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And Bamidbar Rabbah, specifically chapter 7, gives us a fascinating peek into their thinking. It uses a series of comparisons to illustrate God's, well, "royal" attributes, if you ...
"A man or woman..." It begins like that, doesn't it? So simple, yet so profound. It reminds us of the verse: "For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who scorn Me will be di...
It states: "Every gift of all the sacred items of the children of Israel that they will present to the priest shall be his." Sounds pretty straightforward. But the rabbis of the Mi...
The passage starts with the seemingly straightforward case of a suspected adulteress in Numbers 5:12: "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: If the wife of any man will...
Here, we're unpacking the story of the sotah, the woman suspected of adultery, and the unique ritual designed to determine her guilt or innocence. It's a wild ride, so buckle up. O...
But what does it all mean? , drawing on the rich tapestry of Jewish tradition to unravel this mystery. The Torah tells us, "The priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and era...
to a passage from Bamidbar Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Numbers. Specifically, we’re looking at chapter 10, which gets into the specifics of the ...
Today, we're diving into Bamidbar Rabbah 11, a section of a Midrash, a collection of rabbinic commentaries on the Book of Numbers, and we'll find some surprising and hopeful insigh...
Today, we’re diving deep into the Priestly Blessing, also known as Nesi’at Kapayim, the Lifting of the Hands, found in the Book of Numbers (6:22-27) and explored in Bamidbar Rabbah...
