{"id":52309,"date":"2019-03-27T19:13:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T17:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=52309"},"modified":"2022-10-19T22:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:43:13","slug":"give-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/give-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Ear!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[509,363],"acf":{"old_id":"52309","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"185","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Moses pulls one over on the Angels","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our chapter, Moses recites his final Song, a psalm which praises God\u2019s faithfulness to Israel (32:4). Moses begins by summoning his poetic muse: \u201cGive ear, O heavens, let me speak! Let the earth hear the words I utter! May my discourse come down as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like showers on young growth, like droplets on the grass. For the name of the Lord I proclaim! Give glory to our God!\u201d (verses 1-3). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Midrash (Deuteronomy Rabbah 10:4) elaborates on the biblical expression \u201cGive ear, O heavens\u201d in a highly visual way: From here we learn that the heavens have a mouth, a heart, and an ear. \u201cMouth\u201d is suggested by the verse: \u201cThe heavens declare the glory of God\u201d (Psalms 19:2). \u00a0(Ps. XIX, 2). \u201cHeart\u201d is mentioned in the verse: \u201cthe mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven\u201d (Deuteronomy 4:11). And \u201cear\u201d is mentioned in the verse: \u201cGive ear, O heavens\u201d (Deuteronomy 32:1). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Midrash on our chapter continues (Tanhuma Buber Ha\u2019azinu 3): When Moses went up to heaven, the angels stood up to kill him. He said: For two items (the two Tablets of the Covenant) that were given to me, you want to kill me?! This may be compared to a merchant who was traveling in a dangerous area and was captured by thieves, who wanted to kill him to rob him of his money. He said to them: For the five manehs (silver coins) that I have on me you are going to kill me?! So, they let him go. When the merchant got to town, he began to sell the jewels he had hidden in his clothes. When the same thieves found him getting rich, they said to him: Yesterday, you told us you had only five manehs, and now you are selling such valuable jewels! He replied: What I told you was when I was in danger of losing my life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, Moses told the angels that he had only two items, the two Tablets of the Covenant\u2026On learning how Moses outwitted the angels, Israel said: Had you not deceived the angels you would have been burnt up by their fire. It was the Torah that saved you from them. 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