Aliya Summary: Moshe charges the Israelites to love and fear G‑d, and
to serve Him. He expounds on G‑d's greatness, and impresses on the
Israelites their great fortune: that G‑d has chosen them to be His
treasured nation. He again reminds them of the many miracles G‑d had
performed on their behalf since they left Egypt.
This
aliya contains the instruction to "circumcise the foreskin of your
heart" (10:16), a rather difficult assignment considering there is no
such thing. Rather, just like men are born with foreskin that needs to
be removed to "complete" the Jew, here too people are born with the
natural tendencies to follow their desires, and need to rein in those
desires by purging our hearts of certain physical tendencies. That
doesn't mean that we need to ignore our physical desires, because the
instruction is to remove the extra layer so we can get to our hearts. So
the ultimate goal is to do what's appropriate for our hearts, and the
best way to do that is to remove the physical layers that might be in
the way of that goal. How? The Passuk continues... "don't be so
stubborn!" Embrace change, grow, improve!
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