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Section: BaMidbar

Parshat Matot

Posted on 28 July 2008

After the victory over the Midianites, Elazar the High Priest explained to the soldiers how to kasher and purify the metal utensils captured in the war: "As far as the gold, silver, copper, iron, tin and lead are concerned: whatever was used over fire must be passed through fire, and it will be clean. However, ...

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Be a Pinchas!

Posted on 28 July 2008

I have some very dangerous and risky advice that I give my children and anyone else willing to listen. Be a Pinchas! Don’t settle for any injustice and don’t get used to seeing wrong. I was marveling at the story of the great Talmudic sage, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi. The Talmud (Ketubot 77) reports that Rabbi Yehoshua ...

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Dibas Ha’aretz- The Sin of Maligning Eretz Yisroel

Posted on 23 July 2008

“Observe the devastating power of loshon hora( negative speech) from the episode of the spies. They only spoke loshon hora concerning trees and stones. How much more so, one who speaks loshon hora concerning his fellow Jew” (Erchin 15a). It would be beneficial to explore the parameters of dibas ha’aretz, of maligning the stones and ...

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Ask the Right Questions

Posted on 23 July 2008

The tragedy of the meraglim is certainly one of the most painful episodes recorded in Torah. A people stand poised to enter Eretz Yisroel with Hashem at their head, ready to bring the Exodus from Egypt to its successful conclusion, only to have the great journey abruptly aborted. The evil report of the spies ...

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Posted on 22 July 2008

The count of the people of Israel and the recordings of the names of the leaders of its tribes, which forms the major part of this week’s Torah reading, is especially poignant and bittersweet. We, the listeners of the parsha, know in advance that all those counted and named, with few exceptions, are ...

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All the King’s Men [and His Donkey]

Posted on 09 July 2008

The scene turns humrous as a plan to thwart G-d is foiled by a donkey.

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Are You Stuck?

Posted on 09 July 2008

The paradox of the copper snake has been a huge asset for the Jewish people.

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We Can Do It!

Posted on 03 June 2008

At first, the spies were important people, as it says, “All the men were leaders of the Israelites” (Bamidbar 13:3). Yet when Moses sent them to spy out the Land, they were transformed, as it says, “They departed and they came back” (13:26) – just as their arrival had been with bad intentions, so ...

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A History of the Shechinah

Posted on 02 June 2008

In G-d’s world, there is an ultimate good that isn’t at the expense of something else.

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Nazir: Holy or Sinner?

Posted on 02 June 2008

Differences in the sources show that nezirut is not meant for everyone.

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Technology and the Message of the Midbar

Posted on 02 June 2008

Current economic hardships allow us to maximize the message of the desert.

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Submit a dvar torah

Posted on 17 March 2008

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