Machshava:

Chinuch 

Parsha:

Behaalotecha 

Collections: R' Goldin Parenting from the Parsha

Description

One of the strangest passages in the entire Torah is found in this week’s parsha- as the pesukim of “Vayehu Binsoa..” and “Uvenucho Yomar..”, which describe major aspects of Am Yisrael’s desert journey, are sectioned off in the Torah by “nunim hafuchim”, “inverted nun’s”. Why davka the letter “nun”, why are they inverted, and why are they inserted here? Rabbi Normal Lamm, in one of his most famous drashot, gives an extremely profound answer- one that has an important lesson for us as parents