Moshe reminds Bnei Yisrael of what occurred at Har Sinai: “Hashem commanded me at that time to teach you decrees and ordinances [a reference to

In his introduction to sefer Devarim, Ramban writes that sefer Devarim contains an elaboration of much of what was already previously taught in the Torah.

In Parshat Matot, Bnei Yisrael go to battle against Midian, seeking vengeance for the 24,000 Jewish lives that perished due to the Midianites. Although Bnei

I heard a humorous tale from R’ Gavriel Friedman along these lines: Two people—Jo and Shmo were once walking and they saw an animal in

Bilam said, “May my soul die the death of the upright (‘yesharim’)” (23:10), to which Ramban explains that Bilaam was referring to Bnei Yisrael who

The paradox presented by the parah adumah is so mind-boggling, that even Shlomo Hamelech couldn’t fathom how it can be that its service makes the

Korach throws a rebellion, and of course, Datan and Aviram are right up there with him. As the parsha begins (16:1-2), “And Korach…and Datan and

The very end of last week’s parsha records the incident of Miriam speaking lashon hara about Moshe, and the very beginning of this week’s parsha

This week we read of “the Pesach Sheini people” who missed out on bringing the korban pesach at its due time since they were impure

After Moshe constructs the Tabernacle, the Ramban explains that Hashem commands that the impure should be sent out of the camp in order that the

After a whole slew of harsh punishments delineated in the “tochacha,” the pasuk finally says that we admitted our wrongdoings—“And they will confess their iniquity…”