# <![CDATA[Why So Harsh?]]>

From **Online Torah Classes with Rabbi Mendy Goldberg** by R Mendy Goldberg.

- **Published:** Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:26:59 GMT
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<![CDATA[<p>CHUKAS</p><p>Why So Harsh?</p><p><br></p><p>In the Torah Reading of Chukat, Moshe and Aron are punished that they will not enter the land Israel. Their sin, hitting the rock to give water to the Jewish people. </p><p>Why so harsh, everyone else can do Teshuvah, repentance, why were Moshe and Aharon not afforded the same opportunity?</p><p>Why was G-d insistent that Moshe not enter the land of Israel?</p><p><br></p>
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