This week we started off by discussing the purpose of a Navi. A Navi is a messenger from Hashem. The Navi will warn the people about sins, he will communicate with both G-d and the people, and he will tell Bnei Yisrael about reward and punishment. The navi was also a fortune teller; he would tell the future. Not everyone of Bnei Yisrael had the ability to withstand the power of G-d's speech. Therefore, a Navi was put it place as the representative to communicate with G-d for the people. Moshe explained that just like he was there to serve as the "middle man" between the Jews and Hashem, the Navi would be put there as that "middle man." The Navi needs to be wise, excellent character, he would need to be unable to be led astray by outside influences, and he must have a broad knowledge. A person recieves Nevuah for himself, for other people-tell them what to do or stop them from doing something bad. The Neviim were not there to give laws to the people.
Then we started to learn about the laws of the kings. A king must be a Jewish person. They are not allowed to have too many horses or follow in the ways of the Mitzrim. They are not allowed to ave too many wives that might lead him astray from the laws to Hashem. He must also not have too much money. The reason the king has these restrictions is to keep him grounded-having all these things might cause the king to forget Hashem and forget their role instead of recognizing that Hashem is the one being their success. The King should write a Sefer Torah and he must carry it with him dn read from it everyday. They must realize that Hashem is in control. They have to realize that they have a mission-they must fear G-d and they must do the Mitzvot.
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