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The Yalkut Shimoni, a compilation of Midrashic teachings, gives us a glimpse into the heart of Moshe at this pivotal moment, drawing on Torah 816. Moshe pleads, "Pray let me cross ...
to the first word of Sifrei Bamidbar ("The Book of Numbers") and see what treasures we can unearth. That word is "Command" (צו, tzav in Hebrew). The Rabbis of old weren't satisfied...
In the book of Bamidbar – Numbers, in English – we find a fascinating passage that deals precisely with this: the idea of sacred space, separation, and the surprising presence of t...
That tension, that space of uncertainty, is precisely where we find ourselves in this passage from Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations expanding on the Book of N...
The verse we're looking at is from Numbers 5:21: "Then the Cohein," the priest, "shall beswear the woman with the oath of the curse." Now, what exactly does that mean, "the oath of...
There's a fascinating passage in Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of ancient rabbinic legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers, that dives deep into this very idea. It uses the st...
to a fascinating passage from Sifrei Bamidbar, a collection of legal interpretations on the Book of Numbers, specifically chapter 6, verse 4, dealing with the laws of the Nazir, or...
What seems like a simple act is actually steeped in tradition, detail, and a whole lot of meaning. Let's unpack it. The Book of Numbers, Bamidbar in Hebrew, gives us the source for...
And it happened to King David himself, involving none other than the Ark of the Covenant. We find ourselves in Bamidbar (Numbers 7:9), where the Torah is describing the gifts given...
