Shabbat

Portion of Shelach-Cast your .?.upon the water ... and Was the Water from the Rock Sweet or Polluted?

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Portion of Shelach-Cast your .?.upon the water ... and Was the Water from the Rock Sweet or Polluted?

Eureka ! (it's actually a town in northern California

Where I went to check out "sustainable technology - solar wind and water ....)

Yesterday I finally met someone who heard about it - and had been there!

His business is water purification using ponds and fish and certain vegetaion

and he works a lot in India and South America -but only a bit in the US

- and speaking about Moses and Aron - the rock-to-water-providing-duo (from a different portion)

In this week's portion Moses tells the spies to check out Israel -

but Moses says NOTHING about looking for WATER SOURCES!

He has to purify water, he has to provide water (with G-d's miracles) -so it's

Strange for a guy leading millions of complainers hanging out in a desert waiting for another miracle ...

NOT to say "look for water sources"!

Later in the Torah the Almighty says I give you "a land of rivers and waters ..."

- even the Almighty mentions its importance

Actually - the Spies went right to the River Eshkol

and cut a GIANT bunch of grapes-

and then came back to Moses and complained "the people were giants like the grapes"

and "we can't beat them"!

Maybe t's why Moses didn't want to mention the rivers -

knowing the spies would complain EVEN ABOUT THAT!

So me and Eli the water purification man discussed TRUTH (Emet) versus perfection (SHLAYMUT)

and how the pupose of man is to get closer to G-dliness and how

His company is cleaning water for Palestinians as well as Indians

and maybe for agriculture for some of my friends ...

And in this week's portionthe Almighty teaches us that

IF YOU'RE NOT SENT THERE TO LOOK FOR IT

THEN MOSES KNOWS IT's THERE -

AND STICK TO YOUR JOB-

Checking out Israel for the Israelites

and GETTING CLOSER TO G-DLINESS

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz

(it's hot here in Israel today - I think I'll have a drink of spring water ...)