Haftarah Matos-Masei: The Broken Cisterns (Bein HaMitzarim)
About this episode
This episode discusses the metaphor of abandoning a land with a natural spring for one reliant on collected rainwater, highlighting the consequences of such a choice.
You abandoned land which contained a natural spring of fresh water for arid land supplied by collected rainwater only to find the cistern which was supposed to hold the water had a leak!
People in this episode
Host: Rabbi Dr. Dovid Katz
Topics covered
- Haftarah
- Matos-Masei
- Bein HaMitzarim
- spiritual lessons
- water symbolism
Keywords
- Haftarah
- Matos-Masei
- Bein HaMitzarim
- spirituality
- water
- cisterns
- Jewish history
Mentioned in this episode
Places: land, natural spring, arid land, cistern
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