56 Lessons
BAMIDBAR
Rabbi Berel Wein | 21 Adar ll 5784
Raising and Waving – This is Needed for Educators
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | SIvan 5783
Rav Kook on the Importance of the Flag
Rabbi Ari Shvat | 27 Iyar 5783
The Sound of Silence
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 5783
The Significance of a Flag and a Tallit
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 5783
Something to Stand Up For
It is not a coincidence that Jerusalem Day falls on the eve of the Torah reading of Bemidbar.
Rabbi Haggai Lundin
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.
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 25 5782
Book of People
why does the Torah spend so many verses and details in enumerating the population of the Jewish people at that time? And why does the Torah mention the names of the leaders?
Rabbi Berel Wein | Iyar 25 5782
Count on the Versatility of “Pakod”
Let us pray for a full redemption to get to the point that Hoshea speaks of in this week’s haftara: Bnei Yisrael should be “as many as the granules of sand by the sea, which cannot be counted”.
Rabbi Yossef Carmel | Iyar 21 5782
A Little Order in the Turmoil
It is possible to see order even in the turmoil we are in. Order meaning control; control means that there is direction and there is a purpose; in other words, there is Gd!
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Sivan 2 5781
The Desert
A question naturally arises about the significance that all of this was taught and expounded upon in the desert of Sinai. What difference does it really make where it happened?
Rabbi Berel Wein | Sivan 3 5781
In Israel You Matter More
Israel National News
Why with the third census mentioned in the Torah in this week's Parshat Bamidbar suddenly individuals' names matter, rather than just the total number?
Baruch Gordon | Sivan 2 5781
Leading a Nation of Individuals
what is the significance of this act of counting? And why here at the beginning of the book? Besides which, there have already been two previous censuses of the people and this is the third within the space of a single year. Surely one would have been sufficient. Additionally, does counting have anything to do with leadership?
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Sivan 2 5781
In Israel You Matter More
Israel National Torah
In this week's Torah reading of Bamidbar we encounter the third census of the Hebrew nation. Why does the Torah dedicate 47 verses to this issue?
Baruch Gordon | Iyar 28 570
The Language of Judaism
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Sivan 29 5780
Bamidbar
Rabbi Berel Wein | Iyar 17 5780
Egalitarian Society, Jewish-Style
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks | Iyar 23 5780
To Serve Man – and G-D
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Iyar 24 5779
Jewish Counting
Sefer Bamidbar begins with the counting of Bnei Yisrael, with a hint of military purposes (“all those who go out to the army” – Bamidbar 1:3). Rashi (ad loc. 1) mentions the other countings that were carried out, which seem important, considering that Hashem commanded Moshe to involve great people – Aharon and the heads of the tribes. What is the big idea behind this, and why is the exact manner it was done important?
Rabbi Shaul Yisraeli zt"l | Iyar 22 5779