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Parshat Matos Masei 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of the first of this week’s parshiyot (Chapter 30, Pasuk 2), וידבר משה אל ראשי המטות לבני ישראל לאמר זה הדבר אשר צוה ד'. Rashi comments that the prophesy of Moshe was unique, as compared to the other prophets. They prophesie Read more...
Parshat Balak 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha how Bilam tried to curse Bnei Yisrael, but instead he blesses them. The first time Bilam attempts to curse Bnei Yisrael, the pasuk says (Chapter 23, Pasuk 5), וישם ד' דבר בפי בלעם. The Torah seems to tell us that Hashem put the proper words into the Read more...
Parshat Pinchas 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in the beginning of this week’s parsha the command to count Bnei Yisrael. This counting takes place after the episode of Pinchas taking the life of Zimri and Kozbi. Pinchas’s action ended the plague which resulted from the sin of Ba’al Pe’or where Bnei Yisrael sinned Read more...
Parshat Chukas 5783
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha the song that Bnei Yisrael sing in praise of the Be’er, the wellspring which accompanied them in the desert. The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh asks, why did Bnei Yisrael sing a song to the Be’er? Why not to the mahn, the food which sustained them in the desert? Read more...
