A Father Recounts the Stages of His Sick Son's Journey Home

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Masei 2:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

[(Numbers 33:1:) "These are the stages."] A parable: to a king whose son was ill. He brought him to another place to heal him. When they were returning, his father began to recount the stages: "Here we slept; here we caught a chill; here you had pain in your head." So too the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses: Recount for them all the places where they provoked Me to anger. Therefore it is said, "These are the stages" (Numbers 33:1).

Themes

HealingKingsAdam EveWisdomExodus

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