Pisqa’ 570H:31; JN1:31 1. “HASHEM our God spoke to us on Horeb, saying” (Dt.1:6)— Moses said to them: Not on my own do I speak to you! Rather, words from the mouth of the Holy One do I speak to you!71Cf. Pisqa’ 9:1, 19:1, 25.3.
“You have become great since sitting at this mountain!” (Dt.1:6)— Moses said to them: You profit from lingering at this mountain! You made for yourselves the Dwelling (Ex.25:1ff.); you made for yourselves the Table (Ex.25:25-30); you made for yourselves the Lamp (Ex.25:31-40).2. Another word: You benefit from lingering at this mountain! You accepted upon yourselves the Torah (Ex.24:3-4); you appointed over yourselves seventy elders (Ex.18:13-27); you appointed over yourselves chieftains of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and chieftains of tens (Dt.1:15). See how beneficial it is for you to linger at this mountain!
(דברים א ו) ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ דִּבֶּר אֵלֵינוּ בְּחֹרֵב לֵאמֹר, אָמַר לָהֶם: לֹא מֵעַצְמִי אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם, אֶלָּא מִפִּי הַקֹּדֶשׁ אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לָכֶם.
Pisqa’ 570H:31; JN1:31
1. “HASHEM our God spoke to us on Horeb, saying” (Dt.1:6)—
Moses said to them:
Not on my own do I speak to you!
Rather, words from the mouth of the Holy One do I speak to you!71Cf. Pisqa’ 9:1, 19:1, 25.3.
רַב לָכֶם שֶׁבֶת בָּהָר הַזֶּה, אָמַר לָהֶם: שָׂכָר הוּא לָכֶם, יְשִׁיבַתְכֶם בָּהָר הַזֶּה: עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם אֶת הַשֻּׁלְחָן, עֲשִׂיתֶם לָכֶם אֶת הַמְּנוֹרָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר: הֲנָיָה הִיא לָכֶם יְשִׁיבַתְכֶם בָּהָר הַזֶּה: קִבַּלְתֶּם עֲלֵיכֶם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, מִנִּיתֶם עֲלֵיכֶם שִׁבְעִים זְקֵנִים, מִנִּיתֶם עֲלֵיכֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים וְשָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת וְשָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרוֹת. הָא הֲנָיָה גְדוֹלָה הִיא לָכֶם יְשִׁיבַתְכֶם בָּהָר הַזֶּה!
“You have become great since sitting at this mountain!” (Dt.1:6)—
Moses said to them:
You profit from lingering at this mountain!
You made for yourselves the Dwelling (Ex.25:1ff.);
you made for yourselves the Table (Ex.25:25-30);
you made for yourselves the Lamp (Ex.25:31-40).2. Another word:
You benefit from lingering at this mountain!
You accepted upon yourselves the Torah (Ex.24:3-4);
you appointed over yourselves seventy elders (Ex.18:13-27);
you appointed over yourselves chieftains
of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties,
and chieftains of tens (Dt.1:15).
See how beneficial it is for you
to linger at this mountain!
דָּבָר אַחֵר: רַע הוּא לָכֶם יְשִׁיבַתְכֶם בָּהָר הַזֶּה!
3. Another word:
You are harmed from lingering at this mountain!
(דברים א ז) פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם וּבֹאוּ, רַע הוּא הַבַּטָּלָה.
“Start out and make your way” (Dt.1:7)—
because idleness is harmful!