„Every new state requires safeguarding... And when you set out on the…”

In Parashat Masei, the points of the journeys of the people of Israel in the wilderness are recorded. Rav Kook writes about the need for the Wayfarer's Prayer, not only as protection from the dangers of the road, but also as protection of a person's soul from the changes the road brings with it. "How many people have had the level of their morality lowered by the changing of their places." And the prayer is that, despite the departure from our base of comfort, we will succeed in remaining at our moral and ethical level.