(English translation below)<\/p>\n
Parashat Behaalotj\u00e1 nos cuenta c\u00f3mo despu\u00e9s de un largo per\u00edodo de m\u00e1s de dos a\u00f1os, los israelitas por fin abandonan el Sinai e inician su viaje con el objetivo de dirigirse a la Tierra Prometida, a \u00c9retz Israel. Viajaban acompa\u00f1ados por la Shejin\u00e1, expresi\u00f3n de la Presencia Divina en forma de nube durante el d\u00eda y columna de fuego durante la noche. Tambi\u00e9n leemos c\u00f3mo de manera inmediata que se separaron de la monta\u00f1a empezaron a quejarse y murmurar contra Mosh\u00e9. Dos tr\u00e1gicos episodios suceden:
\nTaver\u00e1 (incendio): Am Israel se queja, seg\u00fan los comentaristas, de la vida en el desierto y la a\u00f1oranza por la opulencia de Egipto; como consecuencia un incendio devastador se desata provocando la destrucci\u00f3n de parte del campamento.<\/p>\n
Kivrot HaTaav\u00e1 (los sepulcros de la lujuria): El pueblo reniega del milagroso alimento Man\u00e1 y pide carne, entonces D\u2019os env\u00eda codornices al campamento. Al ver la lujuria y la gula con que muchos del campamento comen, se desata una plaga y muchos mueren.<\/p>\n
El Midrash Sifrei hace un reproche a los Bnei Israel por haberse separado del Sinai \u201ccomo un ni\u00f1o que huye de la escuela\u201d. La Tor\u00e1 parece estarnos ense\u00f1ando una lecci\u00f3n muy valiosa en esta escalada de acontecimientos. El Sinai representa la Tor\u00e1, la instrucci\u00f3n Divina, el permanecer cercano a la luz revelada y altos niveles espirituales. Simb\u00f3licamente, haber abandonado el Sinai provoc\u00f3 su decadencia espiritual y cometieron dos grandes pecados, no ser agradecidos y desear con lujuria.<\/p>\n
Cada vez que en nuestras vidas nos alejamos de la fuente de inspiraci\u00f3n, abandonamos la Tor\u00e1 y no dedicamos tiempo a alimentar nuestra espiritualidad, poco a poco vamos perdiendo el norte y nos extraviamos en un desierto lleno de incertidumbre, pesimismo, superficialidad y depresi\u00f3n. La persona espiritual es agradecida, mir\u00e1 y aprecia lo que tiene y es feliz y abundante con ello, pero quien est\u00e1 lejos empezar\u00e1 a vivir observando las carencias, viviendo en escasez a tal punto que terminar\u00e1 provocando que todo lo que s\u00ed tiene sea consumido por el fuego de la negatividad. El siguiente paso que contin\u00faa al sentimiento de carencia, es uno mucho peor, el deseo desenfrenado o la lujuria, que no es m\u00e1s que el enga\u00f1o de creer que ese algo que me produce placer lograr\u00e1 llenar el vac\u00edo que yo mismo he creado con mi falta de agradecimiento. Y el final inevitable de quien se deja consumir en cualquier vicio es la muerte, f\u00edsica y\/o espiritual.<\/p>\n
Para ser personas plenas y felices, con sentido de prop\u00f3sito, debemos permanecer cerca del Sinai, de ese lugar en donde podemos escuchar la voz de D\u2019os interviniendo en todos los aspectos de nuestra vida.<\/p>\n
Shabat Shalom umevorach!
\nRab. Sem. Dr. Yaakov Rodr\u00edguez<\/p>\n
Leaving Sinai<\/strong><\/p>\n Parashat Beha\u2019alotcha tells us how, after a long period of more than two years, the Israelites finally leave Mount Sinai and begin their journey toward the Promised Land\u2014Eretz Israel. They travel accompanied by the Shekhinah, the manifestation of the Divine Presence, which appeared as a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. We also read how immediately after departing from the mountain, they began to complain and murmur against Moshe. Two tragic events unfold: Am Yisrael complains\u2014according to the commentators\u2014about life in the desert and their longing for the opulence of Egypt. As a result, a devastating fire breaks out, destroying part of the camp. The people reject the miraculous Manna and demand meat. God sends quails into the camp, but when He sees the lust and gluttony with which many consume them, a plague breaks out and many perish.<\/p>\n The Midrash Sifrei rebukes Bnei Yisrael for leaving Sinai \u201clike a child running away from school.\u201d The Torah seems to be teaching us a profound lesson through this escalation of events. Sinai represents the Torah\u2014the Divine Instruction\u2014the state of being close to revealed light and high levels of spirituality. Symbolically, having left Sinai led to spiritual decline, and the people committed two major sins: ingratitude and lustful desire.<\/p>\n Every time we distance ourselves from the source of inspiration\u2014when we abandon the Torah and fail to nurture our spirituality\u2014we gradually lose our direction. We become lost in a desert filled with uncertainty, pessimism, superficiality, and depression. A spiritual person is grateful, sees and appreciates what they have, and experiences happiness and abundance through it. But one who is distant from that path begins to perceive only what is lacking, living in scarcity to the point that everything they do have is eventually consumed by the fire of negativity.<\/p>\n The next step after a sense of lack is something far worse\u2014uncontrolled desire or lust. This is nothing more than the illusion that something which brings me pleasure will fill the void I myself created through my lack of gratitude. And the inevitable end for someone consumed by any kind of addiction is death\u2014either physical or spiritual.<\/p>\n To live fulfilled and meaningful lives, we must remain close to Sinai\u2014that sacred space where we can hear the voice of G\u2019d echoing through every aspect of our lives.<\/p>\n Shabbat Shalom umevorach!<\/p>\n Rabbi Seminarist Dr. Yaakov Rodr\u00edguez<\/p>",
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\nTaverah (Conflagration):<\/p>\n
\nKivrot HaTaavah (Graves of Lust):<\/p>\n