Parashat Chukat: The Message of the Copper Serpent

Posted on July 2, 2008
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When jews were complaining bitterly about, of all things, the miraculous manna that had sustained them for nearly 40 years, HaShem, in response, sent snakes that killed some and poisoned others. But He simultaneously provided a cure for the snakebites in the form of a copper serpent mounted on a pole. In this class we will examine this extraordinary story in depth and see how the purpose of the copper serpent was to enable them and us to ultimately see the good in everything.