As the Torah mentions (6:11), a Nazir must bring a sin offering. Why is that? Rashi (6:11) cites the Tanna Rebbi Eliezer HaKappar, who explains that the Nazir has sinned ..
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Towards half-time in our sedra we find the portion of the Sotah; the unfaithful wife. Basically, the Sotah process occurs if her husband suspects ..
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Parshas Naso; Nazir, Sotah, and Wine : This week’s sedra of Nasso starts with the counting of parts of the Leviim (perek 4), then moves swiftly on to small parts ..
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All the days of his abstinence, he is holy to God. (6:8) “The Kohen shall make one as a sin-offering and one as an elevation-offering, and he shall bring atonement ..
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In Shir HaShirim (3:11), Shlomo HaMelech refers to an event which occurred b’yom chasunaso ub’yom simchas libo – on the day of his wedding and on the day of his heart’s ..
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“The one to bring his offering on the first day was Nachshon son of Aminadav of the tribe of Yehudah” (BeMidbar 7:12). Naso is the longest portion in the Torah, ..
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A nazir is someone who, through a voluntary oath, prohibits himself primarily from eating meat and drinking wine for a set amount of time. Judaism’s attitude towards ..
Written by Rabbi Andrew Savage
The last blessing of “birkat kohanim”, the priestly benediction, is a request that God should be lenient when ..
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G-d spoke to Moses saying, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘A man or a woman who shall dissociate himself by taking a Nazerite vow of abstinence ..
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Naso Es Rosh Bnei Gershon Gam Hem L’Beis Avosam -Count (literally, raise/lift the heads of) the Sons of Gershon, also according to their households…” ..
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