Written by Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits
It’s aways good to have a bit of hidden depth of a pasuk revealed that you did not know existed; it makes you realise the infinite wisdom and depth of the Torah ..
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Every letter and word of the Torah is precious and for a reason – but a bulk of Masei seems superfluous and for no reason whatsoever! When the Torah summarises ..
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“Ki Ani Hashem shochen b’soch Bnei Yisrael – For I am Hashem, Who dwells amidst the children of Israel” (Bamidbar 35:34). The Imrei Aish ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
The children of G-d and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Elazar the Kohen, and to the leaders of the assembly, saying, “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, ..
Written by Rabbi Zev Leff
“Along with the cities that you shall give to the Levites shall be the six refuge cities, which you shall provide as places to which a murderer can flee … You must ..
Written by Howard Jackson
As its name implies, Massei repeats the various journeys that Bnei Yisrael traversed in the desert. Why are these journeys repeated? Rashi (33:1) writes that this ..
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Referring to some of the consequences of sinning in Eretz Yisrael, the final pasuk of perek 35 reads ‘do not make the Land in which you dwell impure…’ This ..
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The Netziv delivers a wonderful halachic explanation of pasuk 53 of perek 33. The pasuk reads ‘you will/shall inherit the Land and dwell in it, for I (HaShem) ..
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