25 June 2014

parashah Chukat

G‑d tells Moshè and Aaron to take a staff and gather the people in front of a certain rock. They should speak to the rock, and it will give forth water. Moshè and Aaron gather everybody, and Moshè strikes the rock and it gives forth water. In the course of this episode they committed a grave error, the conventional explanation being that they struck the rock instead of speaking to it. This caused G‑d to punish Moshè and Aaron, barring them from leading the Jews into Israel. 
 Water painted rocks
Spilling water from rocks painted by children
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