Parshas Pinchas: Redirecting Burning Desire to Kedusha

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why did Klal Yisrael cling so strongly to the aveira of that avoda zara, and how did Pinchas turn that pull around? The klippa of Moav is a burning attachment to the aveira, yet its root of tov came out in Rus and in David HaMelech's yearning for kedusha. Pinchas redirected that desire back to Hashem. As Eliyahu, the Malach HaBris, Pinchas carries the power of bris milah to rise above teva and bring desire to kedusha.

Key points

• Vayitzamed means Klal Yisrael were glued to the aveira, not merely stumbling into it.
• Krias Shema is the right deveikus to Hashem, the teshuva for misplaced attachment.
• Pinchas's spear, the romach, hints to 248, the number of words in Krias Shema.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Pinchas begins at the end of Balak
2. 1:04Halacha v'ein morin kein
3. 1:30Vayitzamed: glued to the aveira
4. 2:38The klippa of Moav
5. 3:47The tov within Moav: Rus
6. 6:49Crying and saying Krias Shema
7. 8:24The romach of Pinchas
8. 9:44Eliyahu, the Malach HaBris

Topics

• Parshas Pinchas
• Krias Shema
• Bris Milah
• Kedusha