Why was Moshe Rabbienu's name not mentioned in Parshat Tetzaveh? (5 mins)
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0:50But they're not mentioning Moshe. Even though some of the things that are here are actually relevant to him, they're not mentioning him by name. So there are a couple of reasons for this. The first reason we learn is from next week's parashah. Next week's parashah is a very, very important one. It's Parashat Ki Tisa. Ki Tisa is the sin that occurred after we got the first set of Ten Commandments. Israel sinned by building the golden calf and worshipping it. So, in that parashah, obviously, Hashem wanted to destroy all of Israel. Moses went back up to the mountain, after breaking the first set of Ten Commandments, and asked Hashem for forgiveness. Initially, Hashem did not want to forgive. He said to Moshe, "You're a tzaddik, let me start a new nation from you." You're righteous, you didn't sin, you're my chosen one. Let me kill them, and I'll start a whole new nation from you. Any normal person would say, sure, even better. You're just starting a nation from me, then it's not going to be any problems, because they know that for sure I'm the leader here. You have some people questioning it. In a few weeks, we'll learn Parashat Korach, where there's another...
2:15person, a great chacham, wasn't a fool, he was a significant sage, who was also very, very wealthy, and he ended up becoming an enemy of Moshe and Hashem. This was because he desired to be the leader. So not everybody necessarily, even though Moshe took everyone out of Egypt with Hashem's help, obviously, and he was the leader. Not everybody necessarily is listening to him. So when Hashem tells him, "Listen, I'm going to kill everybody, and I'll start something with you," you would think, sure, why not? Okay, fine. I'll have fewer problems. But instead, Moshe did something that's not natural. He did something that makes him who he is, makes him the most significant human being that ever existed in history. And he said that if you don't forgive them, you don't want to forgive them, and you're going to kill them, make sure that You erase me from Your book Yourself. I don't want my name to appear in Your book. I don't want anyone to ever be reminded that I even existed and that I was a leader who failed the nation. So that's one reason
3:42why his name is not mentioned in this parsha. Now, why this parsha specifically, and not any one of the other ones, is because this parsha always happens to fall during this week, Zayin B'Adar. And Zayin B'Adar is Yahrtzeit, his yahrzeit, that's the day that he died. Born and died. Right. So, this parsha always happens to fall on his yahrzeit, his memorial. The second reason is even more unique. You might think, okay, if Moshe Rabbeinu said, "Erase my name," obviously Hashem responded, "I will forgive them, restore the Torah, and give the Aseret Hadibrot anew." But still, Moshe spoke very strongly to Hashem. Clearly, one cannot address Hashem as if he is one's peer.
4:45So there was a minimal punishment there where his name had to be removed from one of the parashot. So why choose this one? Why not any other one? Why the memorial of his birthday and his death day? It's because Moshe was trying to teach all of us something very, very critical to our life, which is humility.
