Speaker 1: Previously on the chosen people.
Speaker 2: How can we trust that you won't run again. When
Speaker 2: you killed that Egyptian all those years ago, Pharaoh's grip
Speaker 2: became harder.
Speaker 3: I have been met by one who alters the wind's course.
Speaker 3: I have seen his wonders before my eyes. I know
Speaker 3: there's nowhere I can run to where he will not
Speaker 3: find me. It is love and fear that binds me
Speaker 3: to you and to these people.
Speaker 2: Welcome home, brother, I will follow you. It's these foreigners
Speaker 2: that travel with us, the Kushites, med Jays, Libyans, Asiatics,
Speaker 2: whoever they are, the heathens that are leading our people astray.
Speaker 2: They complain about the lack of variety and the blendness
Speaker 2: of our food, disregarding our meager resources.
Speaker 4: And now you will have people clamoring to kill our
Speaker 4: livestock for meat.
Speaker 2: I blame the rabble of foreigners for bringing this upon us.
Speaker 2: They've tempted our good people into sin.
Speaker 5: Enough enough enough of this blame game. Throwing insults around
Speaker 5: isn't going to correct the flimsy faith of our people.
Speaker 5: They don't need an excuse for their lack of faith.
Speaker 5: Why have you brought such trouble on me? You must
Speaker 5: be angry with me. Why else would you burden me
Speaker 5: with all these people? Am I their mother? Did I
Speaker 5: carry them in my womb?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 5: Then, wordless I endure their infantile cries day and night.
Speaker 2: Ah, What am I going to do?
Speaker 5: Where can I get meet to give all these people?
Speaker 5: I can't carry all these people by myself. They're too
Speaker 5: much for me. If you are going to treat me
Speaker 5: like this, just kill me right now. If I found
Speaker 5: favor with you, and don't let me see my misery any.
Speaker 6: Bring me seventy elders from Israel. Take them to the
Speaker 6: tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.
Speaker 6: I will take some of the spirit who is on
Speaker 6: you and put the spirit on them. They will help
Speaker 6: you bear the burden of the people, so you do
Speaker 6: not have to bear it alone.
Speaker 7: When even the righteous are tempted by enevy, the wilderness
Speaker 7: becomes a battle ground of the soul. Shallo my friends
Speaker 7: from here in the Holy Land. I'm ya el Extein
Speaker 7: with International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Welcome to the
Speaker 7: Chosen People. The wilderness has a way of bringing things
Speaker 7: to the surface, doesn't it. It's a place of trial
Speaker 7: where the human heart is tested and the crucible of sand,
Speaker 7: sky and survival. And here we find our ancestors, wandering, wading,
Speaker 7: and ready to break. But it's not the trials of
Speaker 7: hunger or thirst that will break them this time. It's
Speaker 7: something deeper, something closer to home.
Speaker 1: Jealousy.
Speaker 7: Miriam and Aaron, two pillars of leadership, rise up against
Speaker 7: their brother Moses, not in an open rebellion of armies
Speaker 7: or swords, but in a whispered defiance. Why would those
Speaker 7: closest to Moses his own flesh and blood turn against him?
Speaker 7: What is it about authority that causes even the faithful
Speaker 7: to question? What is it about our human nature that
Speaker 7: turns siblings in trivals? This is where we find ourselves,
Speaker 7: my friends, standing at the edge of rebellion, where the hearts,
Speaker 7: hidden motives are about to be laid bare before God himself.
Speaker 1: The wind scoured the wilderness, carrying with it the dry,
Speaker 1: biting scent of dust and the faint traces of decay
Speaker 1: that still lingered from the quailed plague. Miriam stood at
Speaker 1: the camp's edge, her figure stooped but proud, her face
Speaker 1: weathered by time and sorrow. Seven days of isolation had
Speaker 1: etched deeper lines into her features, but it was her
Speaker 1: heart that bore the heaviest scars. The deaths of her
Speaker 1: son Hor and her grandson Yuri haunted her. Hor had
Speaker 1: fallen amid the chaos of the Golden Calf Rebellion, his
Speaker 1: blood spilled by the mob's blind fury. Yuri had been
Speaker 1: claimed by greed, choking in the very quail meat that
Speaker 1: had rained from the heavens. A bitter irony, Miriam could
Speaker 1: neither forgive nor forget. Her pain vested into anger, and
Speaker 1: her anger found a target, the foreigners, among them the
Speaker 1: so called mixed multitude. It was their influence, she told herself,
Speaker 1: that had corrupted the Israelites. From her point of view,
Speaker 1: there presence had brought the wrath of the Lord. They
Speaker 1: were a shadow over the Chosen People, diluting their mission
Speaker 1: and sowing weakness. And the one who permitted them to stay,
Speaker 1: the man who held the staff of power, was her
Speaker 1: brother Moses. As the sun dipped behind the jagged hills,
Speaker 1: casting the land in deep purples and golds, Miriam prepared
Speaker 1: for the final act of her purification. Her steps were
Speaker 1: steady as she joined the line of the young teen,
Speaker 1: those who had buried their dead in the plague's wake.
