Dvar Torah Parshas Nasso

 Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi Ben R'Yisroel Menachem........

In perek heh posuk tes vav the posuk speaks about the karbon that a sotah brings and it says ''vlo yitein alav lvona'' and he(her husband who brings the karbon for her) shall not put frankincense upon it. Rashi says the reason for not putting frankincense on the karbon is because the imahos are called ''frankincense'' and she was poiresh from their ways. Its mashma from Rashi that the tvia on the sotah was that she was poiresh from the derech of the imahos and did not act in their ways. The Rosh Yeshiva ztl asks even tremendous women who were extremely great didn't reach the level of the imahos so what type of tvia is that on the sotah? If anything the tvia should be,that she very possibly didn't one of the three aveiros that are ye'harag val ya'avor? He answers that the tvia on the sotah is not that she did not reach the level of the imahos rather the taayna on her is that she did not
 aspire to be like them. As we see from the lashon of Rashi ''V'hi Pirsha Midarcheihen" that she separated from their ways and did not aspire to be like them,and the Torah had a taayna on her for that because that was the beginning of the chet. Had she aspired and pushed herself to be like the imahos,granted she would not have become as great,but she cause herself to be on a high enough level to stay away from falling into such an aveira. This is a tremendous lesson for us. We have to always aspire to be like our forefathers "masai yegiyoi maaisei lmaaisei avosi'' Although we can not reach their level it will cause us to grow in the way that we can and keep us away from doing things beneath us. Reach for the stars, you WILL get rim!!!!!! Good Shabbos