40 Years In The Desert: The Whole Story Doesn't Make Sense - until now

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[@yalew6231]

I am christian and dearly love Israel.

[@shacosta321]

Hello... Big Hugs Rabbi! I am learning everyday and I pray you a blessed day sir!

[@lionheartbloodline]

Iam speakless What a powefull Message. Thank u dear Rav for Ur teaching

[@yavinklein-katz7719]

I like this interpretation, I’ve always said when reading Torah don’t take it too literally. There’s much more to be learned in between the lines. You’re very wise Dear Rabbi, Hashem Bless you.

[@cynthiabrannon6284]

I pray and ask daily to help put me in a position to help others more. I can only trust in him to help ease the path. Many blessing Rabbi!

[@nomorecensoringme]

You're right Rabbi. The story does make sense now. That phrase 'stiff necked people' didn't reconcile to other stories in the Torah. Now it does. Many thanks for the enlightenment.

[@dgriffith7566]

Good morning Rabbi! Have a wonderful day!

[@yesfan951]

Thanks for passing on some of your incredible wisdom Rabbi

[@christymccullough7306]

Thank you for the wonderful message.

[@huseinielafia2742]

GOD bless you Rabbi for your expositions

[@REwing]

Wonderful, thank you.

[@inmyopinion651]

Great lesson on human nature.

[@nicobautista7543]

I am learning so much ....Rabbi thank you for giving me a better perspective about the Bible stories I know...You help me be optimistic..the right kind. And as I am learning from you..I get to learn how to have a better perspective on life, about people and yes about how I shld see myself. Thank you and Baruch Hashem!

[@shylocounts2132]

🫂 Hello Rabbi I'm not Jewish.... I'm most definitely a "Stiff Necked" person 🦂💕 Thank you so much for your word's have given me so much education I haven't found elsewhere 🙏

[@yvonnesegers3214]

Thank you so very much for translating this with human thoughts. You are bridging the gap for many of us! If we are willing to listen véry carefully. Thank you dear Rabbi!

[@jonkomatsu8192]

Rav Friedman! This has got to be one of the most interesting and thoughtful shiurs--ever! A completely new way of looking at the Israelites. Mahalo shalom! ✡️🤙

[@mariabalint8713]

the precious stones are deep, so we must dig with patience and perseverance! And how much He wants us, our God! God to Abraham Isaac and Jacob! How can we not love Him !?

[@terrenceaustin9368]

Brilliantly put

[@homesweethomehomesweethome545]

Thank you🕊

[@stephenatkinson2333]

His mercies endures forever. There by the grace of God go I.

[@lionheartbloodline]

What a great Rav

[@tomwery5155]

Rabbi could you give us you take on Moses making a metal serpent on a pole to heal please?

[@barrynelson3788]

Great stuff 👍🏻

[@sloppysack]

Love this

[@nethanael719]

Love this one

[@manisfriedman]

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[@elizabethbooth5446]

Thank you

[@Yizal]

Nice!

[@Yizal]

That's exactly what we do as kids and adults we always try to see how far the rabbit hole is

[@OCD-GUY]

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[@tiffany38126]

Rabbi! Rabbi! Thank you!

[@solomonbalan4701]

😀Wonderful 🙏🤝

[@mider9996]

Amen

[@erinerickson4125]

3:3Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth. Ezekiel 3:7 But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate. 8 But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. 9 I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.”

[@romulolmattos]

Shalom. Giving a "like" or 👍, help this channel to get more visibility and others to enjoy this great lesson. Thank you, Rav.

[@manuelakojetinsky8438]

Shalom 🕎✡️🕎

[@d_dizzle8677]

We absolutely love you Rabbi! Was wondering if you could point me to a resource on explaining positive vs negative commandments?

[@brendaclark8053]

God gave them instructions for a 11 days journey but they did not follow instructions just like today !!!

[@Eliezer1018]

This makes sense now.

[@margaretmorris6907]

Thank you. So, that gives a better light on the story. God enjoys a challenge. LoL. Shalom.

[@user-fb8xg7nu2z]

❤

[@davidthehermit7813]

I'll have to give some thought to what you have presented; but Ezekiel Ch. 34 does come to mind.

