The Ninth section of the Chumash of Deuteronomy is the shortest of all the portions in the whole Torah with just 30 verses, said by Moses on the day he is to leave this physical world. Moses installed Joshua as his successor, continuing with how Moses wrote down the Torah and commanded the Jewish people to assemble every seven years to hear it read in the holy Temple.
Moses told the people…”Today I am exactly 120 years old.” (31:2)
The fact that Moses’ last year of his life was not left unfinished, indicates that he lived his life to the fullest, wasting no time or leaving undone any part of the task with which he was charged.
The fact that Moses’ physical life so perfectly mirrored his spiritual life indicated that he successfully overcame the division between his physical and spiritual life. His spiritual perfection was mirrored in this manifestation of physical perfection.
Moses life should inspire us to live our life to the fullest, the consciousness of our Divine mission permeating every minute and every item in our lives. When we do so, we dissolve the artificial division of spiritual and physical, revealing the innate Divinity underlying all reality.
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