MIRYAM'S MERIT

Infinito Singers

Peace in Mindanao means Peace everywhere: The Song of the Well is an other great mystery and even more mysterious is the fact that this is the song that was sung by the princes of all of the tribes every time the camp would settle under Miriam’s jurisdiction and her supervision: the well, which was in her merit, the water would Spring forth at the Song of the Princes And yet, this song is not recorded for 39 years. This is taking place in the 39th year that the well, which moves about with the camp mysteriously in this rock, now, after 39 years, this song is finally recorded by the Torah, and, here, the Princes are not singing the song. All of Israel are singing this song. Why. This is a great testimony and witness to the greatness of Miriam because Miriam taught the princes who taught the people this song, and by teaching them this song, she was really teaching them the nature of the greatness of Hashem and how He is relating to them and how everything is coming from G-d and what the water is all about. It was her responsibility that she gave over to the princes. The greatest testimony to her teaching, to her influence on the people, to what she gave over to them is the fact that, now, without the Princes, all of Israel are able to sing that song and sing forth the water from the well: remembering the nakhash ~ the Great Snake that was hoisted by Moshe Rabbeinu for all to look at ~ again, a symbol of the entrance to Gan Eden parallel to the purity from death. This is our opportunity to see to it that we transform Eretz Yisra'el into Gan Eden for the whole world; hat we learn from the fabulous magnificent holy Generation of the Wilderness Desert, so we understand and bring to a beautiful climax the true legacy of Eretz Yisra'el. ~ Rabbi Chaim Richman