Last week, we learned about Rav Hirsch’s exhortation about the machatzis hashekel: “Only he who gives and contributes is counted!” That idea is brought to

Learn the words in Hebrew to figure out the joke below: Tell me – אֱמֹר לִי Only – רַק Flat tire – תֶּקֶר Front wheel

North American Kashrut Professionals: 115 to 120 Halachic absorption (beli’ah) occurs only when the liquid is so hot that it makes the hand recoil (yad

In English, the book we begin this week is called Numbers, and for an obvious reason. It begins with a census, and there is even

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל Question: I saw a frum woman wash dishes on Shabbat with steel wool, which I thought

Parshat Bamidbar Upon analyzing this week’s haftarah from sefer Hoshea, we would find ourselves somewhat limited in understanding the complete message of the Navi if

A baraita on Bava Metzia 94a discusses the case of a man who puts impossible conditions on a bill of divorce: “This is your bill

אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי … וְהַלֻּחֹת מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹקים הֵמָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹקים הוּא חָרוּת עַל הַלֻּחֹת (שמות לב), אַל תִּקְרָא חָרוּת אֶלָּא חֵרוּת, שֶׁאֵין

The horrific October 7 attacks were such a surprise and shock that soldiers stationed elsewhere or away on leave for the holiday dropped everything they

Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was an important nobleman in his country, for through him Hashem had granted victory to

The midrash (Bamidbar Rabbah 1:2) on our parsha records Hashem bemoaning the fact that He is not currently with Bnei Yisrael in the desert—the place

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