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It's all about the Merari family, one of the three Levitical clans tasked with the Tabernacle’s transportation and setup. The Torah tells us in Numbers 4:29, “The sons of Merari, b...
It's in those little quirks that we often find hidden depths. Take the census of the Levites in the Book of Numbers, Bamidbar, for example. Specifically, Bamidbar Rabbah 6 shines a...
Maybe it's your stamp collection, each one unique. Or the number of books you've amassed over the years. We count them separately, admiring each one, and then we count them all tog...
Especially when we delve into the curious case of the sotah – the suspected adulteress – in Numbers chapter 5. It’s a wild ride, full of ritual, suspicion, and a whole lot of barle...
We find ourselves delving into just that, specifically in Bamidbar Rabbah 9, a section of the great Midrashic compilation on the Book of Numbers. Let's unpack a fascinating, if sli...
That’s what diving into Bamidbar Rabbah, specifically chapter 9, feels like. We're looking at a fascinating passage dealing with the Sotah, the suspected adulteress, and the laws s...
Take the case of the nazir, or Nazirite, described in the Book of Numbers. We're talking about someone who takes a special vow to abstain from wine, avoid contact with the dead, an...
It's easy to imagine the grand sweep of sacrifice, the smoke rising to the heavens, the priests in their sacred garments. But what about the minute details, the exact sequence of e...
We're looking at Bamidbar Rabbah 10, which unpacks the rules surrounding the nazirite. The text centers around Numbers 6:21, which states: “This is the law of the nazirite who vows...
