This shiur has been generously sponsored anonymously in the zechus for a refuah shleima bikarov mamash for Tema Devorah bas Zahava and Honda Gittel bas Pesha. To sponsor a shiur, Dvar Torah, Q&A or an event please email us at Nitzotzos@gmail.com This week our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora catch up to those of who live in Eretz Yisrael. The question is, what is the central theme of these two parshiyos that is appropriate to put them together? At first blush they seem to have nothing in common. Parshas Matos tells us the story of Klal Yisrael's war with Midian. Parshas Masei recalls our journeys from Mitzrayim to Eretz Yisrael. Why do we choose to connect these two parshiyos? Is it just a calendarical correction or is there an inner message we are missing? Who Is Midian? The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that Midian represents a particular personality type. Midian people are self obsessed. Midian people are not interested in serving others. They see others as pawns in their game of life. People become objects to satisfy their desires. If they fail to do so they cut them out of their lives. They do so because they're insecure. They don't have the sense of self that is necessary to let other people into their lives. Vulnerability is the birth place of connection. Without a healthy self esteem people live in fear of that vulnerbaility. They push people away with their anger before they can get hurt. At the first sign of trouble they run. For them it is a better option than fac
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