Any man whose wife shall go astray and commit treachery against him (5:12) The “Sota” described in this verse is referring to a married woman who is warned in front ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
Naso: An Elixer of Peace This week in Parshas Nasso begins with the laws of Sotah. A Sotah is a woman who was cautioned by her husband to avoid secluding herself ..
Written by Rabbi Aryeh Dachs
“Take a census of the sons of Gershon, as well, following their fathers’ household, according to their families.” (22:4) The commentators note ..
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The Torah goes to great length to repeat the Kobanos of each Nasi. It would have been much shorter to just write it once and then say that all the Nisi’im ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
Again in this week’s parsha we find that the word for counting (na’so or se’u) also means to raise up or uplift. What does this tell us about the Jewish ..
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NASSO AND SHAVUOS – THE FREEDOM OF TORAH By Yehonasan Gefen : The parsha discusses the mitzva of Nezirus, whereby a person takes a vow to abstain ..
Written by Yehonasan Gefen
Parashas Nasso – The Sotah : This week we have the second instalment from the book of Bamidbar which is that of the action-packed Parashas Nasso. Again as discussed ..
Written by Daniel Sandground
When a person makes the vow to become a nazir he/she is assur from wine and becoming Tamei Mes, amongst other things. When he finishes his Nezirus the possuk says ..
Written by Benjamin A Rose
Citing the gemarra, Rashi (6:2) famously asks why the Torah juxtaposes the topics of the Sotah (the suspected unfaithful wife) and the Nazir (the person who vows ..
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In the psukim of nazir, the nazir is called a ‘choteh’ (hence brings a sin offering; for he is over-abstaining on muttar things) yet he is also ..
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