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• Matos

  7 years ago

  Matos

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• Matos

  7 years ago

  Is Ever Hayarden part of Eretz Yisrael, and if not, then why did Gad and Reuven ask for it?

  There’s an issue in downtown parshas Mattos (perek 32) which has bothered me for quite a while, and I’d like to try and unravel it this week. The Bnei Yisrael, ..

  Written by d fine
• Matos

  7 years ago

  A Chassidishe Vort

  “Lo Yachel Devaroi, K’Chol HaYotzai MiPicha Yaaseh”, do not profane your words; do as your mouth spoke. The torah tells us that we must keep our word and not violate ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Matos

  7 years ago

  Branching out

  The title of our sedra is Mattos, and it refers to the tribes of Klal Yisrael (the pasuk itself is dealing with the heads of the tribes, but the word ‘mattos’ ..

  Written by d fine
• Matos

  7 years ago

  Anger and wisdom just don’t go together

        When the war with Midyan was over and Moshe found out that they did not kill the women he became angry with Elozar because the women were the ones ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose
• Matos

  7 years ago

  Pure as pure can be

  The halachos of purifying vessels can be found in perek 31 of our sedra. The basic rule is that the purification process for any given vessel is the reversal of the way the vessel ..

  Written by d fine
• Matos

  7 years ago

  the Jewish Idea of Strength – Dvar Torah

  We are a nation famous for many things; for teaching monotheism to the world, surviving against natural odds, for being the only nation to have returned to our homeland ..

  Written by d fine
• Matos

  7 years ago

  Parashas Mattos/Masei – Know where you came from…

  Parashas Mattos/Masei – Know where you came from… This week we have the final sedra in the book of Bamidbar which also happens to be a double sedra, and the longest ..

  Written by Daniel Sandground
• Matos

  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
• Matos

  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