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This question underlies much of this Torah portion regarding the episode of the spies. This event is considered one of the most serious transgressions in the desert, like that of the Golden Calf, and ...
Though Parshat Vayigash already mentioned the names of Yaakov’s sons who descended to Mitzrayim, Sefer Shemot opens by repeating their names. This time, though, ...
Some 200 years ago, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov wrote a statement that I find amazing: The time will come when being an upright and simple person will be as revolutionary as being the Baal Shem Tov.
Recent empirical research has confirmed what the Torah has always taught: Stable families, in which both parents remain committed to one another, tend to produce children who flourish.
Jerusalem Post / Judaism / Torah Portion Parshat Naso: Rich people’s problems When you live a life filled with meaning, spiritual fulfillment ...
It’s a book of numbers. It’s inside your accounts. It’s with a capital I. You’re looking too hard. It’s in the obvious places. It’s telling you what to do. It’s telling you what not ...
The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek in memory of Kenneth Gordon. Naso Numbers 4:21-7:89. Torah portion Naso, meaning both “lift up” and “take a census,” begins ...
The haftara to Parshat Naso is lifted from Sefer Shoftim/Judges 13:2-25. Haftarot, as we all know, are excerpts from the Neviim (Prophets) that echo in some manner the week’s Torah reading.
There are many topics in this longest Torah portion. In the midst of the various subjects, we find the probably most famous and this week most sadly relevant verses- the Birkat Kohanim, the three fold ...
Parshat Naso introduces us to the Nazir – a person who voluntarily takes a vow to abstain from wine, avoid impurity, and refrain from cutting their hair. As presented by the Torah, this ...