Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

Parashat Mattot (Tribes) & Masei (Tribes and Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2-32:42 & 33:1-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4, 4:1-2 In this week’s Parasha, we witness the culmination of the Israelites’ journey from Egypt to the brink … Read More

Walking the Walk

Parashat Mattot (Tribes) & Masei (Tribes and Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2-32:42 & 33:1-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4, 4:1-2 In the Parashah of this week, we read a description of the journeys of the children of … Read More

Drawing from His Well

Parashat Masei (Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 33:1-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-18, 3:4 & 4:1-2 Our Parashah opens with: These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out of the land of Egypt … Read More

The End of the Story?

Parashat Mattot (Tribes) & Masei (Tribes and Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2–32:42 & 33:1–36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4–28, 3:4, 4:1–2 In the Parasha, we read of the conclusion of the journey of the children of Israel from … Read More

Whom Can We Trust?

Parashat Mattot (Tribes) & Masei (Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2–32:42 & 33:1–36:13 We live in a world of much uncertainty: the unstable political climate, the Covid-19 pandemic, economic recession in the global economy, etc. I hear … Read More

Drive Out the Idols

Parashat Masei (Journeys) Bamidbar (Numbers) 33:1–36:13 In this week’s Scripture portion we find some very interesting principles, but there’s one that I find to be true in the physical world as well in the spiritual … Read More

Parashat Mattot (Tribes) & Masei (Journeys)

Bamidbar (Numbers) 30:2–32:42 & 33:1–36:13 In our reading this week, we read two parshiot (two portions) of Scripture, which will conclude our reading from the book of Numbers. As I was reading both portions, I … Read More

Parshiot Mattot and Masei (Tribes and Journeys)

בס״ד Parshiot Mattot and Masei (Tribes and Journeys) Numbers 30:2-32:42 and 33:1-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4, 4:1-2 Shabbat Chazak This week we have two Torah readings. In the opening of the first portion, Parashat Mattot, … Read More

Parashat Masei (Journeys) Numbers 33:1-36:13

בס”ד Parashat Masei (Journeys) Numbers 33:1-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4; 4:1-2 Shabbat Chazak In this Torah reading, one learns that having a great deal of money does not change the judgment that one receives. In … Read More

Parashat Masei (Journeys) Numbers 33:1-36:13

בס”ד Parashat Masei (Journeys) Numbers 33:1-36:13 Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4; 4:1-2 Shabbat Chazak! This week’s Torah portion begins by summarizing the journeys of the Children of Israel from the Exodus until they were positioned by … Read More