Chapter 3: Israelites
... The First Israelites The Early Israelites (cont.) • On the way back to Canaan, Moses went to the top of Mount Sinai and received laws from God. • These laws were known as the Torah, which became the first part of the Hebrew Bible. • The Ten Commandments—what God believes to be right and wrong—a ...
... The First Israelites The Early Israelites (cont.) • On the way back to Canaan, Moses went to the top of Mount Sinai and received laws from God. • These laws were known as the Torah, which became the first part of the Hebrew Bible. • The Ten Commandments—what God believes to be right and wrong—a ...
In what sense is Purim different than other days?
... This isn’t a mere word game. The intention of the Midrash is to clarify where the idea of Megillat Esther is found in the Torah- the idea of a hidden revelation of God. The answer is the verse “I will surely conceal…”, in other words, God reveals to Moshe that in the future the nation will sin, sinc ...
... This isn’t a mere word game. The intention of the Midrash is to clarify where the idea of Megillat Esther is found in the Torah- the idea of a hidden revelation of God. The answer is the verse “I will surely conceal…”, in other words, God reveals to Moshe that in the future the nation will sin, sinc ...
Bemidbar (parsha)
Bemidbar, BeMidbar, or B'midbar (בְּמִדְבַּר – Hebrew for ""in the desert of"" [Sinai], the fifth overall and first distinctive word in the parashah), often called Bamidbar or Bamidbor (בַּמִדְבָּר – Hebrew for ""in the desert""), is the 34th weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the book of Numbers. It constitutes Numbers 1:1–4:20. The parashah is made up of 7,393 Hebrew letters, 1,823 Hebrew words, and 159 verses, and can occupy about 263 lines in a Torah Scroll (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, Sefer Torah).Jews generally read it in May or early June.The parashah tells of the census and the priests' duties.