Although the Torah tells us that no one knows where Moshe was buried (Devarim 34:6), this is preceded by the Torah telling us that he
What does “Azazel” refer to? Based on the context of the four times the word appears in Tanach—all of them in Vayikra 16 regarding the
After Moshe taught the song of Haazinu to the nation (Devarim 32:42), God told him to go up to Har Nevo and see the land
Several months ago, I discussed the “other” Mishkan, Moshe’s expanded tent that operated not only as a Beis Midrash where Moshe taught the nation the
The location of Har Gerizim and Har Eival would seem to be rather straightforward—and not just because there are mountains with those names in Israel
We first met Ammon and Moav in Sefer Bereishis (19:36-38), had a rough encounter with Moav in Sefer Bamidbar (22:2-4, 25:1-3), were told in Sefer
Moshe designated three cities on the eastern side of the Jordan River as Cities of Refuge (Devarim 4:41-43) and commanded the nation to designate three
The Torah mentions the borders of the Promised Land five times, but only gives specifics once. The other four times, the markers provided are quite
In the middle of Moshe’s retelling of the sin of the Golden Calf—which occurred in the first year after the Exodus—he includes two verses (Devarim
Last week I discussed which “Kadesh” the nation stayed at “for many days,” siding with those who say it was the Kadesh next to Edom.
After recapping what happened with the מרגלים, Moshe adds that the nation “dwelled in Kadesh for many days” (Devarim 1:46). But which Kadesh? Was it
Although Nachal Zered is one of the encampments mentioned in the nation’s travels (Bamidbar 21:12), it isn’t listed as one of the encampments in Parshas
