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Parashat Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9)
“And the children of Israel set forward, and camped in the plains of Moab on…
Parashat Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1)
“The Israelites then marched on and encamped in the steppes of Moav, across the Jordan…
Parashat Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32)
“And the Lord said to Aaron…I am your portion and your share among the Israelites.”…
Pluralism, acceptance, love and hope
“As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for…
Parashat Sh’lach L’cha (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
“They went up and scouted the land, from the wilderness of Zin to Rechov, at…
Parashat B’ha-alot’cha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)
“Aaron did so; he mounted the lamps at the front of the menorah, as the…
Parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
“The Lord bestow His favor upon you and grant you peace.” (Numbers 6:26) Yehuda Kurtzer…
Parashat Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20)
“Those are the elected of the assembly, the chieftains of their ancestral tribes: they are…
Parashat B’har-B’chukotai (Leviticus 25:1-27:34)
“I will remember in their favor the covenant with the ancients, whom I freed from…
The Beauty of Jerusalem
The Talmud teaches, “Ten measures of beauty descended on the world, nine were taken by…