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It wasn't a random free-for-all. The Book of Numbers gives us a fascinating glimpse into a highly structured encampment around the Mishkan, the Tabernacle. And Bamidbar Rabbah, a c...
Jewish tradition has some fascinating answers, particularly when we delve into the story of the B'nei Kehat, the sons of Kehat. Our story comes from Bamidbar Rabbah, a Midrash on t...
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 ...
It turns out, even ancient texts grapple with these questions, offering surprising insights into universal ethics. to Bamidbar Rabbah, specifically section 8. This isn't your typic...
And believe it or not, our ancient texts have something profound to say about it. The Bamidbar Rabbah, a collection of Midrashic teachings on the Book of Numbers, dives deep into t...
to a fascinating, and frankly, a little disturbing, passage from Bamidbar Rabbah (Numbers Rabbah) 9 that explores exactly that. We're going to unpack the strange case of the sotah,...
There’s a fascinating teaching attributed to Rabbi Meir in Bamidbar Rabbah 9 that gets right to the heart of it. He asks, how do we know that the way we treat others is the very sa...
It’s a wild story involving bitter waters, oaths, and divine judgment. But what happens if the woman is innocent? What's her reward for enduring such a trial? That’s what Bamidbar ...
The verse sets the scene: "The man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering on her behalf, one-tenth of an ephah of barley flour; he shall not pour oil u...
