The Power of Your Word: Emulating God With Absolute Truth [Parsha Power: Matos-Masei] 5785

The Power of Your Word: Emulating God With Absolute Truth [Parsha Power: Matos-Masei] 5785

From Parsha Review Podcast · Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe by TORCH

July 7, 2026 · 45 min · Season 7 · Episode 39

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Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe discusses the importance of truth and the sacredness of one's word in the context of the Torah portions Matos and Mas'ei.

In this episode of the Parsha Review Podcast, Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe explores the combined Torah portions of Matos and Mas'ei, which conclude the Book of Numbers. He highlights the turbulent history of the Jewish people in Numbers, marked by crises like the spies, Korach’s rebellion, and the Baal Peor incident, setting the stage for Deuteronomy’s review of the Torah’s teachings over Moses’ final 36 days. Rabbi Wolbe delves into Matos, which opens with the laws of oaths, emphasizing the sacredness of one’s word. He stresses that in God’s world, every spoken commitment must be fulfilled, as one’s word reflects their relationship with the divine attribute of truth ( Emet ). He shares stories of sages like Rabbi Siegel, who left a wedding early to honor a promise to a child, and Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, who, despite severe Parkinson’s, attended a bris to keep his word, illustrating the meticulous care sages took to uphold truth. Rabbi Wolbe recounts an anecdote about Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, who chose an authentic sermon over a polished one during a rabbinic interview to avoid misleading a congregation, underscoring the importance of absolute truth. The episode also covers the tribes of…

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