Posts Tagged: Bamidbar
Is Sinai Mountain or Desert?
JNS.org - Sinai is a mountain, but it’s also a desert. This week, we begin reading Numbers in synagogues around the world. But in Hebrew,...
Outrageous Antisemitic Incident at New Jersey High School Shows Lack of Leadership
According to Simon Sinek, the bestselling British-American author and organizational consultant renowned for his leadership expertise, “Leadership is not about being in charge … it...
The Price of Fighting Is Unbearable, Even When the Stakes Are So Petty
Wallace Stanley Sayre (1905–1972) was an esteemed American political scientist, who left an indelible mark as a distinguished professor at Columbia University. He was also...
For Jews, the Torah Is Sustenance
I learned some interesting facts about deserts this week. The first fact is probably the most astounding one of all: did you know that deserts...
Equality Begins With Education
The parsha of Bamidbar is generally read on the Shabbat before Shavuot, z’man matan torateinu -- “the time of the giving of our law,” the...
On Shavuot, We Are All Individuals — Not Numbers
Jack “Srulek” Feldman is a smiling, sprightly old man who lives in Rochester, New York, where -- until relatively recently -- he owned and ran...
Parshat Bamidbar: Leading a Nation of Individuals
Bamidbar begins with a census of the Israelites. That is why this book is known in English as "Numbers." What is the significance of this...
Parshat Bamidbar: Stay Focused on Your Dreams
The books of Shemot and Bamidbar have some striking similarities. They are both about journeys. They both portray the Israelites as quarrelsome and ungrateful. Both...
This Year, in Jerusalem
The most famous image of the reclamation of Jerusalem in June 1967 is undoubtedly the iconic photo, taken by the late David Rubinger, of three...
The Torah and the Jewish People: An Ever-Repeated Story
Bamidbar, our parsha this week, takes up the story where we left it at the end of Shemot. The Jewish people had journeyed from Egypt to Mount Sinai....
If We Really Listen, We Can Still Hear God
Bamidbar is usually read on the Shabbat before Shavuot. So the sages connected the two. Shavuot is the time of the giving of the Torah....
The Jewish Nation of Individuals
The book of Bamidbar begins with a census of the Israelites. That is why it is known in English as Numbers. What is the significance of...
Israel’s Wedding – Thoughts on Shavuot
In Judaism, mysteries have a habit of becoming controversies, none more so than in the case of Shavuot, otherwise known as Pentecost or the Feast...
Love as Law, Law as Love
On the face of it the connections between the sedra and haftarah of Bemidbar (Numbers) are slender. The first has to do with demography....
