym can exercise here.
Just look through “Questions and Exercises” and take "one short start”:
First two questions are focused on Midrashik interpretation to verse “Blessed are you in your coming in, blessed are you in your going out”, on its specific “in-and-out” order and priorities of a person’s actions.
Here we learned two interpretations of the verse and why moving “in” precedes moving “out”: it talks about Birth –Death chronology in general and Moses’ life in particular. But let’s say we need both blessings but can get only one. Which of two would you chose? Be successful over your enemies, or score off demons inside of you? Torah teaches us that we need more G-d’s help struggling our inner insecurity, inertia, greed, addictions etc. than when we deal with our enemies outside of us.
What is the connection between Batya and Reuben? In realm of STATISTIC they have one similar trait: both rebel their fathers. But out of pure statistic they were as different as opposite. And here we can contemplate the BEAUTY OF CREATION with opposites united…
The fifth question deals with eternal “Fathers v. Children” battle that started long before the birth of Batya and Rubin. Though G-d is one the same but we start our prayer blessings with “Lord OUR G-d and the G-d of OUR fathers”, and then meticulously count: “ G-d of Abraham, G-d of Isaac and G-d of Jacob”. There is something that is different in each of Patriarchs’ relationship/ disposition with G-d that makes gap between fathers and children. So there is a sacred reason in new generation rebelled previous one. How can we know if in this time spiral progress of mankind going straight forward or turning to degradation?
In order to determine if rebellion is holly or ugly we have determine if it serve to protect LIFE or deteriorate it. Check with Miriam's, Batya's,Reuven's,Calev's arguings and answer, based on their results, if it was for life or against it...

B"H,

Regarding the double expression that Hashem says of Moshe "Blessed are you in your coming and blessed are you in exit", seems quite related to Rabbi Akiva as well, in a different fashion.

Its most interestingly striking that a similiar expression is employed by the Talmud (Chagigah 14a) about Rabbi Akiva. Regarding Rabbi Akiva and his collogues, he was the only person that entered the celestial orchard, a higher realm of divine consciousness, and exited in peace. He entered and exited in peace.

A similiar double expression is again employed in the Talmud (Berachot 60b) as an adage that was Rabbi Akivas perspective on life. "Eveyrthing that Gd does, He does  for the good."

And yet another example of a double expression is found in the story related in the Talmud (Makkot 24a) where Rabbi Akiva consoled his collogues about the destruction of the Temple and they linked a double expression to Rabbi Akiva by saying Akiva you have comforted us, Akiva you have comforted us.

There is a corollary between Rabbi Akiva and Moshe Rabeinu. They both dedicated their life for the Jewish people.

I dont know how insolent this remark would classify me but " The same selfess dedication and leadership Moshe lived with for the Jewish people and the transmission of the Written Torah, Rabbi Akiva did for the Jews with preserving and perpetuating the Oral Torah. 

And this is clearly understood the way Moshe voiced his opinion to Hashem (Talmud Menachot 29b) when he asked Hashem why the Torah hadnt been transmitted to the Jews through Rabbi Akiva.

Double expressions seem to abound by Rabbi Akiva in many stories throughout Talmudic and Midrashic literature. The Igeret Taiman authored by the Rambam makes an interesting observation reagarding Rabbi Akiva and says that an ordinary Jew traces his lineage back to Avraham our forefather.

Nevertheless, a convert cant trace himself to Avraham because Avraham is not his ancestor. But the convert can trace his lineage to Gd Himself. And because Gd is above time, the convert, namely Rabbi Akiva in our case, possesses this idea of seeing the world in a passed present and future perspective.

And this explains why double expressions are used by Rabbi Akiva too. He saw the past as a building block to the future. Happyness is rooted in pain. To embrace that which the future brings, we must acknowledge the past, and never forget that which is behind us and where we came from. To have the ability to anticipate the future, we need to take the past and present with us.

May we take everything we have, in mind, heart and soul and merit the future Redemption!