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Memories Inspired
By Names In Torah

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Parshat Masei: Numbers 33:1-36:13;
Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4.

he Torah is full of what we
might call "minor characters"
— people whose names are
mentioned just in passing.
They may be minor characters but
once or twice a year, their
names are read publicly
during the reading of the
Torah. That presents the
possibility that someone in
the congregation is going
to hear the name and be
moved to say to the person
sitting next to them in shul:
"I knew someone by that
name:' And, if prompted, a
story about who that person
was and why he or she is
remembered will undoubt-
edly follow.
That brings us to parshat Masei. It
is not the most exciting parshah in
the Torah, but it is one of my favorites
because of the repeated phrase: The
Israelites left such-and-such place and
camped in such-and-such place:'
It is repeated over and over again,
and I love reading it because it
reminds me of my love for travel and
how much I love to camp (well, actu-
ally stay in a hotel) in such-and-such
place before moving on to the next
place. My favorite trips involve travel-
ing from place-to-place, stopping for a
short time and moving on.
Most of the places in parshat Masei
are not interesting to me in and of
themselves. I have no way to relate to
them, so it is only the action of travel-
ing that interests me.
But, there is one exception. In
Numbers 33:33, we read: "They left
Hor Hagidgad and camped in Yotvata."
And it is here that I invariably elbow
the person next to me on the bimah
and say: "Yotvata! Did I ever tell you
about the chocolate milk I had in

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And, I'm sure I'm not alone.
Many of us have cherished memo-
ries of even a quick stopover at
Kibbutz Yotvata in the southern Negev
where, in the middle of a
blazing desert, you can buy
and drink the most deli-
cious chocolate milk fresh
from the kibbutz dairy.
Even thinking about it
makes me thirsty.
But, this piece is not real-
ly about chocolate milk.
It is about the power of
place in our memory.
Names of people can
certainly inspire intense
memories that bring a smile
or a tear. But, place names can do the
same. And, sometimes those memories
can be extraordinarily powerful and can
last a lifetime.
I have not been back to Yotvata since
I was a student traveling on a camping
trip to the Sinai Desert in 1979 with
my rabbinical school colleagues. But,
the memory of the taste of that milk
still is strong after so many years.
Such is the power of memory.
The Torah is the record of the col-
lective memory of our people but,
occasionally, a word, a name or a place
will tap into our personal memory
bank. The Torah then becomes even
more our own, and we feel compelled
to share it with others.
May we always find such per-
sonal meaning and revel in everyone's
Torah-inspired stories of memory.

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