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Everyone Needs a Reminder
Despite the maxim that there is no before or after in the Torah, I think one cannot ignore the fact that the commandment to attach tzitzit to the corners of our garments comes immediately after the story of a man who insisted on violating Shabbat on the first Shabbat after we were commanded to keep…
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Tallit
Numbers / Bamidbar 15:37 And G-d said to Moshe: וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ 15:38 Speak to the children if Israel, and tell them to put fringes on the corners of their clothes for all generations, and to include in the fringes a blue thread. דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִת עַל־כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶם…
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Cloud Covered Mishkan
Numbers / Bamidbar 9:15 And on the day on which the mishkan was erected, the cloud covered the tent of witness; from the evening until morning it had the look of fire. וּבְיוֹם הָקִים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן כִּסָּה הֶעָנָן אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן לְאֹהֶל הָעֵדֻת וּבָעֶרֶב יִהְיֶה עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ עַד־בֹּקֶר׃ 9:16 And so it was: the cloud was always covering…
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Returning Spies
Numbers/Bamidbar 13:23 And they reached the river of Eshkol, and from there they cut a single cluster of grapes (“eshkol” in Hebrew). And two men carried the grapes together on a pole, while another carried the pomegranates and another carried the figs. וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־נַחַל אֶשְׁכֹּל וַיִּכְרְתוּ מִשָּׁם זְמוֹרָה וְאֶשְׁכּוֹל עֲנָבִים אֶחָד וַיִּשָּׂאֻהוּ בַמּוֹט בִּשְׁנָיִם וּמִן־הָרִמֹּנִים…
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Cloud-Covered Mishkan
Numbers / Bamidbar 9:15 And on the day on which the mishkan was erected, the cloud covered the tent of witness; from the evening until morning it had the look of fire. וּבְיוֹם הָקִים אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן כִּסָּה הֶעָנָן אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן לְאֹהֶל הָעֵדֻת וּבָעֶרֶב יִהְיֶה עַל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן כְּמַרְאֵה־אֵשׁ עַד־בֹּקֶר׃ 9:16 And so it was: the cloud was always covering…
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Levis Carrying Mishkan
Bamidbar 4:29 Levis Carrying Mishkan Beginning Numbers / Bamidbar 4:29 בְּנֵי מְרָרִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית־אֲבֹתָם תִּפְקֹד אֹתָם׃ As for the Merarites, you shall record them by the clans of their ancestral house; מִבֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה וְעַד בֶּן־חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה תִּפְקְדֵם כׇּל־הַבָּא לַצָּבָא לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד׃ you shall record them from the age of thirty years…
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Cohen Hands
Numbers / Bamidbar 6:22 And G-d said to Moshe: וַיְדַבֵּר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ 6:23 Say the following to Aharon and his sons: This is the way you will bless the children of Israel, by saying: דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן וְאֶל־בָּנָיו לֵאמֹר כֹּה תְבָרְכוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אָמוֹר לָהֶם׃ {ס} 6:24 “May G-d bless you and keep/protect you.…
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Yehuda’s Flag:
Lion Ya’acov says of his son Yehudah: גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה מִטֶּרֶף בְּנִי עָלִיתָ כָּרַע רָבַץ כְּאַרְיֵה וּכְלָבִיא מִי יְקִימֶנּוּ׃ Judah is a lion’s whelp;On prey, my son, have you grown.He crouches, lies down like a lion,Like a lioness —who dare rouse him? Ingredients as shown: Tools: Instructions: 1. Put the powdered sugar in the bowl.…
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Reuven’s Flag:
Mandrake Flower If you recall, Reuven found a mandrake flower and brought it to his mother, Leah, as a gift. As mandrake flowers were said to help in fertility, Rachel Rachel, who had no children, asked for the flower, in exchange for a night with their mutual husband. Bereishit/Genesis 30:14. Ingredients as shown: Tools: Instructions…
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Tribes with their Flags
(potato version) Text: Locations of the Tribes and their Flags CUT PORTIONS FROM TRANSLATION FROM TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS FROM SEFARIA.ORG Bamidbar / Numbers 2:1 G-d said to Moses and Aaron: וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר׃ 2:2 The Descendants of Israel shall camp each man with his standard, under the banners of their ancestral house;…