Why did Moshe Rabbeinu so desire to enter Eretz Yisrael? Surely it was not in order to eat its fruits and enjoy its goodness!

Thus reasoned Moshe: Many of the mitzvot which the Jews have been commanded can be fulfilled only in Eretz Yisrael. I therefore pray to God to allow me to enter the Land so that I will be able to fulfill all of them.

(Mesechta Sotah 14a )

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