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That's the situation the sons of Kehat found themselves in, in the Book of Numbers. Our story begins in Bamidbar Rabbah, specifically section 5, which delves into the passage about...
We stumble upon one such instance in Bamidbar Rabbah, specifically in chapter 6. It concerns the census of the Kehatites, a clan within the Leviim (Levites). The text points out so...
Our journey begins with a rather dramatic scene from Numbers 5:21, describing the ritual of the sotah, the woman suspected of adultery. The priest says, "May the Lord render you as...
This Midrash, or interpretive commentary on the Book of Numbers, opens with a verse about the nazir, someone who takes a vow to abstain from certain pleasures, like cutting their h...
Today, we're diving into a fascinating story from Bamidbar Rabbah 10, a section of the larger Midrash Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic homilies and interpretations of the Torah. It...
This passage in Bamidbar Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Numbers, dives deep into the laws surrounding the nazir (or nazirite) – an individual who takes a...
We’re diving into a fascinating passage from Bamidbar Rabbah 14, which wrestles with a seemingly redundant verse in Numbers 7:85: “One hundred and thirty was each silver dish, and ...
It’s a question that echoes through the ages, and our sages have pondered it in countless ways. Let's delve into a fascinating interpretation from Bamidbar Rabbah, specifically sec...
God Himself steps in to clarify Pinḥas's lineage. But why now? What did God see that prompted this? The Midrash, specifically Bamidbar Rabbah 21, digs deep into this. The Rabbis of...
