Parshat Sh’lach – Humility and the Land of Israel
The connection between the Land of Israel and the trait of humility.
Category: Bamidbar
Parshat Behaalotcha – Free Choice
Free choice and determinism
Parshat Behaalotcha – The Most Humble Man Who Ever Lived
Moshe was the most humble man of all time.
Parshat Beha’alotcha – When the Ark Traveled
By Rabbi Dovid Markel One of the many themes of this week’s parsha are two verses that do not seem to fit into the narrative of the portion. Before the Torah tells us...
Parshat Nasso – Out of the Camps
By Rabbi Dovid Markel This week’s parsha deals with the levels of banishment due to various forms of impurities. The verse (Bamidbar 5:2) states: “Command the children of Israel to banish from the...
Parshat Nasso – The Census of the Levites
The relevance of the counting of the Levites to our lives.
Parshat Nasso – The Test of the Bitter Water
On morality and chastity
Parshat Bamidbar – The Unique Status of the Levites
By Avner Friedmann In this Parsha HaShem commands Moshe and Aaron to take a tribal census of all males between the ages of twenty and sixty, the eligible age for military service. But...
Parshat Masei – Journeys vs. Encampments
To view as a Designed PDF, click here. The name of the Torah portion is entitled, “Journeys,” describing the Jewish people’s travels through the desert on their way to Israel. Yet, it seems that...
Parshat Masei – Seeking Advice from Sages
What this parsha teaches us about seeking out advice.
