| Bamidbar / Numbers 27:12 | And G-d said to Moses: Climb up Mount Avarim and see the land which I have given the Children of Israel. | וַיֹּאמֶר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲלֵה אֶל־הַר הָעֲבָרִים הַזֶּה וּרְאֵה אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ |
| 27:13 | Once you have seen it, you will be gathered to y people, as was your brother Aaron. | וְרָאִיתָה אֹתָהּ וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ אֶל־עַמֶּיךָ גַּם־אָתָּה כַּאֲשֶׁר נֶאֱסַף אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ׃ |
| 27:14 | [Because you disobeyed me in the Wilderness of Zin] (see 20:10) | כַּאֲשֶׁר מְרִיתֶם פִּי בְּמִדְבַּר־צִן בִּמְרִיבַת הָעֵדָה לְהַקְדִּישֵׁנִי בַמַּיִם לְעֵינֵיהֶם הֵם מֵי־מְרִיבַת קָדֵשׁ מִדְבַּר־צִן׃ {ס} |
| 27:15 | And Moses said to G-d: | וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־ה’ לֵאמֹר׃ |
| 27:16 | “Let the god of every breath and spirit appoint a man over the community. | יִפְקֹד ה’ אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחֹת לְכׇל־בָּשָׂר אִישׁ עַל־הָעֵדָה׃ |
| 27:17 | Who will go out before them and lead them, and will bring them out and bring them back, so that the community of G-d will not be like a shepherd-less flock. | אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵא לִפְנֵיהֶם וַאֲשֶׁר יָבֹא לִפְנֵיהֶם וַאֲשֶׁר יוֹצִיאֵם וַאֲשֶׁר יְבִיאֵם וְלֹא תִהְיֶה עֲדַת ה’ כַּצֹּאן אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לָהֶם רֹעֶה׃ |
| 27:18 | And G-d said to Moses: Bring Joshua the son of Nun, a man with spirit, and put your hands on him, | וַיֹּאמֶר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה קַח־לְךָ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־רוּחַ בּוֹ וְסָמַכְתָּ אֶת־יָדְךָ עָלָיו׃ |
| 27:19 | Stand him before Elazar the Kohen (priest), and before the entire community declare him, in their presence, | וְהַעֲמַדְתָּ אֹתוֹ לִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי כׇּל־הָעֵדָה וְצִוִּיתָה אֹתוֹ לְעֵינֵיהֶם׃ |
| 27:20 | Giving him some of your authority, so that the entire community of the Children of Israel will listen to him. | וְנָתַתָּה מֵהוֹדְךָ עָלָיו לְמַעַן יִשְׁמְעוּ כׇּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ |
| 27:21 | He will stand before Elazar the Kohen, who will ask about his authority by use of the Urim and Tumim: When he says they shall go out, and when he says they shall come, him and all of the Children of Isreal with him, and the entire community. | וְלִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן יַעֲמֹד וְשָׁאַל לוֹ בְּמִשְׁפַּט הָאוּרִים לִפְנֵי ה’ עַל־פִּיו יֵצְאוּ וְעַל־פִּיו יָבֹאוּ הוּא וְכׇל־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אִתּוֹ וְכׇל־הָעֵדָה׃ |
| 27:22 | And Moses did as G-d commanded, and he took Joshua, and stood him before Elazar the Kohen, and before the entire community. | וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה’ אֹתוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וַיַּעֲמִדֵהוּ לִפְנֵי אֶלְעָזָר הַכֹּהֵן וְלִפְנֵי כׇּל־הָעֵדָה׃ |
Ingredients as Shown:
- Sandwich fixings of your choice, using two different colored bread
- Apple
- Anything else you want
Tools:
- Person-shaped cookie cutter
- Goat or sheep or lamb or bull or ram shaped cookie cutter
Instructions:
Depending on the size of your cookie cutter vs the size of your bread, you may be able to get two (or three, including Elazar) people on one slice of bread. I have a nativity scene set, which is handy, but as two of the three characters are kneeling, they are not of as much use as I hoped.
- Decide how your Moses, Joshua, and Elazar (if using) will fit on your bread. These instructions are for those facing each other.
- Using the cookie cutter, cut a person (or persons) out of each slice. Switch the slices so that the colors contrast, flipping if needed.
3. Use as you would to make any sandwich.
4. Add an apple, using a tiny cutter to add any type of animal sacrificed in Pinchas.
Alternatively, if using very small cutters, you can emboss, switch types of bread, or take out the cutouts altogether (shown here, item PC0472 from https://cookiecutter.com/TALYA). Do not use the completely cut-out system for gooey fillings (e.g. PB&J).
