Rabbi Yehuda Rock
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The trumpets serve two immediate functions: gathering the nation and announcing the travels of Bnei Yisrael, and two future functions: sounding the call...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Moshe's response to the "mitavim" - the people who desired meat - differs from his previous reactions to the sins and complaints of Bnei Yisrael. What's...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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The root עלה - 'alah' - is used frequently in the stories of the Spies and the Ma'apilim. The meaning of the biblical verb transcends the physical or...
Rabbi Yehuda Rock
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God speaks to Moshe twice in Behar - Behukotai. This lesson will discuss the time and location of the two instances. Apparently these parshiyot were...
Rabbi Meir Spiegelman
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The four final parshiyot in Vayikra - Kedoshim, Emor, Behar and Behukotai - are a repetition of the Ten Commandments. Why does the Torah repeat the Ten...
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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This article discusses the dual census of the Levites, which is an expression of a dual perspective: one from the point of view of the Kohanim, and the...
Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
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The Book of Numbers can be divided in a number of ways: based on the years during which events take place (second year/fortieth year); based on the...
Rabbi Yehuda Rock
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What is the significance of Sefirat Haomer - counting the omer? Does the counting only have historical significance, commemorating the weeks between the...
Rabbi Ezra Bick
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Why is the census described twice, and both times in great detail? Why aren't the Levites included in the census, while Moshe's orders not to include them...
Rabbi Chanoch Waxman
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Why are Bnei Yisrael counted in Parashat Bemidbar? Chapters 1-2 indicate that the Levites serve God in the Mishkan, whereas Bnei Yisrael serve God in...
