https://judaism.codidact.com/categories/32/tags/3812.rssNew Posts Tagged 'numbers-book-of' - JudaismJudaism - Codidact2022-07-17T04:12:18Zhttps://judaism.codidact.com/posts/286732Why ra-VU in Numbers 20:13?msh210https://judaism.codidact.com/users/81062022-07-17T03:19:02Z2022-07-17T04:12:18Z<p>Numbers 20:13 (with my own, loose translation):</p>
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<p>הֵמָּה מֵי מְרִיבָה אֲשֶׁר רָבוּ בְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת ה׳</p>
<p>This was the Fight Water: the Jews fought God</p>
</blockq...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/286642How long did it take to set up the mishkan?Monica Celliohttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/80462022-06-26T17:37:34Z2022-06-26T17:37:34Z<p>When Yisrael spent 40 years in the wilderness, they sometimes camped for longer periods of times and sometimes for shorter ones, sometimes even just two days (Bamidbar 9:21 -22):</p>
<blockquot...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/286416In the list of spies, why is Yosef added to the listing for Manashe but not to the one for Efrayim?Monica Celliohttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/80462022-05-09T01:50:06Z2022-05-09T12:58:15Z<p>At the beginning of Sh'lach L'cha the torah lists the twelve scouts and their tribes. In general these names follow the pattern "from the tribe of (tribe), (somebody) ben (somebody)", with (gen...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/282070Why does the Torah mention Yosef in relation to Menashe but not Ephraim in the story of the spies?Mithicalhttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/80822021-06-07T18:14:18Z2022-05-09T12:56:20Z<p>In the beginning of Parshat Sh'lach, when listing the spies from each tribe, the Torah gives Ephraim like every other tribe (Bamidbar 13:8):</p>
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<p>למטה אפרים הושע בן-נון</p>
<p>...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/282418Why is parshat Balak written without breaks in the torah scroll?Monica Celliohttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/80462021-06-27T18:02:19Z2021-06-27T18:02:19Z<p>This past Shabbat I was reminded (while watching the torah reader rolling the scroll) that all (or nearly all?) of parshat Balak is written as one long paragraph in the scroll -- three solid col...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/282064the wood-gatherer, kiruv, and congregational lifeMonica Celliohttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/80462021-06-07T02:02:12Z2021-06-07T02:02:12Z<p><em>Originally given to a group of lay leaders from liberal congregations.</em></p>
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<p>Sh'lach L'cha records the incident with the wood-gatherer. To review, on Shabbat two men find a thir...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/282062What was the sin of Sh'lach L'cha?Monica Celliohttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/80462021-06-07T01:26:50Z2021-06-07T01:26:50Z<p><em>This is a short d'var I gave at a weekday minyan years ago. I came across it while searching for something else and decided its message is still timely.</em></p>
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<p>In Sh'lach L'cha ...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/279309Does the narrator of Numbers assert that the Anakim come from the Nephilim?curiousdanniihttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/535452020-11-18T06:06:47Z2020-11-18T15:12:08Z<p>The Nephilim are named only in two verses in the Bible, in Genesis 6:4 and Numbers 13:33. Numbers 13:33 says that the Anakim come from the Nephilim, but different translations render this in a v...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/277026What's your favorite weekly Torah section, and why?msh210https://judaism.codidact.com/users/81062020-08-02T13:31:36Z2020-09-11T16:39:38Z<h3>There are <a href="https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/readingp.htm">54 weekly sections ("<em>parashiyos</em>" or "sedras") in the Torah</a>.<sup class="footnote-ref"><a href=...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/277031Did Moshe have free will when he struck the rock in the wilderness?Monica Celliohttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/80462020-08-02T18:00:44Z2020-08-13T18:30:18Z<p>We know that God told the entire torah to Moshe (with Moshe writing it down the second time) at Har Sinai. This must include the book of D'varim, because I have learned somewhere that there is ...https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/277035What happened to the fruit brought by the spies?Harel13https://judaism.codidact.com/users/530152020-08-02T19:49:36Z2020-08-02T19:49:36Z<p>Kind of a weird question. Does anyone have any idea what happened to the fruit brought by the spies from Israel to the desert? Was it eaten by specific people? Buried? Left behind?</p>
https://judaism.codidact.com/posts/276793Why was Tisha B'av chosen as the day of crying for naught, when the Jews had cried previously?DonielFhttps://judaism.codidact.com/users/530112020-07-16T18:33:45Z2020-07-16T19:21:52Z<blockquote>
<p>ותשא כל העדה ויתנו את קולם ויבכו העם בלילה ההוא (במדבר יד, א) אמר רבה א"ר יוחנן אותו ליל ט' באב היה אמר להן הקב"ה לישראל אתם בכיתם בכיה של חנם ואני אקבע לכם בכיה לדורות (ס...