Beha'alotcha - בהעלתך : "When you set up"
Torah : Numbers 8:1-12:16
Haftarah : Zechariah 2:10-4:7
Gospel : John 5, 6

Thought for the Week:

Moses cried out, "Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?" (Numbers 11:11). Moses was exhausted with the ceaseless grumbling and complaining of the people. He said, "I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me" (Numbers 11:14). Ironically, Moses himself became a complainer. He was complaining about people always complaining. In so doing, he became the very thing he criticized.

Commentary:

The LORD said to Moses, "Is the LORD'S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not." (Numbers 11:23)

Moses was depressed. Depression is the enemy of faith. Depression and self-pity create a spiritual blindness. When Moses allowed himself to be overcome by the pressures and stresses of his responsibilities, he slipped into despondency and temporarily went spiritually blind. He seems to have momentarily forgotten who God is and what God had done in the past.

The LORD told Moses that He would provide Israel with a month's sup...