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Lamentations 1 – None Comfort Her

July 16, 2025

Lamentations 1 describes the city of Jerusalem as a destroyed shell of its former power and glory.

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Categories Ketuvim - Writings, Lamentations Tags Jerusalem, Lamentations, sin

Numbers 23:19 – God is Not a Man

July 9, 2025

Balak the king of Moab is afraid of the Jewish people. He hires Balaam to curse them.

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Categories Bamidbar - Numbers Tags Balaam - Bilam, prayer - tefillah, Repentance - Teshuva, Samuel - Shmuel

Numbers 20:8-12 – Moses Hits the Rock

July 3, 2025

After the death of Miriam, the Jewish people had no water for themselves or their cattle. God tells Moses and Aaron how to bring them the needed water.

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Categories Bamidbar - Numbers Tags Aaron - Aharon, Malbim, miracle, Moses - Moshe

Numbers 17 – Aaron’s Rod Blossoms

June 26, 2025

Korah lead a rebellion against Moses and Aaron. He claimed God had not appointed them to positions of power and authority over the Jewish people.

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Categories Bamidbar - Numbers Tags Aaron - Aharon, High Priest - Kohen Gadol, miracle

Numbers 13:30-31 – Caleb Speaks

June 19, 2025

Moses sent 12 leaders of the Jewish people to spy out the Land of Canaan. The report by 10 of the spies caused an uproar in the Jewish camp.

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Categories Bamidbar - Numbers Tags bitachon - trust, hishtadlut - effort, Rabbi Dessler

Numbers 8:1-4 – The Menorah in the Bible

June 12, 2025

In Exodus 25 God commanded Moses to build the Menorah as part of the Tabernacle. But why is the Menorah mentioned in Numbers 8?

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Categories Bamidbar - Numbers, Hashkafa Tags Chanukah, Rabbi Hirsch, Solomon - Shlomo, tabernacle - mishkan

Numbers 5:23 – The Curses

June 5, 2025

Numbers 5 describes the ordeal of a married woman who is suspected of committing adultery. The priest is commanded to write some curses and then dissolve them in water. What curses does the priest write?

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Categories Bamidbar - Numbers Tags marriage, Mishna, priest - kohen, Rabbi Hirsch, relationships

Ruth 1:16-17 – Where You Go

May 28, 2025

After the death of her husband and sons, Naomi decides to go home to Bethlehem. She tells her daughters-in-law that they should return to Moab.

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Categories Book of Ruth, Ketuvim - Writings Tags commandments, Daat Mikra, Rashi, Ruth

Leviticus 21:9 – The Daughter of a Priest

May 15, 2025

The Jewish priests, the descendants of Aaron, have a special sanctity that they are expected to live up to. Even the daughter of a priest after she is married should uphold that sanctity.

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Categories Vayikra - Leviticus Tags marriage, priest - kohen

Leviticus 17:11 – Blood on the Altar

May 8, 2025

God commanded the Jewish people to slaughter some animals as sacrifices. He also permits animals to be slaughtered for food. But the Jewish people are not permitted to eat the animal’s blood.

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Categories Vayikra - Leviticus Tags altar - mizbeach, Repentance - Teshuva, sacrifices - offerings
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