All posts in: Book of Bamidbar
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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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5 years agoI got YOU here!!!
. . . And Dosson and Aviram — the same Dosson and Aviram the chosen of the assembly, who incited against Moshe and Aharon . . . (26:9) Dosson and Aviram had a long ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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5 years agoPath 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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5 years agoNot to be taken Lightly
After the tribal leaders brought inauguration offerings to the newly constructed Tabernacle, Aharon felt dejected that he and his tribe of Levi were excluded [1]. ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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5 years agoWhich is more important, the bottle or the water?
“Take a census of the sons of Gershon, as well, following their fathers’ household, according to their families.” (22:4) The commentators note ..
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5 years agoA 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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6 years agoThere Are Two Ways To Count
It was after the plague — and Hashem spoke to Moshe and to Elazar the son of Aharon HaKohen, saying, “Take a census of the entire Jewish People . . . (26:1-2) ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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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 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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