All posts in: Matos
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7 years agoAnnul and avoid
Under certain circumstances, a father has the ability to annul his daughter’s vows. This is described as that her father “heini” her [1]. The word “heini” ..
Written by Rabbi Danial Leeman
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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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5 years agoWholly Temple
Pledges and vows are not to be taken lightly. “Do not profane your word” [1] we are instructed, since ‘it is profaning the holy’ [2]. But what exactly is so ‘holy’ ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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7 years agoParshas Matos-Massei | Why are we being told about the Jewish People’s travels in the desert? Rav Yitzchak Berkovits
Written by Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits
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7 years ago
an interesting contradiction
There is a contradiciton between two psukim which are next to each other in our sedra! HaShem tells Moshe to ‘take the revenge OF BNEI ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
going to war or coming from war?
After we already have beaten Midyan in war, we are given laws about kashering utensils. This paragraph receives an interesting intorduction; it starts with the words ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Recognising that HaShem is already in
Mattos-Massei; A Direct Connection : As far as I am aware, there is no bigger leining than this double sedra; a total of 244 psukim (that’s 68 more than Naso, ..
Written by d fine
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7 years ago
Divine Math
In the portion of Matot we read about the war against Midyan. The spoils had to be divided equally between the army and the people who had stayed behind. The tax however ..
Written by Asher Ben Shimon
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7 years ago
Let Hashem Dwell among us all
“Ki Ani Hashem shochen b’soch Bnei Yisrael – For I am Hashem, Who dwells amidst the children of Israel” (Bamidbar 35:34). The Imrei Aish ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
