Mattos-Massei; A Direct Connection : As far as I am aware, there is no bigger leining than this double sedra; a total of 244 psukim (that’s 68 more than Naso, ..
Written by d fine
In the portion of Matot we read about the war against Midyan. The spoils had to be divided equally between the army and the people who had stayed behind. The tax however ..
Written by Asher Ben Shimon
“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
At the beginning of Perek 32, the Pasuk tells us that the Reuven and Gad desired to settle not in Eretz Yisrael, but on the side of the River Jordan that they stood ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
“Why do you dissuade the heart of Bnei Yisrael from crossing to the Land …? This is what your fathers did, when I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the Land ..
Written by Benjie fine
I saw a short, but profound vort: “Moshe sent them . . . and Pinchas . . . and the sacred vessels.” (31:6) The gemara explains that the “sacred ..
Written by Benjie Fine
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
“The Reuvenites and the Gadites had a very large number of cattle … and they said: We will build sheepfolds here (outside the land of Israel) for our cattle ..
Written by Howard Jackson
There’s an issue in downtown parshas Mattos (perek 32) which has bothered me for quite a while, and I’d like to try and unravel it this week. The Bnei Yisrael, ..
Written by d fine