In this week's Torah portion Moses recounts the 42 journeys that the Israelites made in the desert.
The Baal Shem Tov, the famous Chassidic master, taught that these journeys are not to be regarded as merely a matter of history, but rather they map the story of our own lives. Our soul is sent down to earth with the intention for us to achieve personal spiritual progress, to grow and accomplish in a series of journeys, starting with going out of the boundaries of Egypt until arriving into the Promised Land.