[Avodah] Moshe Rabeinu's stuttering

[Marty Bluke]

How could the adon haneviim stutter? The Rambam (Mamrim 7:2) writes that a
Navi has to be shalem b'gufu, if Moshe had a phsyical defect he should have
been unable to become a Navi at all.

To answer this I heard the following from R' CY Goldvicht. The Targum
translates the words vayehi adam l'nefesh chaya, that Adam was a ruach
memal'la. What distinguishes man from animal is the ability to speak. Speech
is a chibur between the gashmiyus of the body and the ruchnius of the
nefesh. Moshe Rabbenu stuttered because he was so ruchani that this
connection was weak and therefore he could not speak well. He did not have a
phsyical defect. This is why Moshe could not enter Eretz Yisrael as well. EY
is supposed to be the place where we create a chibur between ruchniyos and
gashmiyos be living a life of teva while doing mitzvos. Moshe Rabbenu was
too ruchani for this role.
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