Phinehas and the Levites: A Medieval Allegory
The weekly Torah portion begins with the following verses: “And the LORD said to Moses, “Phinehas the son of Eleazar,
The weekly Torah portion begins with the following verses: “And the LORD said to Moses, “Phinehas the son of Eleazar,
After the initial census of the people of Israel ended and before the Bible describes how the different tribes camped
The last topic in the weekly Torah portion of ‘Naso’ {נשא} (found in the Book of Numbers) is the offerings at the
The previous posts from last week dealt with the camp order of the people of Israel in the desert, so today
When the tribes of Israel were on their way to enter the Promised Land, the tribes of Reuben and Gad
Beginning today, all synagogues will begin to read the fourth book in the Torah the Book of Numbers. The original
The opening part of the Book of Numbers deals with the census of the people of Israel and that is
One of the very first issues that the Book of Numbers deals with is the Levites and what they should do
“The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall
One of the issues of our weekly Torah portion is the war between the Israelites and Midianites. The most well-known