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Weekly Torah Portion
Shaping the Present, Investing in the Future
Thoughts for Parashat Matot–Masei / Rabbi Rivi Dror
This week we conclude the reading of the Book of Numbers—a book filled with crises, complaints, rebellions, and punishments. The forty years in the wilderness are nearing the end, but just before entering the Land of Israel, a new kind of crisis emerges.
The tribes of Gad and Reuben, who possess vast herds of livestock, ask to remain on the eastern side of the Jordan River, a region well suited to raising their flocks.
The tribes of Gad and Reuben, who possess vast herds of livestock, ask to remain on the eastern side of the Jordan River, a region well suited to raising their flocks.
Break the Idols of Injustice
Thoughts for Shiva Asar B’Tammuz / Tova Kahan, Protective Presence Consortium
In this Mishna, Chazal outline five distinct calamities that befell our ancestors on the seventeenth of Tammuz. To the casual observer, these are separate historical tragedies, but through the sharp theological lens of Yeshayahu Leibowitz, these five events are actually one recurring human pathology: the dangerous illusion of intrinsic holiness.
Your Abode Be Secure
Thoughts for Parashat Balak / Rabbi David Goodman
Balaam concludes his final prophecy by addressing the Kenite people:“He saw the Kenites and, taking up his theme, he said: Though your abode be secure, And your nest be set among cliffs,”(Numbers 24:21)
Who are these Kenites whose dwelling Balaam praises?