Parashat Bemidbar: Table of Contents
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CONTENTS
  • Midrash / מִדְרָשׁ
  1. What does that word לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם (legulgelotam, head by head) mean?
  2. Why does the Torah stress that it was given in the מִדְבַּר (midbar, wilderness)?
  3. Counting the people takes up over 100 pesukim in Sefer Bemidbar! Why is counting the people so important?
  4. What flag did each shevet (tribe) have and what was the specific connection to that tribe?
  • Commentary / פַּרְשָׁנוּת
  1. Are Benei Yisrael counted again in this parashah, or is the Torah telling us more details about the same census that happened back in Shemot?
  2. Why was the Kehat family in danger of being cut off from the Levi'im?
  • Halakhah / הֲלָכָה
  1. On counting people
  2. When do you become a Jewish grown-up?
  • A Moment of Hebrew / רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית​​​​​​
  1. Shoresh שֹׁרֶשׁ ק.ה.ל
  2. Shoresh שֹׁרֶשׁ ע.ד.פ