Parashat Pinhas: How Moses ended his role as leader of the Jewish people
God informs Moses: Your role is over. You have led the people faithfully for the past 40 years, and now, just before the people reach their destination and enter the Land of Israel, must step aside.
THE END of Moses’s role was not a failure but the conquest of another peak. Pictured: Mount Everest.(photo credit: Phunjo Lama/AFP via Getty Images)ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