פרשת כי תבוא - סוד התיקון

The Torah portion of Ki Tavo begins with "וְהָיָה כִּי תָבוֹא אֶל הָאָרֶץ" - "And it shall be (v'hayah) when you come into the land..." (Deuteronomy 26:1). The Sages teach that v'hayah signals joy, yet this raises a paradox: How could the Jewish people rejoice entering the land while Moses, their leader, remained behind? The Ari (Etz Chaim, Gate 31, Ch. 1) reveals that the desert generation was spiritually incorporated within Moses himself - as the verse states, "Six hundred thousand on foot are the people in whose midst I am" (Numbers 11:21). They weren't merely accompanied by him but fundamentally connected to his spiritual essence. This makes their joy at entering without him even more puzzling, especially given their earlier refusal to fight Midian when they learned it would hasten his death. The verse presents additional difficulties that demand explanation. First, there's an apparent legal contradiction: God "gives" (noten - present tense) the land, yet immediately states "you shall inherit it" (virishtah). The Shulchan Aruch (Choshen Mishpat 281:7) rules explicitly that a gift given in the language of inheritance is legally void - the two categories are mutually exclusive in Jewish law. Moreover, this raises a theological question: Didn't God already promise the land to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an irrevocable oath? As it states (Genesis 15:18): "On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abraham, saying, 'To your descendants I have given this land.'" The promise was sealed and delivered generations ago. Why then does the Torah repeatedly use the present tense - "God gives you" - as if it's a new gift being granted now? This formulation appears not just here but throughout Deuteronomy (Deut. 4:1, 4:40, 5:31, 11:31, and many others). "In this Shiur, we will explore the profound essence of Rosh Hashanah and the commandment of Shofar, examining the unique gift and opportunity this day presents to us, and discovering whether we should approach this solemn day with trepidation or celebration—or perhaps both." Shiur delivered by Rabbi Fridmann, Badatz Miami – www.badatzmiami.com