Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
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The incense appears twice in Parashat Korah: once in the context of the incense test, and a second time when Aharon stops the plague. What is unique about...
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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What was the sin of Moshe and Aharon at Mei Meriva? This lesson suggests an explanation based on the comparison to Parashat Beshalah in particular, and...
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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There is a striking resemblance between the sin of Baal Peor and the sin of the Golden Calf. In both cases, the sin (which involves idolatry and...
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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The sin of Baal Peor, Pinchas’s act, and the commandment to battle Midian – are separated from the actual Midian War by six seemingly unrelated episodes:...
Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
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The list of travels in Parashat Masei is not purely geographical; it offers a summary of the travels through the desert, and provides meaning for the...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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The episode involving the tribes of Gad and Reuven is written in great detail. The conditions to receiving the land in the Transjordan are repeated twice...
Prof. Jonathan Grossman
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What is the Torah's attitude toward eating meat? This article discusses the matter while examining the prohibition to eat meant outside the Mishkan, and...
Rabbi Reuven Taragin
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Is there a logic to the order of the episodes in the parasha? Why is chapter 19 sandwiched between chapters 18 and 20, despite the fact that the two...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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Chazal's metaphoric understanding of the verse "You shall not place a stumbling block before the blind" leads to a discussion of biblical metaphors and...
Rabbi Elchanan Samet
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There is a variety of differences between the slave in Mishpatim and the slave in Behar; are the two discussing the same slave? If they are, what is the...
