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To Speak or Not to Speak We learn about the power of holy speech, that words that have the ability to positively affect the world, to fill it with blessing.
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The Women of Menashe Go West
Last week we discussed to what extent Ephrayim came before his older brother Menashe, and we pledged to return to discuss the matter in the context of the daughters of Tzelofchad receiving a part in the Land. -
Affecting the Land of Israel
Did Hashem bring us into the land of Israel in order for us to eat fruits? -
They Would Grab for Themselves
The midrash (Bamidbar Rabba 22:7) notes that there are three valuable presents – wisdom, strength, and wealth – that can be a part of a person’s downfall. The examples, one Jewish and one non-Jewish, were: for wisdom, Achitofel and Bilam; for strength, Shimshon and Goliath; and for wealth, Korach and Haman. The midrash continues that the tribes of Gad and Reuven were blessed with great flocks but because they loved their money so much that they settled outside Eretz Yisrael, away from their brethren, they were the first to be exiled.
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