Walk Away
Friday, July 21st, 2006July 23 - July 29, 2006
We live in an impatient, instant-gratification society. Instant coffee. Online dating. Overnight delivery. Video-on-demand. Our rallying cry is, “I need it ASAP!”
As we begin the fifth and final book of the Torah this week, we find Moses finally telling the Israelites off, so to speak. From the moment Moses appeared on the Biblical scene, he stood by the Israelites, always backing them up through all of their complaining and their incredible knack for forgetting miracles the moment the fireworks fizzled. But now, after 40 years of their shenanigans, as he realizes his time on this world is about to end, he finally gives them a what-for.