[@amandaeckert7079]

I was studying scriptures the other day and realized that the wilderness of sin becomes a reference in latter scriptures for a 40 year period of temptation. With that said January 1st of 2023 is the 40 year mark for the roll-out of the internet and cellular phone technology. Does this seem significant to anyone else?

[@dieselphiend]

Physics says time is relative, and that the past, the present, and the future, are all happening at once. That probably means "unraveling the past" means so much more than can be conveyed. That would mean our undecided past is deciding our future right now.

[@yukisanderson6907]

I am confused. Did Jews deepen the relationship with God by sinning? Is it like asking God to accept them despite of their sin nature?

[@lordmaddog6003]

This is not at all what the scriptures imply this is just rose color glasses hogwash.

[@BlastinRope]

Nah bro, god hates when the jews act up, he keeps taking away their israel privileges every time they do it

[@kuiama23]

God wanted to throw His wrath on them for being stiff necked. Moses begged for mercy. God doesn't like stiff necked. Let's just not only take scriptures out of content. Let's CHANGE the meaning COMPLETELY. make it up. So we can say God just loves us sinning so we can make it good we doubt God and we can worship other gods because God likes it. Only reason God didn't throw his wrath. Because he kept his promise. Stiff neck. They shared God with a cow. Cuz that's the kind of relationship God desires. One he shares false gods with so he can just keep proving himself. This is such bull I can't believe anyone sees this as not twisting scriptures.

[@GuardianesdelaTierra13]

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[@yavinklein-katz7719]

I only have one question. Have we always been worthy of Gods protection? Because even Tzadikim sin. As the chosen people, I believe we must show Hashem we are worthy by living to the best of our ability the way Hashem commanded. Our divine protection must be earned and not taken for granted.

[@vinceh1121]

Thank you, Rabbi, for your perspective. My mother was of French descent, and my father was Irish. I was born in Missouri in the United States. Missouri is the show me state. I was raised as a Catholic and understand as a human how hard it is to understand God's forgiveness and his grace. I also understand as humans the, what else are you going to do for me? The bible tells us we were created in the likeness of God. As humans we confuse the issue as being like God. Humans do not recognize that we are not gods. God gave humans the right to choose between good and evil. Therefore, we choose between Heaven and Hell. How do we become one religion that accepts one statement, I believe in God the Almighty, the creator of heaven and earth. As a human, it is either too difficult, or maybe way to easy to confuse our relationship on this earth as children of God. I thank you for your time and hope that in the multitube of responses that you will answer mine. God bless you and keep you safe. I respect and thank you for your time to respond to the common man. Vincent

[@kaygee1623]

Hello Rabbi, I've listened to your message and I'm really disappointed, there is no admission of guilt even to this day.

[@finding_aether]

I believe you may have misunderstood the rabbi quite badly. Very often, hidden within bad actions is often a good intention. Unfortunately many times humans miss the mark when trying to carry out and we need to make corrections. Unless you understand the driving force behind the sin, it is very hard to help the person correct it. That is why we need to judge everyone kindly in order to be able to correct them. It is not wrong to say stiffneck is a compliment. It is also not wrong to compliment a angry person as passionate, or a emotional person as empathatic or a rebellous person as creative.. these are just traits directedly wrongly. Stick with these people, help them redirect and harness their traits and it will be worth it. Work with these stiffneck people, and harness their best traits and you will get a loyal people who will not yield to 2000 years of persecutions, exile, pogroms, torture, inquisitions, holocaust, antisemitism, forced conversions and murder. Not only will they not yield, you might even get some bad jokes at the end of it. Pretty sure modern psychology agrees with this.

[@kaygee1623]

@@finding_aether The first steps towards being wise is to acknowledge the extent of your ignorance.

