At Succoth, the first Tachana after 5751, the Erev Rav grabbed power. We shall give Land for peace - said Peres and friends.
At Pi Hachirot, three Tachanot after 5751, Israel rebelled irreversibly, or so it seemed. We dared to ask: For what purpose did we get this Land? Why would we suffer? And we gave of the Land to the evil one who until then resided in Tunis.
At Rephidim, 10 Tachanot after 5751, Amalek attacked. We called it Intifada and continued to rebel.
On the positive side, at Kivrot HaTa'avah, 12 Tachanot after 5751, the first Samuch of the primordial Sanhedrin was chosen.
At Ritma, 14 Tachanot after 5751, we conspired, led by those who do not see and hear, by those who do not want to see and do not want to hear, by those who feared to loose their crowns. We exposed our hatred for the faithful, despised the Land. We repeated the Sin of the Spies.
At Rimon Peretz, 15 Tachanot after 5751, Ramon and Peretz thought they had power. To save the day after the Sin, a failed war was initiated by the Ma'apilim of our days.
At Livnah, 16 Tachanot after 5751, Livni started thinking she could rise to power.
At Risah, 17 Tachanot after 5751, Rice thought to corner Israel in Annapolis.
At Kehilata, 18 Tachanot after 5751, the evil congregation of Korach went all the way, and fell (see Ba'al HaTurim). So did Kadima.
There will be 42 Tachanot, but we do not have to behave like robots. We can do Teshuva. We can acknowledge our sins. We can rectify our mistakes. We can straigthen our hearts. We can love. We can be moral. We can be faithful. We can be holy.
We can seek the truth and serve HaShem.
נכרים דברי אמת, ואמת חותמו של הקב"ה
P.S. A reader of this blog made this very useful spreadsheet about the Tachanot of Parshat Masei. Thanks.
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