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Singing for the Torah the well – but rather about Torah, which is compared to wa- ter. Just as water is vital for physical subsistence, Torah is Eli Mansour vital for spiritual subsistence. Beneh Yisrael failed to sing a song of joy and praise at the time of Matan Torah, but they did so now, forty years later. We read in Parashat Hukat of the song which Beneh Yisrael sung for the mi- raculous well which G-d provided for The Or Ha’hayim does not explain why this song was sung them throughout the years in the desert so they would have specifically now. What caused Beneh Yisrael to suddenly fresh drinking water (21:17-20). Earlier, the Torah relates erupt in joyous singing over the precious gift of the Torah? that after Miriam passed away, the nation suddenly found itself without water (20:1-2), and the Gemara (Ta’anit 9a) explains that the well had been provided in the merit of Mir- Rav Haim Vital (1542-1620), the closest and most famous iam, such that after her passing, the people no longer had disciple of the Arizal (Rav Yishak Luria, 1534-1572), relates water. Nevertheless, in the merit of Moshe, it was restored. that the first day he spent learning from the Arizal, he was taught so much profound information that he could not re- tain it all. When they met the next day, he asked the Arizal if The Or Ha’hayim Ha’kadosh (Rav Haim Ben-Attar, 1696- he could briefly review what they had learned the previous 1743) raises the question of why Beneh Yisrael sang a spe- day, because he could not remember all the material. The cial song for this miracle, but not for the other two miracles Arizal brought his student into the Kinneret Lake, took some which were performed for them throughout their years in the water, and gave it to Rav Haim Vital to drink. He explained desert – the manna, and the "clouds of glory." They needed that the Kinneret contains water from the "Be’erah Shel Mir- the manna for food, and they needed the clouds for protec- iam," the special well which accompanied Beneh Yisrael in tion from hostile enemies, wild animals, and the elements the desert in Miriam’s merit. This water has special pow- – just as they needed the well for water. Why, then, did they ers, enabling those who drink it to absorb and retain Torah sing a special song for the well, but not for the manna or the knowledge. In fact, this is how Beneh Yisrael were able to clouds? learn and commit to memory the entire Torah which they learned from Moshe in the wilderness – because the water they drank was from this miraculous well, which impacted The Or Ha’hayim explains that in truth, this song is not about

1 their souls such that they could assimilate and remember Torah. Hashem instructed Moshe and Aharon to produce water through their words of prayer. Moshe realized, however, that only those who placed their trust in the religious lead- When Miriam died and the well was taken away, Beneh ers could benefit from these prayers. Those who denied the Yisrael lost this special power. They were no longer able power of Moshe and Ah