All posts in: Book of Bamidbar

• Balak

  6 months ago

  Forget the Donkey!

    Balak: Forget the Donkey!   There is a scene in Fiddler on the Roof where the idealistic Perchik tells Tevye, “Money is the world’s curse!” Tevye replies ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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• Pinchas

  6 months ago

  Changing of the Garments

  Pinchas: Changing of the Garments As was the custom of the Rebbes before him, the fourth Grand Rebbe of Chabad the Rebbe R’ Shmuel (Mahrash) would hold Yechidus, ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
• Matos

  6 months ago

  The Good Fight

    Matos: The Good Fight   The Chovos Halevavos in the section Yichud Hashem describes the following scene. A group of soldiers are returning from a victorious ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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  Korah

  3 years ago

  Korach: It’s Not So Simple

    Korach: It’s Not So Simple   I once read that R’ Aron Leib Shteinman quipped, “When people tell me they are acting not for their own sake but rather ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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  Shelach

  3 years ago

  Shelach: Feelings are real, but they aren’t reality

  Shelach: Feelings are real, but they aren’t reality “Feelings are real, but they aren’t reality”, I found this quote recently and I think its profound. In Shelach ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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  Shelach

  3 years ago

  Shelach – How to see the holiness of Eretz Yisroel

  וּמָה הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הוּא יֹשֵׁב בָּהּ הֲטוֹבָה הִוא אִם רָעָה . . .And how is the Land in which they dwell; ..

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  Behaaloscha

  3 years ago

  Light up the world

  דַּבֵּר אֶל אַהֲרֹן וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ אֶת הַנֵּרֹת אֶל מוּל פְּנֵי ..

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  Nasso

  3 years ago

  A Peaceful Drink

  Naso: An Elixer of Peace This week in Parshas Nasso begins with the laws of Sotah.  A Sotah is a woman who was cautioned by her husband to avoid secluding herself ..

  Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
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  Balak

  4 years ago

  History Repeats Itself – Parshat Balak

  There is nothing that is not hinted to in the Torah”, say Chazal[1].  Even those events that are destined to take place at the end of days are encapsulated ..

  Written by Rabbi Nachum Chaimowitz
• Korah

  4 years ago

  Brible Stories

  “Korach took…” [1] Korach led a rebellion against Moshe. We have been taught that whilst his followers foolishly sinned, Korach was wise, and instead it was his eyes ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman