All posts in: Nasso

• Nasso

  7 years ago

  The Nazir – A holy sinner

  All the days of his abstinence, he is holy to God. (6:8) “The Kohen shall make one as a sin-offering and one as an elevation-offering, and he shall bring atonement ..

  Written by Anonymous
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• Nasso

  7 years ago

  Vay’hee bayom kalos Moshe l’hakim es haMishkan (7:1)

  In Shir HaShirim (3:11), Shlomo HaMelech refers to an event which occurred b’yom chasunaso ub’yom simchas libo – on the day of his wedding and on the day of his heart’s ..

  Written by Oizer Alport
• Nasso

  7 years ago

  Repetition

  “The one to bring his offering on the first day was Nachshon son of Aminadav of the tribe of Yehudah” (BeMidbar 7:12). Naso is the longest portion in the Torah, ..

  Written by Howard Jackson
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  Nasso

  7 years ago

  holiness in the balance

  A nazir is someone who, through a voluntary oath, prohibits himself primarily from eating meat and drinking wine for a set amount of time. Judaism’s attitude towards ..

  Written by Rabbi Andrew Savage
• Nasso

  7 years ago

  Appreciating Divine Leniency

              The last blessing of “birkat kohanim”, the priestly benediction, is a request that God should be lenient when ..

  Written by Benjamin A Rose