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Parsha People: Ask Your Elders (Parshas Vaeschanan 5775)
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Ask Your Elders (Parshas Vaeschanan 5775). Who were the Elders? The Torah writes ( Deuteronomy 5:20. And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain did burn with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders. Based on an analysis of the term "elders" appearing in the Torah, it appears that it may refer to four different things:. Alread...
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Parsha People: Blessings and Curses (Parshas Reeh 5775)
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. Blessings and Curses (Parshas Reeh 5775). Where were the Levites during the Blessings and Curses? The Torah writes ( Deuteronomy 11:29. And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. The Torah writes later ( Deuteronomy 27:12-13. 8217;These shall stand upon mount Gerizim.
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Parsha People: Of Kings and Wells (Parshas Chukas 5775)
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Of Kings and Wells (Parshas Chukas 5775). Who was the King of Edom that the Jews exchanged messages with? Sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom" ( Numbers 20:14. His name was not mentioned on purpose. According to the Ramban ( Numbers 20:14. The Ramban also adds later on ( Numbers 20:17. And the Torah writes 'And Edom answered', for all the officials agreed with him [i.e. the king of Edom] in this refusal. Rashb...
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Parsha People: The Golden Calves (Parshas Eikev 5775)
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. The Golden Calves (Parshas Eikev 5775). The Torah writes ( Deutoronomy 9:16. And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God; ye had made you a molten calf; ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. Who Worshipped the Golden Calf? Rashi writes ( Exodus 32:4. That it was first worshipped by the mixed multitudes / Erev Rav, and then by regular Jews:. The mixed multitude...
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Parsha People: There Were Giants In Those Days (Parshas Devarim 5775)
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. There Were Giants In Those Days (Parshas Devarim 5775). The Torah writes ( Deuteronomy 1:3-4. Writes that Sihon and Og. Were brothers, descendants of fallen angels from before the Flood. Sihon and Og were brothers as the master said - Sihon and Og were sons of Achia son of Shamhazai. Rashi explains ( ibid. They descend from Shamhazi and Azael, the two angels that came down during the generation of Enosh. Baalei Tosfos ( M...
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Parsha People: Balak, Balaam, Bird (Parshas Balak 5775)
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Balak, Balaam, Bird (Parshas Balak 5775). The Talmud ( Sanhedrin 105a. Tells us that Balaam was the son of Laban the Aramean. We learned in a Braisa that Beor was the same person as Cushan-Rishasaim and the same person as Laban the Aramean. There are other sources that state that. Balaam was Laban himself, or his son, or grandson, or other descendent, or perhaps his reincarnation). Yalkut Shemoni ( Numbers 23, 5766. Anothe...
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Parsha People: June 2015
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Of Kings and Wells (Parshas Chukas 5775). Who was the King of Edom that the Jews exchanged messages with? Sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom" ( Numbers 20:14. His name was not mentioned on purpose. According to the Ramban ( Numbers 20:14. The Ramban also adds later on ( Numbers 20:17. And the Torah writes 'And Edom answered', for all the officials agreed with him [i.e. the king of Edom] in this refusal. Rashb...
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Parsha People: Of Prince and Princess (Parshas Pinchas 5775)
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Of Prince and Princess (Parshas Pinchas 5775). Who was Zimri, prince of the tribe of Simeon? The Torah writes ( Numbers 25:14. And the name of the Jewish man who was killed together with the Midianite woman, was Zimri son of Salu, prince of a tribal house in the tribe of Simeon. The Talmud ( Sanhedrin 82b. Tell us that Zimri had several other names. Son of Canaanite woman, and Shelumiel son of Zurishadai (see Numbers 1:6.
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Parsha People: The Flying Balaam Who Wouldn't Die (Parshas Matos-Masei 5775)
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A weekly blog on the people and characters in the parsha. Monday, July 13, 2015. The Flying Balaam Who Wouldn't Die (Parshas Matos-Masei 5775). Was Midian Completely Destroyed? The Torah seems to imply that all of Midian was destroyed ( Numbers 31:7-11. However, we find later on in Tanach, that Midian was very much alive and subjugated the Jews ( Judges 6:1. And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. And Ba...