[Avodah] who is to blame??; re:moshe rabeinu and Eretz Yisrael????

[Zev Sero]

Harvey Benton wrote:
> rtk: It was B'Y's fault that Moshe lost his temper.  If they hadn't 
> provoked him he never would have hit the rock.
> 
> Hb:yet why did moshe make a complete distinction from what Hashem had 
> told him was the explicit reason Moshe couldn't enter EYisrael?????????
> We are called anshei emes, a leader like moshe (of a nation called 
> anshei emes) shouldn't change what Hashem explicity told him (unless 
> Hashem agreed to the second version that we have in Dvarim)   


Because it was just an excuse.  Teriveihu al mei merivah.

> On the topic of changes..... we are also told also that Moshe changed a 
> large aleph to a small one....against Hashem's will.........hb

Huh?  Where are we told such a thing?


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