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The Report of the Spies The spies ascended to the land and spied it out, starting at the desert of Zin which is at the south eastern corner of the land. From there they traveled across its southern border and then turned north and crossed its western border which was along the sea, making theContinue reading “Shlach, 2nd Aliya”

Sending in Men to Scout Out the Land The incident regarding Miriam (see last week’s parsha) look place in an area called Chatzeroth. The incident regarding Korach (see next week’s parsha) also took place there according to Rashi. In this current Parsha, we are told that they traveled from the Desert of Paran (which wasContinue reading “Shlach, 1st Aliya”

Miriam and Aaron Speak About Moshe Moshe and the elders left the Ohel Moed and enter their respective camps. A wind came out from G-d and swept quails from the sea and spread them over the camp about two cubits above the ground (i.e at a height that reached a person’s heart to make itContinue reading “BeHa’aloscha 7th Aliya”

The Israelites Complain Asking For Meat This section of Chumash (until where Moshe tells G-d to rest – see below) has an inverted letter נ placed before and after it to indicate that it is chronologically out of place. Logically, this section should have appeared earlier on (in Bamidbar, Chapter 2) where the layout ofContinue reading “BeHa’aloscha, 6th Aliya”

The Israelites’ Journeys and Yitro On the 20th of the month of Iyar in the second year of the Israelites traveling in the desert, the cloud lifted up from the the Mishkan signifying that it was time for them to journey away from Chorev and the Sinai Desert. This means that they spent a yearContinue reading “BeHa’alotcha, 5th Aliya”

Clouds and Trumpets On the day the Mishkan was set up, a cloud covered it and in the evening it had a fiery type appearance until morning. The Israelites journeyed according to the “word of G-d” and the cloud would move in sync with their journeys as such: When the Israelites were about to journey,Continue reading “Beha’aloscha, 4th Aliya”

The First and Second Paschal Offerings During the first month of Nissan of the second year* of the Israelites’ travels in the dessert, G-d instructed Moshe regarding the Paschal sacrifice. *Side note: This section occurred before the events detailed in the beginning of the book of Bamidbar (which took place during the second month ofContinue reading “BeHa’aloscha, 3rd Aliya”

About the Levites On the day of the plague of the firstborn sons in Egypt, G-d sanctified all first borns – human males and livestock. Then, after the sin of the Golden Calf, this sanctification passed to the Levites instead. Thus the Levites became “given over” to G-d for carrying the Mishkan and its accessories,Continue reading “BeHa’aloscha, 2nd Aliya”

The Lighting of the Menorah. Purification of the Levites. Levite Waving Ceremony The Lighting of the Menorah The Menorah was first lit on the first of Nissan, the same day that the inaugural offerings of the princes were brought (see last week’s Parsha). On that day, the Menorah was lit first before any of theContinue reading “BeHa’aloscha, 1st Aliya”

Continuing with the order of the offering of the Princes. On the eleventh day, Pagiel the son of Ochran of the tribe of Asher On the twelfth day, Achira the son of Enan of the tribe of Naphtali The inauguration of the Mishkan occurred on the same day that it was anointed and later thatContinue reading “Nasso, 7th Aliya”