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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>From: Yaacov Shulman <yacovdavid@gmail.com><BR>Subject: Since
Moshe received the Torah, didn't he know that<BR> God would punish
him for hitting the rock?<BR><BR>Since Moshe received the Torah, didn't he know
that God would punish him<BR>for hitting the rock?<BR><BR>How would you answer
this question, please...?<BR><BR>-- <BR>Yaacov David
Shulman<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>He didn't receive the whole Torah all at once. The
narrative sections that occurred after Ma'amad Har Sinai were
written down piece by piece as they occurred. This also explains why he
didn't know what to answer the Bnos Tslafchad, what the meraglim would say
before he sent them out, etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>According to Rashi there is a difference of opinion about the last few
pesukim of the Torah, describing Moshe's death. One opinion is that he
wrote those pesukim just before he died, with tears flowing down his face
as he wrote them (obviously, writing the words as Hashem dictated
them); the other opinion is that Yehoshua wrote them after Moshe
died.</DIV>
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><STRONG>--Toby Katz<BR>=============</STRONG><BR>Romney -- good
values, good family, good
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