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Martin Buber said, \u201call journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware\u201d. I first heard this while on a temporary job, which, in retrospect, maybe was all about me learning this saying\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

The chapter which opens the last Torah portion of this book, is called \u201cjourneys of\u201d… Why is this word in the plural form? Wasn\u2019t it one journey, just going from Egypt to the Holy Land through the same desert? Actually, why did the Children of Israel have to schlep from one place to another, if they were given the same manna and same water everywhere anyway? Once the decree was made to stay in the desert for 40 years (38 and a half), why not just sit somewhere and wait for time to go by, play cards, watch TV, whatever, till the new generation is ready?<\/span><\/p>\n

The early Chasidic master, the Ba\u2019al Shem Tov, said, \u201cAll these 42 journeys are with each one of us, from the day we are born till the day we pass to the other world\u2026 just like the Exodus from Egypt\u201d: In the beginning, we are part of the Eternal, but then we\u2019re placed in a narrow place (Egypt\u2019s Hebrew name is Mitzrayim which comes from \u201cnarrow\u201d, \u201ctrouble\u201d). Our whole existence becomes tight \u2013 all we can focused on is \u2018me myself and I\u2019. Then slowly, we emerge into the world. At first, we are well-cared for, fed and sheltered, but that\u2019s not enough. Our goal is to get to the \u201cPromised Land.\u201d In some way, this is one journey, but in others, each stop along the way is critical, because on it hinges the next stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is also the reason why \u201ccamping\u201d in each location was important as opposed to just passing through, reminding us of the need to be mindful of where we are and what\u2019s going on around us, in each stop. Rabbi Yitzchak Meir of Gur said, \u201cIn every generation there is a new understanding of the Exodus from Egypt; and not just in each generation, but in each person, there is a point of freedom \/ redemption which is an explanation to the Exodus from Egypt. 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