by Bet Alef Administrator | Jun 30, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Chukat – Balak Numbers 19:1 – 25:9 As Parashat Balak opens, the Israelites are encamped at the border of Moab. Fearing that the “horde” will overcome his kingdom, as they have many others, King Balak looks for a trump card to shift the odds in his favor....
by Bet Alef Administrator | Jun 23, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Korach Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 At the end of last week’s parashah, Sh’lach L’cha, the Israelites were at the edge of the Promised Land. Twelve tribal leaders went to scope out the land and when they returned they advised, ten against two, that the tribes should...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Jun 16, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Sh’lach L’cha Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 For forty days and forty nights the scouts sent by Moses gathered information and sampled the local fruits in the Promised Land. Upon their return, Caleb and Joshua encouraged the people to enter and conquer the...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Jun 9, 2023 | Torah Reflections
B’haalot’cha Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 It seems like every time we turn the page in the biblical story of our people, they are complaining about their situation in the wilderness. This time it’s the monotony of the same food, day in and day out, that has...
by Bet Alef Administrator | Jun 1, 2023 | Torah Reflections
Nasso Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 In the middle of Parashat Naso we happen upon one of the central blessings of our tradition: The Eternal spoke to Moses: Speak to Aaron and to his sons: Thus shall you bless the children of Israel. Say to them: The Eternal One blesses...
