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The verse we're looking at is Numbers 3:42: “Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, all firstborn among the children of Israel.” Simple enough. But the Rabbis never let anything...
It wasn't just a matter of tossing everything into a wagon. There was a precise order, a sacred choreography, and it all begs the question: Why this order? Bamidbar Rabbah, specifi...
It's almost like a cosmic nudge, inviting us to dig a little deeper. Take, for example, the juxtaposition of the laws concerning lepers right before the section detailing the dutie...
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...
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...
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 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...
Today, we're diving into a fascinating passage from Bamidbar Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic teachings on the Book of Numbers, that explores exactly how that Name was used—and pro...
