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Or HaChaim on Deuteronomy 32:52/אור החיים על דברים ל״ב:נ״ב
אכִּי מִנֶּגֶד תִּרְאֶה וְגוֹ׳. פֵּרוּשׁ עַל דֶּרֶךְ אָמְרוֹ (דברים ל״ד:א) ״וַיַּרְאֵהוּ ה׳ אֶת כָּל הָאָרֶץ״, וְעַיֵּין מַה שֶּׁפֵּירַשְׁתִּי שָׁם.
1 כי מגגד תראה את הארץ, "For you will see the land from a distance, etc." The meaning of the verse is similar to 34,1 "He showed him the entire land." Please study my commentary on that verse.
בוְשָׁמָּה לֹא תָבוֹא אֶל הָאָרֶץ וְגוֹ׳. קָשֶׁה, אַחַר שֶׁאָמַר ״וְשָׁמָּה לֹא תָבוֹא״, מַה מָקוֹם לַחְזוֹר וְלוֹמַר ״אֶל הָאָרֶץ״ וְגוֹ׳? וְיִתְבָּאֵר עַל דֶּרֶךְ אָמְרָם זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (דברים רבה ב,ט) שֶׁעָתִיד מֹשֶׁה לִכָּנֵס לָאָרֶץ עִם הָאָבוֹת לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא, וְאָמְרוּ בַּזֹּהַר (חלק ב קכ.) כִּי הוּא יָבִיא אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל הָאָרֶץ בְּבֹא גְּאֻלָּתָם. וְלָזֶה כְּשֶׁאָמַר ה׳ ״וְשָׁמָּה לֹא תָבוֹא״ חָשׁ שֶׁיִּהְיוּ הַדְּבָרִים נִשְׁמָעִים שֶׁמַּחְלִיט לוֹ בִּיאַת הָאָרֶץ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד, לָזֶה אָמַר ״אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נוֹתֵן״ וְגוֹ׳ פֵּרוּשׁ, עַתָּה, וְלֹא אֶל אֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן לֶעָתִיד. וְעַיֵּן מַה שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי בְּפָסוּק (דברים ג,כה) ״אֶעְבְּרָה נָּא״.
2ושמה לא תבא, "but you will not enter there." It is difficult to understand why, after having already told Moses that he would not enter the land, the Torah would repeat the words "to the land, etc." Perhaps we can best understand this by a reference to Devarim Rabbah 2 that in the future Moses together with the patriarchs would enter the Holy Land. In the Zohar volume two page 120 it is stated that Moses would appear at the head of this whole generation of Israelites who had perished in the desert when the redemption would take place. This is why when the Torah said: "you will not enter there," G'd was afraid that anyone who heard this would conclude that Moses would never enter the Holy Land. By limiting the denial of Moses' entrance to "the land which I am about to give to the children of Israel," G'd corrected such an impression, and made certain that the people understood that Moses was only denied entry at this time (compare my comments on Deut. 3,25: "please let me cross").
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