Why Is Israel Scared of the Truth?

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In the portion of Devarim, Moses—bidding farewell to his nation just weeks before his passing—narrates the experiences of the young nation during their forty years of wandering in the Sinai wilderness, en route to the Holy Land.

Their long trek, from Egypt, through the Sinai Peninsula, to the Eastern bank of the Jordan, forced them to pass neighboring countries, all of them antagonistic. Moses records his instructions to the Israelites on how to treat these neighboring nations. His words are both shocking and stunning; their moral power resonates to this very day.

“G-d said to me,” Moses recalls, "Give the people the following instructions: ‘You are passing through the borders of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who dwell in Seir [southeast of Israel]. Although they fear you, you must be very careful. You shall not provoke them, for I will not give you even one foot of their land. As an inheritance to Esau I have given Mount Seir.’”

Moses continues the instruction: “You shall purchase food from them for money so that you may eat; also water shall you buy from them for money so that you may drink.” Similar instructions were given concerning the land of Moab and Amon.

Why does the Hebrew Bible, a book of moral teaching rather than historical data, record this apparently insignificant instruction of Moses concerning the Jewish encounter with the three countries of Seir, Moab, and Ammon? What moral relevance or law does this tale possess?

The answer is dramatically clear. The Torah is communicating to us the circumstances surrounding the ultimate Israelite conquest and settlement of their homeland, Eretz Israel, so that when the United Nations, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the European Union, the State Department and all of the Arab countries will decry Israel as an apartheid state, occupying Palestinian soil and controlling land annexed from another nation, the Jewish people will be able to open their own constitution, the Torah, and present its unwavering message.

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A quote I recently came across aboout the truth.

Joe: We are just trying to get to the truth!
Arnie: I get it! But what you need to remember is that there's what people want to hear, there's what people want to believe, there's everything else, THEN there's the truth!
Joe: And since when it's that OK? I can't even believe you are saying this to me! The truth means responsibility, Arnie!
Arnie: Exactly! Which is why everyone dreads it!

Benny Rosenberger

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While I could not agree more with the fact that we, the Jewish people, leaders, politicians need to express the fact that Israel was given to us as a gift by G-D, there is also the idea that the Rebbe spoke about many times quoting Shulchos Aruch about the dangers of returning land that was captured in war even if it was not part of the land G-D gave us, the class implies somewhat that we are only entitled to the land and borders mentioned in the torah

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