by Mordi Levi | f 22, 2021 | Community, God, Israel, Pinchas
After the plague which God sends to punish the Children of Israel for worshipping Baal-peor (Numbers 25), God instructs Moses to count all of the Israelite men aged 20 and up. They are counted by tribe according to their ancestral houses (Numbers 26:2). After the...
by Mordi Levi | f 14, 2021 | Amos, Fear of God, God, Holiness, Israel
In ancient times, the Land of Israel was filled with a variety of animal species, including lions, wolves and leopards, some of which are still found in Israel today. Before lions became extinct in the region sometime after the 13th century, they inhabited the...
by Mordi Levi | f 13, 2021 | God, Hebrew Language, Miracles, Va'eira
In this verse, God commands Moses and Aaron to confront Pharaoh and demand that he let the Children of Israel leave Egypt. He warns them that Pharaoh will tell them to perform a sign in order to prove that they were indeed sent by God. He, therefore, tells Moses to...
by Mordi Levi | f 4, 2021 | Eikev, God, Hebrew Language, Holiness, Israel
In this verse, Moses reminds the people that how they behave will directly impact their ability to live in the Land of Israel. He tells them that if they faithfully observe God’s commandments, not only will they thrive and increase, but they will be able to possess...
by Mordi Levi | f 2, 2021 | Covenant, God, Israel, Va'etchanan
After a brief introduction and a review of how the Children of Israel ended up at the banks of the Jordan River ready to inherit the Holy Land at the beginning of Deuteronomy, Moses begins to review some of the laws and commandments that they will have to keep in the...
by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 9, 2021 | God, Hebrew Language, Psalms
According to Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson, the word for ‘water,’ mayim (מים), provides an interesting example of the unique way in which the Hebrew word expresses the essence of the object it names. This word is spelled with two instances of the letter mem (מ) and one...
