By: Rabbi Yosef Khakshoor In this week’s parasha, parahsat Beha’alotcha, when the Jewish people left Har Sinai, a group called erev rav (a group of converted Egyptians) started to complain about the manna (heavenly bread) . They complained to have meat instead of manna. The Jewish people also started to […]
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By: Rabbi Shemuel Akhamzadeh יְבָרֶכְךָ ×”, וְיִשְ×מְרֶךָ â€¦×•Ö°×™Ö¸×©Öµ×‚× ×œÖ°×šÖ¸Â ×©Ö¸××œ×•Ö¹× This Week’s Torah portion, Parasat Naso is the longest Parasha of the Torah. Within the over hundred pesukim of the Parahsa are the priestly blessings that Kohanim are commanded to bless the nation with. It’s noteworthy that after these verses laud […]
By:Â Rabbi Moshe Yakoby “Hashem spoke to Moshe saying, “But you shall not count the tribe of Levi, and you shall not take a census of them among the children of Israel” (Bamidbar 1:49). The commentaries of the Chumash try to expound on the difficulty raised by this verse as […]
Shalom , in the beginning of the parasha , the Torah teaches us about the misva of Shemita. On this year we must not work in the field and let the land rest. The first verse is some what different than the other verses similar to it because the word […]
Say to the Kohanim… and tell them. (21:1) It seems that the Torah is twice instructing Moshe Rabbeinu to speak to the Kohanim. Chazal explain this to imply that the Kohanim were to convey this teaching to others who would otherwise not be included in this command; the young children. […]