Speaker 1: They awaited the priests at the CAB's border, where ashwater
Speaker 1: would cleanse them of their impurity. Miriam's family accompanied her Bezamel,
Speaker 1: her great grandson, the tabernacle's gifted architect, and her widowed
Speaker 1: granddaughter in all. Yet even with their presence, she felt
Speaker 1: the chill of isolation, a wall of anger and grief
Speaker 1: separating her from them. At the border, Eliza and Ihamol,
Speaker 1: Aaron's sons stood solemnly with the purification vessels deep and deliberate.
Speaker 1: Eliza's voice carried over the crowd's murmurs. Oh, dear aunt Miriam,
Speaker 1: we grieve with you.
Speaker 4: Come forward, and you'll be made clean.
Speaker 1: Miriam stepped forward, holding her head high, though the indignity
Speaker 1: of her place in line burned in her chest. Eliza
Speaker 1: sprinkled the ash water over her, droplets running like tears
Speaker 1: down her cheeks. She clenched her jaw against the chill,
Speaker 1: refusing to flinch. Eliza off with a respectful nod before
Speaker 1: moving on to Besolo.
Speaker 6: And the others.
Speaker 1: As the ritual progressed, Miriam's mind churned. Moses and Aaron
Speaker 1: were exempt from this the law shielded them, keeping them
Speaker 1: apart from death and mourning, but also from the people
Speaker 1: they claimed to serve. She had stood alongside them at
Speaker 1: the ri at Sea, raising her voice in songs of triumph,
Speaker 1: and yet now her brothers acted like she was a relic,
Speaker 1: a symbol of honor with no real influence. That sting
Speaker 1: of rejection fanned her anger into resolve. She would confront
Speaker 1: them later. As the camp settled into the stillness of evening,
Speaker 1: Miriam approached the central tents, where power resided. She stopped
Speaker 1: short when she saw Eldad and Medad, two of the
Speaker 1: seventy elders appointed to aid Moses. Their faces lit up
Speaker 1: with reverence as they greeted her. Miriam managed a curt smile.
Speaker 2: Your condolences are noted, But tell me what business brings
Speaker 2: you here. Your tribes are assigned to the west, are
Speaker 2: they not.
Speaker 1: From behind a cluster of tents, Ho Shia emerged, his
Speaker 1: movements quick and purposeful. His gaze flickered nervously to Miriam
Speaker 1: as he approached.
Speaker 6: My lords, the elders are gathering in Lord Moses' tent.
Speaker 6: Oh guide you.
Speaker 1: The elders departed with ho Sheer, leaving Miriam to stew
Speaker 1: in her isolation, her anger simmered. The power her brothers
Speaker 1: wielded once shared with her, now felt distant and unreachable.
Speaker 1: She clenched her fists and strode toward Moses's tent. Inside
Speaker 1: the tent, Moses and Aaron sat in quiet discussion. Miriam
Speaker 1: entered without preamble, her presence as sharp as a blade.
Speaker 2: Brother, I require a word with you, Miriam.
Speaker 8: We were just about to begin deliberations about moving forward.
Speaker 3: A word, Moses, Ah, speak your mind, sister?
Speaker 2: What has changed? You used to seek my counsel? Include
Speaker 2: me in decisions? Do I not prophesy? Do I not advise?
Speaker 2: Was it not my hand that God used to protect
Speaker 2: you and lead you back to our people? Have I
Speaker 2: not stood faithfully by you since your return?
Speaker 9: Yet?
Speaker 2: Now you appoint new elders and leave me out. You
Speaker 2: call the spirit of God upon these men who are
Speaker 2: not your kin? What makes them so deserving? You're so
Speaker 2: absorbed in your duties that you don't even think of
Speaker 2: your family anymore. Have you become so holy that you're
Speaker 2: no longer one of us? Is that why you've abandoned me?