[@finding_aether]

@@kaygee1623 oh..i see... you are one of those angry christian types who scour comments section to be recreationally because they have nothing to live for and just waiting for the rapture to happen. And they resent their meaningless life. Yea i see way too many of your type.. 😔 You truly believe your mom had u for 9 months so you can troll the comments boards? You truly believe the creator of the universe put you here just to be angry and after that rapture you? Is life just a waste of time to you? That you are not needed? Who cares everything is gonna to be destroyed anyway? Well guess what buddy. Your life is meaningful if you make something of it. You are put here on Earth for a reason, given talents only you have and the reason is definetly not to be piled full of guilt, wear a corpse on stick around your neck and wait to die while singing songs. You can make something of yourself in this world and its a darn shame if that exclusive-join-us-and-go-to-heaven cult of yours hold you back. 😤

[@themathtutorphd]

@@finding_aether you have written wonderfully well ❤️

[@jankabelcikova1704]

We have the freedom to choose. We need to live after God's thought. To stop the bloody sacrifices on our earth.

[@paulbendall1238]

If we expect then all we can do is expect from others or God ; to do for ourselves is the teaching and the learning of. Fear of ones own expectation is the creation of fear. The expectation is the stumbling block if there is no expectation then it will come in the grace of acceptance of purely being in the presence of God and God in all. For me to talk of God is a complete polarity shift not from lack of love or heart but from misrepresentation.

[@idanaminov3139]

Thank you Rabbi! I really like learning from you and I think that you are very special and unique. I would be glad if you could explain though why god punished the people who tested him 10 times if it was a positive thing by this interpretation. Thanks a lot!

[@alanpebenito7055]

THE BREATH OF LIFE FROM GOD Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. At nilalang ng Panginoong Dios ang tao sa alabok ng lupa, at hiningahan ang kaniyang mga butas ng ilong ng hininga ng buhay; at ang tao ay naging kaluluwang may buhay.

[@oliedjubaer402]

The whole story doesn’t make sense until you watched rabbi friedman videos

[@LorenKadison]

I make you my rabbi,

[@LorenKadison]

Can you teach me more,I think I have an idea on how to start but I'd like to have instructions before I start

[@cathrynmouzone1164]

Only thing is they are not the real Jews and it's in the bible that they aren't the real Jews ..God gives a clear distinction on the Jews

[@genevelis6075]

👍👌❤️

[@bryanlincoln5495]

Rabbi Manis “there are 613 commandments, so you break one, calm down” Freidman.

[@ryaneasterbrook3370]

Rabbi, I respectfully disagree. I would say the children of Israel should have been the most faithful of all the peoples of this world. The children of Israel moaned for Liberty while enslaved in Egypt. G-d heard them. In the desert, they groaned about how much better slavery is because they had food, leeks, and melons. Freedom is a desert; we must be faithful to G-d to be fruitful and multiply in freedom. Woe to them that call evil good and good evil- this is what happened with the children of Israel; they accused G-d of being evil and slandered Moishe.

[@jankabelcikova1704]

I am R1a, green eye color. I am not religiously based. I have an old faith in dnk. When I read the Old Testament, I became ill from the grief of soul pain .14 days I could not get out of bed.

[@stopthelies4249]

And if I gospel be hidden.

[@karebu8195]

Sir. Rabbi10 tomes means full of your life its everyday all your life is full of disobedience. It's a way of speach dose not mean 1,2,3,4,5..10...

[@erinerickson4125]

From the Hebrew name יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisra'el) meaning "God contends", from the roots שָׂרָה (sarah) meaning "to contend, to fight" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the Old Testament, Israel (who was formerly named Jacob; see Genesis 32:28) wrestles with an angel.

[@jeffreyrwilliams9345]

thank you

[@joegoodman3911]

If it made since where would be the miracle of it..???

[@charlesmuthama2455]

My thinking is this these Levels are ten levels of pride of Israel people. They are approaching God with a fix mind or with a canal mind. To my understanding Rabai is missing out something, with all due respect to him, let us call sin what is deserve to called SIN. If we try and sugar coat our actions of sin and we say we are doing fine when we're sining we will be separated from God.“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? Repent at my rebuke! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you, I will make known to you my teachings. But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand, since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you- when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. Proverbs 1:22‭-‬27 This story is just displaying the humbleness and patience of God waiting for all to come to repentance and not to perish in evil ways.

[@KeeperOfThe10]

Something's wrong here. It never says that they tested God 10 times in 40 years. If you read Numbers 14 for yourself you will see that they had not been in the wilderness long at all when God says this, and it was only after this that God told them they would wander 40 years.

