Numbers 30:2-32:42 from 16 July till 22 July 2023 אֶ֚לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֔ה אֶ֖לֶף לַמַּטֶּ֑ה לְכֹל֙ מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תִּשְׁלְח֖וּ לַצָּבָֽא׃ “A thousand from a tribe, a thousand from a tribe, for all the tribes of Israel shall you send to the legion” (Numbers 31:4) When the Tenach gives an apparent repetition, it… Read More »Parshat Matot – Unity in Intellect and Emotion
Numbers 19:1-22:1 2 July till 8 July 2023 לָכֵ֖ן אֱמֹ֑ר הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֥ן ל֛וֹ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י שָׁלֽוֹם׃ “Say, therefore, ‘I grant him My pact of friendship.” (Numbers 19:2) Hashem gives his pact of friendship to Pinchas. Pinchas – see verse 11 – is the grandson of Aaron, belonging to the tribe of Levi.… Read More »Parshat Pinchas – Zeal Good or Evil
עֲשָׂרָה דְבָרִים נִבְרְאוּ בְּעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת בֵּין הַשְּׁמָשׁוֹת, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, פִּי הָאָרֶץ, וּפִי הַבְּאֵר, וּפִי הָאָתוֹן, וְהַקֶּשֶׁת, וְהַמָּן, וְהַמַּטֶּה, וְהַשָּׁמִיר, וְהַכְּתָב, וְהַמִּכְתָּב, וְהַלּוּחוֹת. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, אַף הַמַּזִּיקִין, וּקְבוּרָתוֹ שֶׁל משֶׁה, וְאֵילוֹ שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, אַף צְבָת בִּצְבָת עֲשׂוּיָה Ten things were created on the eve of the Sabbath at… Read More »Parshat Balak – The Speaking Donkey
Numbers 19:1-22:1 from 25 June till 1 July 2023 וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מֹשֶׁה֙ נְחַ֣שׁ נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ עַל־הַנֵּ֑ס וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ הַנָּחָשׁ֙ אֶת־אִ֔ישׁ וְהִבִּ֛יט אֶל־נְחַ֥שׁ הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת וָחָֽי׃ Moses made a copper serpent and mounted it on a standard; and when bitten by a serpent, anyone who looked at the copper serpent would recover. Numbers… Read More »Parshat Chukat – The Snakes
בס”ד Numbers 16:1-18:32 from 18 June till 24 June 2023 (Outside of Israel) וְאִם־בְּרִיאָ֞ה יִבְרָ֣א ה ‘וּפָצְתָ֨ה הָאֲדָמָ֤ה אֶת־פִּ֙יהָ֙ וּבָלְעָ֤ה אֹתָם֙ וְאֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָהֶ֔ם וְיָרְד֥וּ חַיִּ֖ים שְׁאֹ֑לָה וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֧י נִֽאֲצ֛וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה אֶת־ ה ‘׃ But if God creates a new creation, namely, that the earth opens its mouth, swallows them and all that is… Read More »What Made Korach’s Sin so Severe?
Both Moses and Joshua sent spies to the land before they wanted to enter it. The spies sent by Moses led to 10 of the 12 spies giving a report which made the people not want to enter the land. After the spies sent by Joshua, the people entered the… Read More »Parshat Shlach – The difference between the Spies of Moses and Joshua
Numbers 13:1–15:41 from 11 June till 17 June 2023 וּרְאִיתֶ֥ם אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ מַה־הִ֑וא וְאֶת־הָעָם֙ הַיֹּשֵׁ֣ב עָלֶ֔יהָ הֶחָזָ֥ק הוּא֙ הֲרָפֶ֔ה הַמְעַ֥ט ה֖וּא אִם־רָֽב׃ and see what kind of country it is. Are the people who dwell in it strong or weak, few or many? וּמָ֣ה הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּ֔הּ הֲטוֹבָ֥ה הִ֖וא אִם־רָעָ֑ה… Read More »Parshat Shlach Lecha – How is the Land?
Numbers 8:1-12:16 from 4 June till 10 June דַּבֵּר֙ אֶֽל־אַהֲרֹ֔ן וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ אֵלָ֑יו בְּהַעֲלֹֽתְךָ֙ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹ֔ת אֶל־מוּל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמְּנוֹרָ֔ה יָאִ֖ירוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת הַנֵּרֽוֹת׃ 2 “Speak to Aaron and say to him: ‘The spouts of the Candelabrum’s lamps face its central shaft. When you ascend the stool in front of the Candelabrum in order to kindle the… Read More »Parshat Beha’alotecha – The Wick must Burn on its Own
Numbers 4:21-7:89 from 21 May till 27 May נָשֹׂ֗א אֶת־רֹ֛אשׁ בְּנֵ֥י גֵרְשׁ֖וֹן גַּם־הֵ֑ם לְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral house and by their clans.[1] We are still counting. Bamidbar ended with the counting of the sons of Kehat and here we continue with… Read More »Parshat Naso – Connection to Torah, leads to Mitzvot
Bamidbar 1:1 – 4:20 from 14 May till 20 May וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֛ה בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר סִינַ֖י בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד בְּאֶחָד֩ לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֜י בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית לְצֵאתָ֛ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לֵאמֹֽר׃ On the first day of the second month, in the second year following the exodus from the land of Egypt, יהוה spoke to Moses… Read More »Parshat Bamidbar
