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How the Tribes Encamped and Traveled G-d tells Moshe and Aaron that they and Aaron’s sons as well as the Levites should set up camp right near the Mishkan, while the rest of the Israelites should set up camp around the Mishkan at a distance of a mil (2000 amos). The reason for this wasContinue reading “Bamidbar, 3rd Aliya”

Census Results. The Role of the Levites. Census Results The Chumash now delineates the results of the census of the 12 tribes. This census included all men above the age of 20 who were fit to go to war. The total of the entire census was 603,550. The Levites The Levites were not included inContinue reading “Bamidbar, 2nd Aliya”

A Census According to Tribe On the first day of Iyar in the second year since the Israelites left Egypt, G-d instructs Moshe to take a census of the Israelites. This was the third time that year that G-d decreed to count the Israelites: The first was when they first left Egypt The second wasContinue reading “Bamidbar, 1st Aliya”

Valuation of Fields. Second Tithes. Tithing of Animals When the Parshos of Be’har and Bechokosai are read separately, the 5th Aliya of Bechukosai begins here. Valuations of Fields. If a person consecrates their field to G-d, they should valuate it based on its seeds, not according to its worth on the market. That is toContinue reading “Behar-Bechokosai, 7th Aliya”

Valuations of People, Animals and Houses When the Parshos of Be’har and Bechokosai are read separately, the 4th Aliya of Bechukosai begins here. G-d tells Moshe to relate the following to the Jewish people regarding if someone were to make a vow to pledge the value of a person’s life to the Temple. This wouldContinue reading “Behar-Bechokosai, 6th Aliya”

Blessings and Warnings When the Parshos of Be’har and Bechokosai are read separately, the 3rd Aliya of Bechukosai begins here. Your fruits will preserve well so much so that three year old fruit will taste better than fruit from the previous year. Your threshing floors will be so full of new crop that you willContinue reading “Behar-Bechukosai, 5th Aliya”

Jewish Slaves. Blessings. When the Parshos of Be’har and Bechokosai are read separately, the 6th Aliya of Be’har begins here. Jewish Slaves If your brother becomes poor and is sold to you as a slave, do not give him demeaning tasks to do which will identify him to others as a slave. Examples of suchContinue reading “Behar-Bechokosai, 4th Aliya”

Redemption of Houses and Levite Property. Don’t Charge Interest. When the Parshos of Be’har and Bechokosai are read separately, the 4th Aliya of Be’har ends and the 5th Aliya begins here. Redemption of Houses During the time when the Israelites entered the land of Israel under Yehoshua, if a person were to sell a houseContinue reading “Behar-Bechukosai, 3rd Aliya”

Extra Crops for Shmitta. Redemption of Land. When the Parshos of Be’har and Bechokosai are read separately, the 3rd Aliya of Be’har begins here. Extra Crops to Compensate for Shmitta Drought will not be an issue in the Land of Israel and one will feel satisfied even after eating a small quantity of food. LestContinue reading “Be’har-Bechokosai, 2nd Aliya”

Shmitta and Yovel When the Parshos of Be’har and Bechokosai are read separately, the first Aliya of Be’har begins here. Shmitta G-d instructs Moshe regarding the laws of Shmitta. The Chumash specifies that these laws were given “On Mount Sinai” which seems odd given the fact that all of the laws were given on MountContinue reading “Be’har-Bechokosai, 1st Aliya”