Speaker 6: Miriam?
Speaker 4: No, what you have to understand is.
Speaker 2: No what I see is you both edging me out.
Speaker 2: He's edged. Don't you too erin? Or have you not noticed?
Speaker 2: The High Priest cannot even bury his own children. He
Speaker 2: cannot grieve as a father should.
Speaker 8: Miriam and you, we've both agreed.
Speaker 2: Does the Lord only speak through you? You would rule
Speaker 2: over us like a pharaoh. You would appoint elders and captains,
Speaker 2: and cast your own family aside, me to the outskirts
Speaker 2: and Aaron to the tabernacle. You surround yourself with people
Speaker 2: you can control. Are you so intimidated that we too
Speaker 2: might have something to say? That we too maybe merited leaders.
Speaker 1: Miriam was only picking up speed, the flames of her
Speaker 1: rage only kicking off as she drew breath. The shock
Speaker 1: on her brother's faces at her words did not even
Speaker 1: face her as she plowed forward, unleashing her rage at last.
Speaker 2: Hah, and you are not so perfect, brother. Our people
Speaker 2: are dying, and yet you stand by your precious foreigners.
Speaker 2: Your years living in the house of our enemies undermine
Speaker 2: your loyalty to us. Your love for your cushite wife
Speaker 2: and her family has elevated their status among us. Did
Speaker 2: not the Lord command us not to make treaties? With foreigners,
Speaker 2: saying they will become a snare among us. And yet
Speaker 2: you welcome your wife's father and invite his people to
Speaker 2: join us, and you do not send those who came
Speaker 2: with us from Egypt away.
Speaker 8: You know that my in laws hail from Miliana. Their
Speaker 8: bloodline can be traced back to Abraham himself.
Speaker 2: Midianite Cushite. It makes no difference. Would you marry a
Speaker 2: Cushite woman next? There are plenty of them here, but
Speaker 2: they are not the chosen people. They did not come
Speaker 2: through the promised son Isaac.
Speaker 1: She knew that her words had stung Moses. Zippora was
Speaker 1: a woman. She socialized with a new world. She cared
Speaker 1: for her sons as well. But Miriam could no longer
Speaker 1: ignore the troubles and missteps of the people. She needed
Speaker 1: someone to blame. They had risked too much and had
Speaker 1: come so far.
Speaker 9: In her grief, hatred had formed, and in her hatred
Speaker 9: a villain emerged the others, anyone who was not like them,
Speaker 9: anyone who would block them.
Speaker 1: From taking the land. Though he had been promised, Moses
Speaker 1: took a steadying breath when she could tell he was
Speaker 1: trying to get a grip on his anger. It was
Speaker 1: always there, just beneath the surface. He could hide it
Speaker 1: from most, perhaps even from himself, as he had grown
Speaker 1: wisened and burdened by responsibility. But she saw him plain
Speaker 1: Moses hands were shaking in anger. His sister's words cut
Speaker 1: him to the core. Setting aside her callous words about
Speaker 1: his wife, the nagging voice from deep within himself that
Speaker 1: told him he didn't belong, that he didn't belong anywhere
Speaker 1: was starting to awaken. It shifted and coiled inside of him,
Speaker 1: readying to rise and consume him. He knew Miriam was
Speaker 1: allowing her grief to overrun her. This was not Miriam,
Speaker 1: This was not the clever, reasonable, wise woman he had
Speaker 1: come to know. He clung to that truth as the
Speaker 1: lies of his own inner demons threatened to take over.
Speaker 1: He would have to try and appeal to that reason.
Speaker 8: You're twisting the words of the Lord to suit your
Speaker 8: own prejudice. You know, those who came with us were
Speaker 8: escaping the oppressors of Egypt, the same as us. You
Speaker 8: would have us become the oppressors in your bigotry. The
Speaker 8: Lord warns us from being swayed or taken with the
Speaker 8: pagan customs of the peoples we encounter here in the desert.
Speaker 8: The ones who come with us or treat us well,
Speaker 8: can benefit from the blessing of the Lord. You know this,
Speaker 8: The blessing of the Lord is not a resource to hoard.
Speaker 8: Your anger is making you legalistic.
Speaker 2: And that is why you find me unfit to rule
Speaker 2: at your side.
Speaker 1: Moses's heart lurched. They had come to it at last.
Speaker 1: Her hurt was not so different from his own. The
Speaker 1: wounds of isolation and rejection cut deep. The brokenness in
Speaker 1: her voice softened his heart, and the raging fires dwindled.
