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The Torah gives us a powerful example in the story of Moses and Joshua. We find ourselves in the book of Numbers, Bamidbar, specifically chapter 27. God has commanded Moses to appo...
It turns out, even the Holy One, Blessed be He, experiences something similar with us, the children of Israel. The book of Bamidbar, Numbers, opens with a fascinating exchange. In ...
It's really. Take, for instance, a seemingly straightforward verse about offerings in the Book of Numbers (Bamidbar). and see what the Sifrei Bamidbar, an ancient rabbinic commenta...
Specifically, we’re looking at Numbers 28:4, which describes the daily offering. It says, "the one lamb, etc." Seems pretty straightforward. One lamb. But the Sifrei Bamidbar asks:...
The word atzeret (עצרת) appears in Bamidbar, or the Book of Numbers (29:35), in the context of Shmini Atzeret, the "eighth day" that follows the seven days of Sukkot, the Festival ...
But sometimes, digging into those nitty-gritty bits reveals surprising insights about how our ancestors thought about connecting with the Divine. Let's take a peek into a passage f...
It seems like a simple question, but in the world of Jewish law and tradition, even something as seemingly straightforward as who speaks to Moses first becomes a subject of deep co...
It's a passage that sparks some interesting questions, and the ancient commentary, Sifrei Bamidbar, dives right in. "And the L-rd spoke to Moses, saying: Take the revenge of the ch...
The very next verse tells us "And there were handed over… twelve thousand armed for the host, etc." So, twelve tribes, a thousand soldiers each. Simple math. But why, asks Rabbi Ak...
