<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Yaacov Shulman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yacovdavid@gmail.com" target="_blank">yacovdavid@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Since Moshe received the Torah, didn't he know that God would punish him for hitting the rock?<br><br>How would you answer this question, please...?</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">
The same question could be asked for many things. "How could Moshe have sent the spies?"</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div>The Torah as a written document was given over the duration of the travels in the desert. The actual halachot were given to Moshe on Har Sinai.<div>
<br></div><div>Kol Tuv,</div><div>Liron </div></div>
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