This week in our Torah portion Chukat, we read about Moses hitting the rock to extract water in the wilderness. Miraculously, the water flows and the people’s thirst is quenched. But God had instructed Moshe to speak to the rock, not to strike it. For this seemingly minor infraction, the great leader was denied entry to his beloved Promised Land. While it certainly seems to be a very harsh punishment for the seemingly minor misdemeanor of hitting the rock instead of speaking to it, there is a very powerful message here.
That even to a rock you must speak!
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