"UMoshe Haya Roeh Tzon."
There seems to be a notion of shepherding being the vocation of choice amongst our ancestors.
Hevel. Avraham. Yitzchak. Yaakov. The Shivtei Kah. Moshe. Shmuel. Shaul. Dovid.
They were all Shepherds.
"UMoshe Haya Roeh Tzon."
Moshe was a shepherd of sheep.
Moshe was a shepherd of sheep.
Rabbeinu Bachyeh explains the phenomenon.
There are two distinct advantages of living apart form the community.
Firstly, the danger of living amongst other people is exposing oneself to a plethora of iniquity.
Lashon Hara. Rechilus. Hatred. Jealousy. Revenge.
Many sins need a community to commit them.
On the other hand, there is a positive way of looking at living in the desert with the sheep.
Firstly, the danger of living amongst other people is exposing oneself to a plethora of iniquity.
Lashon Hara. Rechilus. Hatred. Jealousy. Revenge.
Many sins need a community to commit them.
On the other hand, there is a positive way of looking at living in the desert with the sheep.
One is not distracted by the physicality of society. The opportunity for meditation, concentration and "hisbodidus" is ripe. Thinking about Hashem. Thinking about one's self in relation to Hashem. Thinking about one's self in relation to one's role in the world.
Thinking. Just thinking.
Who has a chance to think anymore?
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