Shmot / Exodus
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G-d’s Gentle Way of Moving Along Women’s Rights
The plain text reflects the following story: In this parsha, it is determined how land will be allotted once the people get to the promised land. It will be allotted by the male lines, according to tribe. But a man named Tzlofchad left five daughters and no sons. The daughters petition Moshe, saying that while…
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Blooming Rod Jelly Bean
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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Blooming Rod Banana
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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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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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;…