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Naso
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha the mitzvah of Birchas Kohanim. The command to the Kohanim to bless the people is expressed with the words (Chapter 6, Pasuk 23), Ko Sevarchu es Bnei Yisrael, Amor Lahem. Thus you shall bless Bnei Yisrael, say unto them. The word Amor is an unusual term. The appropriate Read more...
Bamidbar
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week's parsha the encampment of Bnei Yisrael around the Mishkan in the desert. In each direction there was one tribe with its flag, with two others Shevatim encamped with them. The Medrash Rabbah on our parsha explains the significance of the flags by quoting the pasuk in Shir HaShir Read more...
Parshat Bamidbar 5777
Rabbi Jablinowitz
The Medrash Rabbah on this week's parsha (1,7) darshens on the opening words of the parsha, Vayedaber Hashem el Moshe Bamidbar Sinai, that the Torah was given with three things, Eish, Mayim, and Midbar. The connection to Midbar, or desert, is that only one who makes himself hefker, ownerless, like t Read more...
Masei
Rabbi Jablinowitz
We read in this week’s parsha the delineation of the borders of Eretz Yisrael. This section begins with the pasuk (Chapter 34, Pasuk 2), Tzav es Bnei Yisrael V’Amartah Aleihem Ki Atem Ba’im el Ha’aretz Canaan Zos Ha’aretz Asher Tipol Lachem B’Nachalah L’Gevu Read more...
