Numbers
Bamidbar
5 Facts About Parshat Bamidbar that You (Maybe) Didn’t...
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Bamidbar: The Ever-Repeated Story
Bamidbar takes up the story as we left it toward the end of Shemot. The people had journeyed from Egypt to Mount Sinai. There they received the Torah. There they made...
Naso
5 Facts About Parshat Naso that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Naso: The Freedom of Torah
The parsha discusses the mitzvah of Nezirus, whereby a person takes a vow to abstain from wine, to avoid coming into contact with a dead body, and to let his hair...
Behaalotecha
From Despair to Hope
There have been times when one passage in today’s parsha was for me little less than life-saving.
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Shlach Lecha
Shelach Lecha: Freedom Requires Patience
Whose idea was it to send the spies?According to this week’s sedra, it was God.
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Shlach:The Power of Attitudes
Parshas Shelach is well-known as the Parsha of spying. The Kli Yakar points out that three different words are used to describe the spying that took place in this...
Korach
Korach: A Lesson in Conflict Resolution
The Korach rebellion was the single most dangerous challenge to Moses’ leadership during the forty years that he led the people through the wilderness. The precise...
5 Facts About Parshat Korach that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Korach:The Sin of Korach’s Assembly
Bamidbar, 16:5-7: He [Moshe] spoke to Korach and to his entire assembly, saying, ‘In the morning, Hashem will make known who is His own and who is holy, and He...
Chukat
Chukat: Associating Holiness with Emotional Intelligence
In his recent bestseller, The Social Animal, New York Times columnist David Brooks writes:
5 Facts About Parshat Chukat that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Chukat-The Importance of Forgiveness
Bamidbar, 21:4-7: They journeyed from Mount Hor by way of the Sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom, and the spirit of the people grew short with the road.
Balak
Balak: A Unique People
One of the most profound and influential comments ever made about Jewish destiny was made by the pagan prophet Bilam in this week’s sedra:
5 Facts About Parshat Balak that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Balak : Perfecting Our Mindset
Bamidbar, 22:16-18: They came to Bilaam and said him, “So said Balak Ben Tsipor, ‘Please do not refuse from coming to me. I will greatly honor you and...
Pinchas
Pinchas: The Difference Between Influence and Power
Knowing that he is about to die, Moses turns to God and asks him to appoint a successor:
5 Facts About Parshat Pinchas that You (Maybe) Didn’t Know
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Pinchas: Understanding Each Person’s Uniqueness
Bamidbar, 27:15-16: Moshe spoke to HaShem saying, “May HaShem, G-d of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly…:
Matot
Matot-Masei: The Danger of Suspicion
It is a fascinating story and from it comes one of the great principles of Judaism. Two of the tribes, Reuben and Gad, see that the land east of the Jordan is ideally...
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Matot: Accepting Rebuke
When the Sfat Emes was a boy, he was looked after by his grandfather, the great Chiddushei Harim.
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