250609.Bamidbar - Beha'alot'cha - ver15-17

Beha'alot'cha: Verse 15

תָּא חֲזֵי, מֶלֶךְ בָּ"וָ, לָאו יְקָרָא דִּילֵיהּ הוּא, לְאִשְׁתָּעֵי מִלָּה דְּהֶדְיוֹטָא, כ"ש לְמִכְתַּב לֵיהּ, וְאִי סָלִיק בְּדַעְתָּךְ, דְּמַלְכָּא עִלָּאָה קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, לָא הֲווֹ לֵיהּ מִלִּין קַדִּישִׁין, לְמִכְתַּב וּלְמֶעְבַּד מִנַּיְיהוּ אוֹרַיְיתָא, אֶלָּא דְּאִיהוּ כָּנִישׁ כָּל מִלִּין דְּהֶדְיוֹטִין, כְּגוֹן מִלִּין דְּעֵשָׂו. מִלִּין דְּהָגָר. מִלִּין דְּלָבָן בְּיַעֲקֹב. מִלִּין דְּאָתוּן. מִלִּין דְּבִלְעָם. מִלִּין דְּבָלָק. מִלִּין דְּזִמְרִי. וְכָנִישׁ לְהוּ, וְכָל שְׁאָר סִפּוּרִין דִּכְתִּיבִין, וְעָבֵיד מִנַּיְיהוּ אוֹרַיְיתָא.

Come and behold: there is a king of flesh and blood. It is no honor for him to have simple talk and, most certainly, to write these simple things down. Could you imagine if the exalted King, the Holy One, blessed be He, had no holy things to write about with which to produce the Torah, but He merely gathered all the simplest matters, such as: the utterings of Esau; the utterings of Hagar; the utterings of Laban to Jacob; the utterings of the mule; the utterings of Bilaam; the utterings of Balak and the utterings of Zimri. And then He gathered them and all the stories that were written and made a Torah out of them.

Beha'alot'cha: Verse 16

אִי הָכִי, אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת, תּוֹרַת יְיָ' תְּמִימָה, עֵדוּת יְיָ' נֶאֱמָנָה, פִּקּוּדֵי יְיָ' יְשָׁרִים , מִצְוַת יְיָ' בָּרָה, יִרְאַת יְיָ' טְהוֹרָה, מִשְׁפְּטֵי יְיָ' אֱמֶת, וּכְתִיב הַנֶּחֱמָדִים מִזָּהָב וּמִפָּז רָב. אִלֵּין אִינּוּן מִלֵּי דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא. אֶלָּא וַדַּאי אוֹרַיְיתָא קַדִּישָׁא עִלָּאָה, אִיהוּ אוֹרַיְיתָא דִּקְשׁוֹט, תּוֹרַת יְיָ' תְּמִימָה. וְכָל מִלָּה וּמִלָּה, אַתְיָיא לְאַחֲזָאָה מִלִּין עִלָּאִין, דְּהַהוּא מִלָּה דְּהַהוּא סִפּוּר, לָאו לְאַחֲזָאָה עַל גַּרְמֵיהּ בִּלְבַד קָא אָתֵיא, אֶלָּא לְאַחֲזָאָה עַל הַהוּא כְּלָלָא קָאֲתֵי, כְּמָה דְּאוֹקִימְנָא.

If so, why is it referred to as "the Torah of Truth" (Malachi 2:6)? "The Torah of Hashem is perfect...the testimony of Hashem is sure... The statutes of Hashem are right...the commandment of Hashem is pure... The fear of Hashem is clean...the Judgments of Hashem are True... More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold" (Tehilim 19:8-11); these words refer to Torah matters. Most certainly, the holy loftiest Torah is a Torah of Truth, since "the Torah of Hashem is perfect." Every individual word comes to designate the highest things, since that specific matter which is in a story is not here to teach about itself alone, but rather to imply the overall aspect, as we have explained.