Ilustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
In This Week’s Parashah: מָה בַּפָּרָשָׁה
Full Parashah Reading: Bemidbar 8:1-12:16
- Aharon lights the menorah.
- The לְוִיִּם (Levi’im, members of the tribe of Levi) prepare for their work in the mishkan.
- Some people couldn’t bring a קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח (korban pesah, pesah offering) because they were טָמֵא (tamei, impure). God offers a makeup date, called פֶּסַח שֵׁנִי (Pesah Sheini, Second Pesah).
- We are again told about the time the mishkan was built. A cloud would cover it in the day, and a fire at night. And when the cloud or fire would move, Benei Yisrael would follow it.
- God tells Moshe to make two silver trumpets. Their sound would gather Benei Yisrael for special occasions.
- After almost a year at Har Sinai, Benei Yisrael begin traveling through the desert. Forward, march!
- Benei Yisrael complain about the מָן (mann, miraculous food), demanding meat. God tells Moshe they will get so much, it will be coming out of their noses! God sends many quail (a kind of bird), and that’s what they eat for a whole month.
- Miriam and Aharon speak against Moshe, and Miriam is struck with the skin disease, צָרַעַת (tzara’at). Moshe prays for her.
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