Speaker 1: He was about to comfort her when he felt the
Speaker 1: presence of the Lord in his mind, stir warning him
Speaker 1: not to let down his guard. Moses looked to his
Speaker 1: brother Aaron, who had despondently observed this exchange. He had
Speaker 1: been upholding his duties and his faith, but he seemed
Speaker 1: far away. Moses knew he was still grieving as well.
Speaker 1: They had all suffered so much loss in these short
Speaker 1: years since Egypt.
Speaker 8: And you, brother, do you share the same belief that
Speaker 8: I've fallen short as your leader.
Speaker 1: Miriam's head whipped to Aaron, and she pinned him with
Speaker 1: a meaningful stare. Moses's heart lurched again. They had spoken
Speaker 1: of this before. Between the two of them, there was
Speaker 1: an unmistakable understanding between them. Moses' bride stung with the
Speaker 1: feeling of being cut out again.
Speaker 4: Brother, No one will deny that you're a prophet, but
Speaker 4: Miriam speaks the truth. You are not the only one
Speaker 4: among us. The Lord speaks through. We think your pride
Speaker 4: has gotten the best of you.
Speaker 1: Moses was stunned his pride when they both so clearly
Speaker 1: pined for power. They were both unsatisfied with the rolls
Speaker 1: they had been given. Moses had never wanted this, he
Speaker 1: didn't choose it. It had forged a humility in him
Speaker 1: that he was constantly reckoning with at every turn. The losses,
Speaker 1: the failures, the missteps. The power of the Lord stood
Speaker 1: above it all, and somehow Moses was still there, still
Speaker 1: asked to lead. Pride had nothing to do with it,
Speaker 1: with all that he had to endure. Perhaps he was
Speaker 1: the most humble man on the face of the earth,
Speaker 1: for his fears and his ego would have made him
Speaker 1: give up long ago. It was only through his humility
Speaker 1: that he could maintain the faithfulness to keep to his mission.
Speaker 1: But suddenly he felt the anger of the Lord mounting.
Speaker 1: He had felt this before. It shook him out of
Speaker 1: his own in a turmoil. His stomach dropped out. He
Speaker 1: knew where this was headed, but he could not deny
Speaker 1: the promptings of the Lord.
Speaker 8: We are being summoned to stand.
Speaker 6: Before the Lord.
Speaker 1: Aaron's knees trembled as he stood before the Lord, the
Speaker 1: towering d of Cowd swirling above them at the tenth entrance.
Speaker 1: He knew his siblings would notice his fear. Speaking aloud
Speaker 1: the doubts he and Miriam shared about Moses now felt
Speaker 1: like a grave error. Yet, seeing Miriam's desperation, he couldn't
Speaker 1: falter in supporting her, and deep down he couldn't deny
Speaker 1: the doubt that had been growing in his heart for
Speaker 1: a long time. For who had suffered more than Aaron.
Speaker 1: He had sacrificed his first borns and relinquished leadership to Moses.
Speaker 1: Perhaps that had been the true mistake, But standing now
Speaker 1: before their Lord, he had a sinking feeling that it
Speaker 1: had been a bigger mistake to say it aloud.
Speaker 6: Listen to what I say. If there is a prophet
Speaker 6: among you from the Lord, I make myself known to
Speaker 6: him in a vision. I speak with him in a dream.
Speaker 6: Not so with my servant Moses. He is the most
Speaker 6: faithful in all my household. I speak with him directly, openly,
Speaker 6: not in riddles. He alone sees my very form.
Speaker 1: Aaron could not stop trembling. Drawing breath was difficult, as
Speaker 1: the words of the Lord pomed over them in a
Speaker 1: lightning building within the cloud punctuated every word.
Speaker 6: Why were you not afraid to speak against my servant
Speaker 6: Moses and the jealousy and resentment you harbor in your
Speaker 6: hearts towards him. You must have known I would not
Speaker 6: let it stand.
Speaker 1: Aaron's knees finally gave out, and he fell. He sobbed
Speaker 1: as his heart broke, and he relented. In his heart,
Speaker 1: he begged for forgiveness of his own pride and scheming.
Speaker 4: Please, Lord, you've forgiven me before, Please do so again.
Speaker 4: I know I don't deserve it, but please forgive me now.