[@person8959]

What is the name of the desert

[@ulemulion5969]

Soud Arabia I guesss

[@NS-lz6jh]

Baruch Hashem

[@BlajMircea]

Isaiah 53 = John 12

[@anti_missionary_mission]

Isaiah and the Servant, who is he? Isaiah 41:8-9 But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, Seed of Abraham My friend- You whom I drew from the ends of the earth And called from its far corners, To whom I said: You are My servant; I chose you, I have not rejected you Isaiah 44:1 But hear, now, O Jacob My servant, Israel whom I have chosen! Isaiah 44:21 Remember these things, O Jacob For you, O Israel, are My servant: I fashioned you, you are My servant- O Israel, never forget Me. Isaiah 45:4 For the sake of My servant Jacob, Israel My chosen one, I call you by name, I hail you by title, though you have not known Me. Isaiah 48:20 Go forth from Babylon, Flee from Chaldea! Declare this with loud shouting, Announce this, Bring out the word to the ends of the earth! Say: “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!” Isaiah 49:׃ And He said to me, “You are My servant, Israel in whom I glory.”

[@Eliezer1018]

The second Temple never had the same Spirit upon as the 1st Temple. Isn’t this a area of concern?

[@TheRealTruthBygod]

You dear people have every right to believe whatever you like. Even the stories and myths of the Exodus. You do understand, don’t you, that they are all meant to be insights into the relationships between yourselves , who believe you are God’s chosen people, and Himself, as being a way to become better people. Good on you for your beliefs. However, they have no more relevance to Life than the stories and myths of any other people. Viva la difference.

[@narcisioelmurza882]

You wouldn't write if you were not afraid what they believe is true.

[@TheRealTruthBygod]

@@narcisioelmurza882 You do understand, don’t you, the implications of believing that God is on your side in the killing of other people?

[@person8959]

The actual trip should have taken 11 days.

[@binkbonkbones3402]

Kind of a click bait title, but these videos are a good way to get more interested in religion

[@mcalbertbonilla3453]

Why then, Hebrue book said, that they did not enter in to the promase land because of their, unbelieve?

[@kuiama23]

Look. Finding a way to say that is harder. Making God work for us to constantly prove Himself.. u know. Showing how much they believed in him by worshipping Baal.. cuz God likes competition.. well. Making God who loves our constant rebellion so he can prove he loves us.. only reason he didht throw his wrath on them is cuz Moses begged and used the promise given .. God was angry. So making being stiff necked to be a compliment... hey. I know translations can change. Like awful was full of aw. But. There's no way to spin this good if actually using scriptures.. but man. EVERYONE loves that message. Catholics can pray u outta hell. And. Guess they got the idea from the Talmud

[@mcalbertbonilla3453]

@@kuiama23 thank you for your time responding. Appreciated.

[@jankabelcikova1704]

Man has no right over man. To have the Lord is wrong. And even more wrong is to be the Lord. !!!! to live by conscience, honor, and justice.

[@jankabelcikova1704]

Ancient, ancient civilization was destroyed, but in the vicinity of the Carpathians something survived.dnkR1a = about 5-7% on the entire planet

[@user-fb8xg7nu2z]

U KNOW MY NAME .. ?

[@nathanielhamilton951]

U see what u don't understand leave it alone

[@somebodynew5223]

I wonder is it the the people tested/challenge Go-d? or G-d wanted to bringing up a new group of people ,new kind of thinking for 40years long.. what do you think??

[@pearsecasey3339]

The number 40 means probation. 2 golden calves? Making up your own gods. Lower case.

[@charlesmclaughlin3578]

A scam is a scam

[@robert746pro9]

Nice explaination of being honestly stupid until were not willing pay the price of stubborness... we were no different from King Rameses 2

[@marycross5010]

People will always find something to complain about, like for example: Lebron James complained about how black were enslaved by white people and yet he lives in the most luxurious place and getting paid well by this so-called oppressor. Then when it comes to the Chinese workers going against their own oppressors, he went against the workers and sided with the Communist party. A total failure! Is he really against oppression or pro-oppression? It is easy for him to say it than to actually do it. You see, many of these people love to be virtuous when given freedom but when you put them back to slavery, they all quiet down and pray that some savior out there will save them from their own stupidity. Funny how that works? Is God their slave that they can call any time they want? or God is their main oppressor? God can play both. Why do people like Lebron James feel so oppress when he lives freely? Should God need to put this kind of people back to slavery mode and actually experience their ancestor's pain? No PAIN, No GAIN?

