All posts in: Bamidbar

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  Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  People Count

  Our Parsha describes the detailed census of the Jewish people in the desert. Indeed, for this reason the English name for the sefer Bamidbar is “numbers”. ..

  Written by Moishe Harris
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  Bamidbar

  5 years ago

  Path Two Happiness

  It is explained that we have been commanded to be happy on the festivals in order to provide us with an opportunity to satiate our natural necessity for happiness ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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  Bamidbar

  5 years ago

  A Pleasant Fragrance

  “The Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle so that there shall be no wrath upon the assembly of the Children of Israel and the Levites will guard the guardings ..

  Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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  Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  A precondition to the Torah: Shabbos Derech Eretz

  Parshas Bamidbar/Shavous A few questions need to be asked about our weekly Parsha. First, why does Parshas Bamidbar always fall out before Shavuos as Tosfos in Megillah ..

  Written by Dovid Zemel
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  Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  Do Jews really just accept things?! Naase v’Nishma, Rav Yitzchak Berkovits

  Written by Rav Yitzchak Berkovits
• Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  Bamidbar – Yehuda and Yissachar

  PARSHAS BAMIDBAR – YEHUDA AND YISSOCHOR : The Parsha devotes considerable time to describing the formations of the tribes. They were arranged in groups of three. ..

  Written by Yehonasan Gefen
• Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  The first Rashi in each Chumash is always about…

  Rav Chaim Halpern points out that the first Rashi in each Chumash always seems to sing the praises of Klal Yisrael. The first Rashi in Bereishis tells of the present ..

  Written by d fine
• Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  why the title ‘bamidbar?’

  The sedra and chumash are called ‘bamidbar’ after the opening pasuk retelling that HaShem spoke to Moshe in the desert. Why is this detail so important ..

  Written by d fine
• Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  Thinking of what could have been

  The Sforno at the start of our sedra (1:2) reveals what HaShem’s original plan was – what would have happened had we not succumbed to the sin of the spies. ..

  Written by d fine
• Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  All together now; “we are all individuals”

  The order of play of the first part of our sedra is as follows: First, we are told about the princes of each tribe, followed by a reporting of the results of the count ..

  Written by d fine
• Bamidbar

  7 years ago

  Every breath I take…

  All the tribes get a mention (several times) in Bamidbar. If so, why is the word for Jews ‘yehudim’ – baring a striking resemblance to the tribe of Yehudah; ..

  Written by d fine