Sefer Bamidbar contains two censuses, one at the beginning of the Sefer (taken a year after the Exodus), and one in our Parsha (taken in
Parshas Balak takes place while the Children of Israel were camped at Arvos Moav. As a matter of fact, they were in Arvos Moav from
While the Children of Israel were in Kadesh, Moshe sent messengers to Edom, asking for permission to pass through their land (Bamidbar 20:14-17), but they
The Torah doesn’t tell us where Korach’s rebellion took place. The last location given is “the desert” (Bamidbar 15:32), where the wood gatherer violated the
The location from where the מרגלים (scouts or spies) were sent has been the topic of much discussion, for several reasons. For one thing, the
On the 20th of Iyar, 2449, the Children of Israel left Sinai (Bamidbar 10:12) after spending almost a year there. The subsequent places mentioned in
In Sefer Bamidbar, all communication between God and Moshe seems to occur in the Mishkan (see Rashbam, Ibn Ezra and Chizkuni on Bamidbar 1:1). However,
Sefer Vayikra ends with God communicating with Moshe on Mt. Sinai, while Sefer Bamidbar begins with God communicating with Moshe in the Sinai Desert, in
The end of Sefer Vayikra has puzzled commentators and scholars for centuries. After all, the section of the “blessings and the curses” (Vayikra 26:3-46) seems
Even though Sefer Vayikra starts with God calling to Moshe in the Mishkan (Vayikra 1:1), the communication that opens Parshas Behar (25:1) takes place on
Included in the section of the holidays in Parshas Emor is the Omer offering (Vayikra 23:9-13), followed (23:14) by the prohibition against eating the new
The Torah describes the Land of Israel as “a land [where] milk and honey flows” numerous times, although its appearance in Parshas Kedoshim is the