[@godfreystoby9800]

Deuteronomy 28:68.

[@user-fb8xg7nu2z]

Have 3 knowlage give the something ptoblem..what the promise land. True or not .. i dont belive what happent now .. i know have know .why have people create something for human ..

[@belikenick2]

Stiff necked meaning they refuse to acknowledge gods miracles

[@dalepetty174]

K, but the still built a golden calf, so technically they did go look for another God.

[@harleymaciel5065]

Yahweh is his name

[@narcisioelmurza882]

While I like many of your interpretations and appreciate your deep thoughts here you are wrong. The Bible says the Israelites sinned against God in the desert. Rabbi Manis says no, they didn't. They were just too humbe to accept miracles. (So they were actually virtuous instead of sinful??) While it might be honorable to save your ancestors' face it simply does not hold the truth. They had a crowd mentality and feelings and stubbornly disobeyed God over and over again. Read for example Tehilim 78 (Psalm 78) where it says: "But they sinned even more against Him By rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness." (v. 17)

[@mordyby]

So I guess you Mr Friedman would say that Harvey Weinstein , and others like him were only seeking a closer relationship with the Most High.

[@estonjaphethsamu6232]

I just feel like its excuses made for their wrong doing. No excuses for the golden calf. because they felt Gods favor was ending they ran to the next god?

[@NoNo-ce8xb]

please ohh please ... say "Stiff neck people" just one more time .. I dont think i got it the first tiem .

[@marklaursen9042]

With God, anything is possible and yes one time in forty years is a big deal to God. No time. Few people know how to talk with God, so insolent and self-important and un-entertaining... have to look At David and see in all his transgressions God still favored David... look to his talk to God, "to the Great Musician..." and David's power of openness...

[@markcrawford4239]

I give Jews credit for holding to traditions if they didn’t there would be no bible

[@krreyem7543]

maybe GOD took it as people unwilling to HUMBLE themself to ASK for GODs HELP????? I think GOD wants to be needed and the stiff neck was NOT needing GOD using the word deserving be GREATFUL for ALL GODs MERCY whether ask for or not they just refused GODs help stiff neck HELP?????? 2 ways to look at same thing!!!!! maybe GOD was looking at it as refusing HIM?????? lack of faith in GODs MERCY LOVING

[@jsaenz2873]

How convenient.....please read Psalms 78 ...."In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭78‬:‭32‬ ‭

[@s.kastelic9230]

Why then they worship calf? Why not worship Jahveh God of Abraham ,Isac and Jacob? Moses stod in the gap and save thair lifes.

[@theRodofwar]

so he defines a people as stiff-necked. others would say just plain STUPID

[@cyberpunkworld]

Repeat Scriptures okay thing. Learn entire Torrah word by word. That's me.

[@jankabelcikova1704]

The journey from Egypt is a scam

[@leonardsimon1520]

It never did make sense. And as for that manna story...OI VAY!!

[@Eliezer1018]

Rabbi, trim the mustache a little bit. Baruch HaShem!

[@jankabelcikova1704]

Yes it doesn't make sense. Because noah ark = mountain ararat.armenian holy place.the biblikal nathion came out of the crimea.

[@QuranTimePodcast]

I listen, I respect and I appreciate, but I see an arrogant interpretation. How can we test our LORD by committing idolatry to see if He Loves us? Allah is Glorious, He is One and Self Sufficient. Even you Jews, our cousins, believe that He is a Jeleous God. But as Muslims who practice ultimate monotheism, we must ensure that we understand this as a praiseworthy Attribute and it does not mean that His Jealousy can make Him vulnerable to being almost controlled and tested by the Jews. Yes, I respect, love and long for an intimate relationship with my Creator, the LORD, but even his Friend, our father Abraham, would not dare test him how you describe, respected Rabbi. The Jews were simply saved by the prayers of their forefathers, the tawbah (repentance) of their sinners, and the steadfastness of their worshipers, scribes and scholars - NOT because they were so close with God that they could get away with anything.