An important statement by the Sages attests that “the actions of the fathers are a sign to the children” (Sotah 34a). The thoughts, speech and actions of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs not only paved the way for their children but are archetypal in nature, engraving reality for all future generations. The words of God to Abraham, lech lecha, “go to yourself,” reveals not only a physical journey, but, also an inner journey. Similarly, every journey taken by Israel during the forty years in the desert was not just a journey from place to place but from one challenge and opportunity to another.