Bamidbar: Life Is An Empty Desert?

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6 months ago

Bamidbar: Life Is An Empty Desert?

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This week we begin ‘Bamidbar’; the fourth book of the Chumash (Five Books of Moses). It begins with G-d ordering Moses to count the Jews after they left Egypt [which is why it is also called “Pikudim” (“Numbers”)]. But this doesn’t seem to make sense; G-d is omniscient, He certainly already knew the number. Why the order to count? • Read More

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2 years ago

Photos: This Week In 770

Photos by Shalom Ross for Chabadinfo

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Uplifting and rousing moments, as well as ‘ordinary’ moments; this week, 770 has been full of photogenic scenes, some of which have been captured for posterity through the lens of Chabadinfo photographer Shalom Ross. Enjoy this week’s gallery of the week of Parshas Bamidbar in Beis Chayeinu • Photos

Beis Medrash

3 years ago

Why Give the Torah in a Desert, Not in Five-Star Resort?

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Who Owns Judaism? This week’s Torah portion, named “Bamidbar,” which means “in the desert,” is always read preceding the holiday of Shavuos, when we celebrate the giving of the Torah at Sinai, more than 3,300 years ago, in the year 1313 BCE. • By Rabbi YY Jacobson • Full Article

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3 years ago

Photos: This Week in 770

Photos by Oded Kaizerman for Chabadinfo

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Uplifting and rousing moments, as well as ‘ordinary’ moments; this week, 770 has been full of photogenic scenes, some of which have been captured for posterity through the lens of Chabadinfo photographer Oded Kaizerman. Enjoy this week’s gallery of the week of Parshas Bamidbar in Beis Chayeinu • Photos

Beis Medrash

3 years ago

Bamidbar: Lost And Found – The Firstborns in The Time Of Geulah

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From the desk of Rabbi Nissim Lagziel, Mashpia in Oholei Torah: This week, we begin to read and learn the fourth of the five books of the Torah, Sefer Bamidbar. In parshas Bamidbar there is a list of the census of the Jewish people as they are divided into tribes, along with the selection of the Levites to serve in the Mishkan/Mikdash… • Full Article