Deuteronômio 34:5 Cabalá: Zohar & Chesed LeAvraham

Said the Israelites: When we were about to enter into the land and to receive precepts of the Law, then “my beloved withdrew himself and was gone”, for “Moses the servant of the Lord died there”. “I sought him but I could not find him”, as it is written, “There arose not a prophet like Moses”. “I called him but he gave me no answer”, for there was no generation like that of Moses, one to whose voice God hearkened and for whom He did such wonders and miracles.

It is worth knowing the virtue of one who views the Land of Israel from a distance, even if they do not enter it, as the Scripture states, "If a man sees among these men the land, etc." It seems that the act of seeing has its merit, and furthermore, our teacher Moses, may peace be upon him, was granted a great elevation, close to his death, when he saw the land, as it is written, "So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor; but no man knows of his sepulcher unto this day. And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended." (Deuteronomy 34:5) This teaches us that there is some elevation even for one who sees it, even if they do not enter it.