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The Torah portion describes the offerings brought by the leaders of the tribes of Israel at the dedication of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle. Each day, a different leader brought the ...
Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai, a prominent figure in the Zohar (the foundational text of Jewish mysticism), puts it this way: a good name is more beloved than the Ark of the Covenant itse...
Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage from the Yalkut Shimoni, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Torah, specifically section 787. It's a real grab bag of topics, f...
The Torah, in the book of Numbers (Bamidbar), actually grapples with this very human dilemma. Specifically, it deals with the complex situation of accidental manslaughter and the c...
We’re looking at the verses dealing with the arei miklat, the cities of refuge. These were designated places where someone who accidentally killed another person could flee and fin...
But Korach bar Tizhar bar Kehath, bar Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On bar Peleth, of the Beni-Reuben, took his robe which was all of hyacinth, and rose up bo...
And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab, near the passage of the Jordan (toward) Jericho. AND Balak bar Zippor saw what Israel had done to the Amor...
These are the words of admonition which Mosheh spake with all Israel. He gathered them together to him while they were beyond the Jordan, and answered and said to them: Was it not ...
And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba (Gen. 28:10). May it please our master to teach us where a man who has unintentionally taken the life of another man may take refuge. Thus do our...
