The Parsha Noshes
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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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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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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…