RAV KOOK ON PARSHAT KI TETZE

(PLEASE LEARN THIS FOR THE REFUA SHELAMA OF HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Zilberstein Shlita-Yitzchok ben Rochel RAV CHAIM KANIEVSKY-Rav Shmaryahu Yosef Chaim ben Pesha Miriam,Rav Shteinman - Aaron Yehuda Leib ben Gitel Feiga, Rav Weiss - Yitzchak Tuvia ben Rikal, Rav Yosef - Yaakov Chai ben Margalit Harav Shlomo Leib Ben Miriam - HaRav Shlomo Brevda Harav Yeshaya Yaakov Ben Raizel - HaRav Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal Harav Meshulem Fish Ben Tziril - The Toshe Rebbe Rav Yerachmiel Shlomo Hakohen ben Raizel. -Rav Yerachmiel Shlomo Rothenberg, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva of Mountaindale Rav Shaul ben Pasha-Gavaad Zurich, Switzerland and rav of Beis Medrash Agudas Achim for a refuah shleima b’soch kol cholei am Yisrael.)(AND L"N RAV YOSEF SHALOM BEN RAV AVRAHAM(RAV ELYASHIV ZT"L)

Translated by Rabbi Chanan Morrison Parshat Ki Tetze "Remember what God did to Miriam on your way out of Egypt." (Deut. 24:9) Six Zechirot Six times the Torah commands us to remember certain events. The six zechirot (rememberances) are listed after the morning prayers: The Exodus from Egypt. The Torah's revelation at Sinai. The attack of Amalek and the command to destroy him. The rebellious acts of the Israelites in the desert. The Sabbath day. Miriam's punishment for slandering Moses. The first five are clearly important for us to remember, as they are major events or fundamental principles of faith. Yet the last one, Miriam's punishment for slandering Moses, doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the list. Can we consider Miriam's mistake in judgment on par with historical milestones such as the Exodus from Egypt or the revelation of Torah? In order to appreciate the fundamental lesson of Miriam's punishment, we must understand the essence of her error.