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Chapter 6; v.27
כז . הֵם הַֽמְדַבְּרִים אֶל־פַּרְעֹה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם לְהוֹצִיא אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם הוּא מֹשֶׁה וְאַֽהֲרֹֽן
- These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the people of Israel from Egypt; these are Moses and Aaron.
Rabbi Samuel Mohilever was asked: “Why was it necessary to have two messengers (Moses and Aaron) to bring Israel out of Egypt? Would it not have been enough with one?”
He said: “In the future redemption, two Messiahs will also be required for Israel – first the Messiah the son of Joseph and after him the Messiah the son of David”.
He was asked further: “You have added to the question. What is the answer?”
He replied: “One is to take the people of Israel out of the Exile and the other is to take the Exile out of the people of Israel!” (Al HaTorah- Rabbi Mordekhai HaCohen)
שאלו את רבי שמואל מוהליבר: למה היה צורך בשני שליחים להוציא את ישראל ממצרים – וכי לא היה סגי באחד? אמר להם: גם בגאולה העתידה עתידים לעמוד לישראל שני משיחים, תחילה משיח בן יוסף ואחריו משיח בן דוד. אמרו לו: אדרבה, רבינו, הוסיף קושיא; יוסיף גם תירוץ. אמר להם: אחד להוציא את ישראל מן הגלות ואחד שיוציא את הגלות מישראל.
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Chapter 6; v.8
וְהֵֽבֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתִי אֶת־יָדִי לָתֵת אֹתָהּ לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַֽעֲקֹב וְנָֽתַתִּי אֹתָהּ לָכֶם מֽוֹרָשָׁה אֲנִי יְהוָֹֽה
And I will bring you in to the land, concerning which I swore to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage; I am the Lord.
The Hebrew term מורשה, “heritage,” occurs twice in the Torah. Once instance is the Pasuk cited above, referring to the Land of Israel, and the other is in Deut. 33:4 referring to the Torah.
This teaches us that our heritage, represented by the Land of Israel, can remain ours only if we conduct ourselves in the Land according to the code of conduct specified in the Torah. Without the Torah, the Land of Israel cannot survive, as it is written in Psalms: “And He will give to them the lands of the nations so that they may keep His statutes.” (Yalkut Chadash)