Speaker 1: Aaron fell face down before the war weeping. Miriam stood
Speaker 1: beside him, tears streaming silently, though defiance still burned in
Speaker 1: her eyes. Suddenly the cloud withdrew and her scream pierced
Speaker 1: the air. Aaron flinched feeling she had been struck down
Speaker 1: like his son's. But as Moses rushed to her, he
Speaker 1: gasped in horror. Miriam's skin had turned white and diseased,
Speaker 1: flaking and peeling like snow. From where Aaron knelt, he
Speaker 1: watched as the sows spread rapidly, the skin fluttering away
Speaker 1: like dust. Her cries shifted from shock to the sharp
Speaker 1: yelps of pain as numbness crept through her limbs. Aaron
Speaker 1: remained frozen, paralyzed by fear, unable to help. Moses, however,
Speaker 1: dropped to his knees, facing the most holy place and
Speaker 1: pleaded desperately for her healing.
Speaker 5: Ugh no, no, my God, Please please, please don't hold
Speaker 5: against us, this said, We've so foolishly committed.
Speaker 2: Please heal her.
Speaker 1: Miriam's cries became whimpers of despair. Aaron could barely stand
Speaker 1: to look at her in her agony. For a moment,
Speaker 1: there was nothing but Miriam's broken cries and the intensity
Speaker 1: of Moses pleased hanging in the air between them and
Speaker 1: the holy veil of the tabernacle. The Lord finally responded,
Speaker 1: and his anger seemed diminished.
Speaker 6: Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days,
Speaker 6: after that she may be brought back in relief.
Speaker 1: Flooded through both brothers, Miriam cried out as well, knowing
Speaker 1: she had been spared by her brother's intervention. Aaron let
Speaker 1: out a shuddering breath, eternally grateful he did not have
Speaker 1: to watch another execution in the holy place. Moses gently
Speaker 1: approached Aaron and placed his hand on his shoulder.
Speaker 8: Needs a purifire, so her diseased skin can in here, Oh,
Speaker 8: your son, and he his art to do it, I
Speaker 8: will help him.
Speaker 1: With trembling hands, Aaron called for Elieza to perform the
Speaker 1: ritual for cleansing skin diseases. As high priest, Aaron couldn't
Speaker 1: risk becoming ritually and pure, even for his sister. He
Speaker 1: stood a few paces back, watching helplessly as Miriam knelt
Speaker 1: on the ground. Two birds were brought forward like the
Speaker 1: goats on Atonement day, one for sacrifice and the other
Speaker 1: to be set free. Miriam, defeated and contrite, accepted her penance,
Speaker 1: weeping out apologies as they helped cleanse her and shave
Speaker 1: her hair according to custom. Moses and Aaron then sent
Speaker 1: her into the wilderness for the seven days of purification.
Speaker 1: Moses declared that the camp would not move until Miriam
Speaker 1: was fully restored and clean.
Speaker 7: This strange Bible story is a bit unsettling, isn't it.
Speaker 7: It's unsettling to see Miriam and Aaron pillars of faith
Speaker 7: fall into jealousy. The ones who stood alongside Moses, who
Speaker 7: saw the miracles, who felt God's presence, even they whispered rebellion.
Speaker 7: And I find this unsettling story.
Speaker 2: A bit hard to understand.
Speaker 7: When considering this story, many of the Jewish ages wonder
Speaker 7: why Miriam was punished for speaking ill of her brother Moses,
Speaker 7: since her intent was constructive. The sage is suggest that
Speaker 7: the problem is what we call in Hebrew less shon
Speaker 7: harah negative speech. Don't we all do that sometimes, convince
Speaker 7: ourselves that something negative we say is for constructive reasons,
Speaker 7: and therefore it's okay. How do we know if that
Speaker 7: negative speech is actually doing good? It's very hard. We can't.
Speaker 7: We might think it's productive, but it's not. And so
Speaker 7: it's better to avoid any negative speech about others, since,
Speaker 7: even if we don't mean to, we might be harming them.
Speaker 7: The sages note that going all the way back to
Speaker 7: the Garden of Eden, the very first incident of slander
Speaker 7: in the world was spoken by the serpent, who is
Speaker 7: speaking against God himself.
Speaker 2: So I think we should all.
Speaker 7: Learn from this Bible story and work to avoid less
Speaker 7: shon haarrah negative speech, and to stop speaking about one
Speaker 7: another altogether unless it's something really nice. Now, let's talk
Speaker 7: about Miriam. Miriam, the same woman who had been with
Speaker 7: Moses through everything, through the plagues and the parting of
Speaker 7: the sea. This same Miriam let a moment of pride
Speaker 7: and jealousy take over her. She spoke out against her
Speaker 7: own brother, and for that she was struck with leprosy
Speaker 7: and cast out of the camp for seven days, seven
Speaker 7: days of silence. But here's the part that gets me.
