The Parsha Noshes
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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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Bamidbar
Numbers 1:1-4:20 Torah Thoughts In parashat Bamidbar, the Children of Israel organize themselves for the travel into the desert. Each tribe (descendants, by the patrilineal line, of one of the sons of Jacob/ Ya’acov/ Israel’s) is assigned a location around the Ark of the Covenant and the portions of the Mishkan, which are in the…
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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;…
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Tribes with their Flags: Nature’s Nosh
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; they shall…