Bamidbar / Numbers
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Mouth
Numbers/Bamidbar 30:3 If a man makes a vow to G-d or pledges to do something, he may not break his word. Everything that comes from his mouth he must do. אִישׁ כִּי־יִדֹּר נֶדֶר ל-הֹ’ אוֹ־הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבֻעָה לֶאְסֹר אִסָּר עַל־נַפְשׁוֹ לֹא יַחֵל דְּבָרוֹ כְּכׇל־הַיֹּצֵא מִפִּיו יַעֲשֶׂה׃ Ingredients as Shown: Tools: Instructions: 2. Cut the…
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Tzlofchad’s Daughters
Numbers / Bamidbar 26:1 (translation mostly from the JPS in Sefaria.org). When the plague was over, G-d said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַמַּגֵּפָה {פ}וַיֹּאמֶר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן לֵאמֹר׃ 26:2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite company [of fighters] from the age of twenty years…
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Bilam’s Hat
Numbers/Bamidbar 22:2 (much of today’s translation was based on the JPS translation in Sefaria.org.) Balak … saw all that Israel did to the Amorites. וַיַּרְא בָּלָק … אֵת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה יִשְׂרָאֵל לָאֱמֹרִי׃ 22:3 The Moabites were alarmed … and dreaded the Children of Israel. וַיָּגׇר מוֹאָב מִפְּנֵי הָעָם … וַיָּקׇץ מוֹאָב מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ …
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Tzlofchad’s Daughters
Numbers / Bamidbar 26:1 (translation mostly from the JPS in Sefaria.org). When the plague was over, G-d said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי הַמַּגֵּפָה {פ}וַיֹּאמֶר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן לֵאמֹר׃ 26:2 “Take a census of the whole Israelite company [of fighters] from the age of twenty years…
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Banana Balak
Numbers/Bamidbar 22:2 (much of today’s translation was based on the JPS translation in Sefaria.org.) Balak … saw all that Israel did to the Amorites. וַיַּרְא בָּלָק … אֵת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה יִשְׂרָאֵל לָאֱמֹרִי׃ 22:3 The Moabites were alarmed … and dreaded the Children of Israel. וַיָּגׇר מוֹאָב מִפְּנֵי הָעָם … וַיָּקׇץ מוֹאָב מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ …
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Blooming Rods Almonds with Sugar
Numbers 16:1 And Korach, the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, AND Datan and Aviram, the sons of Aliav, AND On, the son of Pelet, (Datan, Aviram, and On) were from the tribe of Reuven וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח בֶּן־יִצְהָר בֶּן־קְהָת בֶּן־לֵוִי וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וְאוֹן בֶּן־פֶּלֶת בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן׃ 16:2 and…
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Red Pepper Red Heifer
Numbers / Bamidbar 19:1 And G-d said to Moses and Aaron: וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן לֵאמֹר׃ 19:2 This is the statute of the Torah, which G-d decreed by saying “Tell the Children of Israel to bring you an unblemished red cow, which has no flaw, which has never borne a burden (e.g. been harnessed)…
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Copper Serpent on a Pole
Numbers / Bamidbar 21:6 And G-d seraphs snakes upon the nation, and they bit the nation, and a large portion of Israel died. וַיְשַׁלַּח יְהֹוָה בָּעָם אֵת הַנְּחָשִׁים הַשְּׂרָפִים וַיְנַשְּׁכוּ אֶת־הָעָם וַיָּמׇת עַם־רָב מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל׃ 21:7 And the nation came to Mosha and said “We sinned, because we spoke against G-d and against you. Pray…
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Blooming Rods
Numbers 16:1 And Korach, the son of Yitzhar, the son of Kehat, the son of Levi, AND Datan and Aviram, the sons of Aliav, AND On, the son of Pelet, (Datan, Aviram, and On) were from the tribe of Reuven וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח בֶּן־יִצְהָר בֶּן־קְהָת בֶּן־לֵוִי וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וְאוֹן בֶּן־פֶּלֶת בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן׃ 16:2 and…
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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…