Search results for "Category Bamidbar"
Parshat Shelach 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha after the Meraglim return with a negative report about Eretz Yisrael, Calev silences them. The pasuk reads (Chapter 13, Pasuk 30), ויהס כלב את העם אל משה; Calev quieted the people towards Moshe. This term, אל משה, is discussed by the commenta Read more...
Parshat Korach 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha about the rebellion instigated by Korach. The Medrash Rabbah on our parsha (18,3) teaches about Korach, חכם גדול היה קרח ומטועני הארון. Korach was very learned, and was among those who carried the Aron. If Korach was indeed such a Torah sc Read more...
Parshat Chukas 5784
Rabbi Jablinowitz
This week’s parsha begins with the mitzvah of Parah Adumah, whose ashes are used to purify someone who is Tameh Meis, i.e. became impure through contact with a corpse. This section begins with the words (Chapter 19, Pasuk 2), זאת חקת התורה. As Rashi explains, the word Chok represent 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...