Speaker 7: The entire nation, hundreds of thousands of Israelites paused, They
Speaker 7: didn't move on, They waited for her, And we have
Speaker 7: this beautiful moment of kindness of grace. And why did
Speaker 7: the chosen people wait for Miriam? Well, because decades earlier,
Speaker 7: Miriam had stood by the Nile watching over baby Moses,
Speaker 7: making sure that he was safe in that basket. Now
Speaker 7: hundreds of thousands of people showed the same compassion, waiting
Speaker 7: for her healing and also waiting there it's full circle.
Speaker 7: We have Miriam's brother, Moses, Moses, the man described in
Speaker 7: numbers as more humble than anyone else on the face
Speaker 7: of the earth, the same Moses who had every right
Speaker 7: to be offended, to hold a grudge, but instead he
Speaker 7: prayed with all of his heart for his sister. He
Speaker 7: didn't seek revenge or punishment. He sought her healing. And
Speaker 7: this is the essence of leadership, humility. It reminds me
Speaker 7: of Mayaba, my father a by reel Ekstein of Blessed Memory.
Speaker 7: He once told me that real leadership is not about
Speaker 7: taking the spotlight. It's about stepping aside so that others
Speaker 7: can shine, just like Moses did. True leaders lift others up,
Speaker 7: even when they've been hurt. How often do we show
Speaker 7: the same compassion that we've seen from Moses, from Miriam
Speaker 7: and from the Chosen people. Pride is a strange thing,
Speaker 7: isn't it. It sneaks in, almost unnoticed, even in the
Speaker 7: most well meaning hearts. Miriam wasn't a stranger to her
Speaker 7: brother's calling. She was his sister, his partner in the journey.
Speaker 7: She had watched over Moses as a baby, stood with
Speaker 7: him through the trials of Egypt, And yet in this
Speaker 7: moment she questions his authority. Why because pride is always
Speaker 7: there lurking, It whispers.
Speaker 2: Why not me?
Speaker 8: Why not?
Speaker 2: Now?
Speaker 7: Haven't I done enough? This is the same struggle that
Speaker 7: we've seen time and time again throughout this journey of
Speaker 7: the Chosen People, from the garden of Eden to the wilderness.
Speaker 7: Over and over again, our ancestors faced the challenge of pride,
Speaker 7: and the results were never good. So what does this
Speaker 7: mean for us? Miriam was struck with leprosy as a
Speaker 7: result of her pride. She was sent outside of her camp,
Speaker 7: isolated quarantine from her people. But the Israelites, her family,
Speaker 7: her community, they didn't leave her behind. They waited for
Speaker 7: seven days. They waited and prayed until Miriam was healed.
Speaker 7: Think about that for a moment.
Speaker 2: The entire nation.
Speaker 7: Was ready to move forward, but they paused why because
Speaker 7: of something Miriam did eighty years earlier. She waited by
Speaker 7: the Nile for baby Moses, ensuring his safety. And now
Speaker 7: finally the kindness that she had shown came back to
Speaker 7: her in her time of need. This is a deep
Speaker 7: truth in our faith. Acts of compassion have ripples, sometimes unseen.
Speaker 7: What we sow in kindness we reap in times of struggle.
Speaker 7: Just as the Israelites waited for Miriam, God waits for us,
Speaker 7: his chosen people, patiently and with grace. He waits for
Speaker 7: our healing and our restoration. In our own life, we
Speaker 7: face moments where pride isolates us, where we need to
Speaker 7: be humbled, even quarantine from the places that we've been.
Speaker 7: But God never abandons us. There is always the chance
Speaker 7: for tshuva, for returning, for rectification, for turning back, for healing.
Speaker 7: And just as Miriam experience grace from her people, we
Speaker 7: are called to extend that grace to others. When someone falls,
Speaker 7: when pride or sin takes them away from our community,
Speaker 7: do we pause and wait for their healing? Do we
Speaker 7: offer the same patience and compassion that we've seen today?
Speaker 7: Just as God waited for Miriam, he waits for us,
Speaker 7: ready to heal, ready to restore, ready to bring us back.
Speaker 7: Let us live in that truth and extend that same
Speaker 7: grace to others.
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