articles on Bamidbar
Leading a Nation of Individuals
Weekly Shiur of Rav Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Bamidbar"
Law as Love
Joy in the celebration G-d's love led King David to “leap and dance” when the Ark was brought into Jerusalem. When love defeats dignity, faith is alive and well.
Man is Not Just a Number
Sefer Bamidbar is also known as "Book of Numbers". An explanation about the census, the relationship between the census and the camp, and what can we learn from it.
Serieses in on Bamidbar
Lessons on Bamidbar
Mad About You
This week’s Sedra begins with a discussion of nedarim – vows & oaths. While the world holds that an oral contract is "only as good as the paper it’s written on," Judaism & the Torah place great emphasis on the power of speech.
Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Retribution and Revenge
Near the end of Bamidbar, we encounter the law of the cities of refuge: three cities to the east of the Jordan and, later, three more within the land of Israel itself. There, people who had committed homicide could flee and find protection until their case was heard by a court of law.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
Shadow and Fear
The story in which the Torah saw fit to end the Book of Numbers is the story of the daughters of Tzelofhad. It is precisely close to the Book of Deuteronomy, before entering the Land of Israelץ
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Av 3 5782
Retribution and Revenge
Even justified acts of bloodshed, as in the case of war, still communicate impurity. That is what lies behind the idea of revenge.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Av 1 5782
Natural Life in the Land of Israel & the Tragedy of Galut
...Outside the Land of Israel, our engagement with the physical world comes at the expense of Torah and sanctity. We in fact see that the Torah studied in Exile shuns in an extreme manner many areas of natural life. Only when the Nation of Israel is in the Land of Israel is "normal," natural life enabled – for, in fact, even that which is material and physical is holy...
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Av 1 5782
The Heat of July and August
It's hot outside. We all feel it in the scorching weather. The spiritual principle that is important to remember during such periods appears in the Torah portion of Masei
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Tamuz 27 5782
About Vows and Sensitivity
Take it upon yourself, without a vow, to correct one thing in your life, and these days will work their true action - to add goodness in the world.
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Tamuz 23 5782
