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Our sages were fence builders—not in the conventional sense, but metaphorically. The Torah presents many prohibitions, and our sages built fences around them to ensure we do not step over the line. For example, the Torah tells us not to write on Shabbat, and our sages prohibited even holding a …

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Bamidbar: To Count Or Not To Count?

May 22, 2011 – 3:38 am | Comments Off on Bamidbar: To Count Or Not To Count?2,750 views
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Are you Still Counting?
A newly minted millionaire sought entry into an exclusive society club. When the secretary asked for his net value he proudly replied, $13,403, 374. The crisp response was not long in coming. “If you’re still counting”, said the secretary, “you need not bother with our club.”

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Bamidbar: The Secret of Three

May 6, 2010 – 3:19 pm | Comments Off on Bamidbar: The Secret of Three2,984 views
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Wherever You Look
As our ancestors journeyed across the desert they were arrayed in four equal groups, each composed of three tribes; the tabernacle at the center and the four groups positioned around it. The grouping of three tribes per group was practical as there were a total of twelve tribes, …

B’Midbar: The Jewish Father

May 17, 2009 – 4:00 am | Comments Off on B’Midbar: The Jewish Father3,337 views
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And The Mothers?
When the census was taken in the desert, families were recorded by the names of their fathers. Now that’s unfair! Who insisted on having these children in Egypt over their husbands’ protests? Who defied Pharaoh’s decree and risked their lives to carry, birth and nurse these children? Now …

B’midbar: Food for Thought for Your Dinner Table

May 25, 2008 – 3:19 am | Comments Off on B’midbar: Food for Thought for Your Dinner Table2,635 views
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 Sunday: Exalted Names
In the first census of the Jewish nation each family was identified by name, “By the count of their names.” In the second census the tribes were identified, but the families were not. The first census occurred shortly after the Exodus and the generation that left Egypt was …

B’midbar Forward Vision

May 13, 2007 – 4:08 am | Comments Off on B’midbar Forward Vision5,555 views
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Hair-Raising Drive
A friend of mine and his father were driving in the dead of night on a treacherous mountain road with razor-sharp curves and sheer cliff drops. His father seemed oblivious to the danger and drove along nonchalantly. When he inquired as to his father’s nonchalance, his father replied, “my …

B’midbar: Celestial Formations

May 21, 2006 – 3:10 am | Comments Off on B’midbar: Celestial Formations3,903 views
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Around the Tabernacle
They traveled together, a single mass of two million people moving slowly through the sands. Each tribe precisely positioned, each group in perfect formation, their footsteps marked the desert.

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B’Midbar : The Counting Paradox

May 21, 2006 – 3:09 am | Comments Off on B’Midbar : The Counting Paradox2,386 views
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To Count or not to Count?
In this week’s Torah reading, (1), we read, in detail, about one of the several censuses taken of the Children of Israel in the years following their Exodus from Egypt.

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B’Midbar: A Question of Numbers

May 14, 2006 – 4:21 am | Comments Off on B’Midbar: A Question of Numbers3,145 views
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A Small Tribe
In this week’s Parsha we read that Moshe took a census of the nation. A quick scan of the numbers shows the tribe of Levi to be the smallest, with only twenty-two-thousand members. By way of comparison, the other tribes had anywhere from thirty to more then one …