| And G-d said to Moses: Pinchas, the son of El’azar, the son of Aharon the priest, prevented my anger from reaching the Children of Israel, such that I did not destroy the Children of Israel by my wrath. | Vayedaber Hashem el Moshe laimor: Pinchas ben El’azar ben Aharon ha-Kohein heishiv et khamati me’al bnei Yisrael bekan’o et kin’ati betocham, velo khiliti et bnei Yisrael bekin’ati. | וַיְדַבֵּר ה’ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ פִּינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן הֵשִׁיב אֶת־חֲמָתִי מֵעַל בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּקַנְאוֹ אֶת־קִנְאָתִי בְּתוֹכָם וְלֹא־כִלִּיתִי אֶת־בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּקִנְאָתִי׃ |
Torah Thoughts
Parashat Pinchas is one of my favorite parashot. Read “G-d’s Gentle Way of Moving Along Women’s Rights.”
Other matters of interest: On Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, and Yom Tov we say extra prayers in the morning, called Mussaf. This comes from this Parsha: on these days an extra korban was to be burned, called the korban mussaf.
