Just before the marathon description of the princes’ korbanos at the inauguration of the Mishkan, the pasuk says (7:1) ‘and it was on the day that Moshe finished ..
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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 ..
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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 ..
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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 ..
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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 ..
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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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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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