Marty Goodman

This chapter deals with the righteous daughters of Tzelophehad. There are different opinions as to whom he really was. However,general consensus is that he was the '' the gatherer of the wood on the Shabbos." His daughters were requesting that Moshe give ...

The conclusion of the count of the twelve tribes of Israel from the age of 20 - 60. G-d tells Moshe that to these that were counted the land would be divided. The division would take place through a lottery. The chapter ends with the count to the tribe of...

Moshe and Elazar the high Priest count the tribes according to families. A 'Hey' is placed at the beginning of each name and a 'Yud' at the end of each name, which alludes to G-d and a testimony to their family purity.

the reward that Pinchas would receive for his act of zealousness. It mentions the name of the prince of the tribe of Shimon and the Midianite princes that he had killed. G-d commands Moshe to harass the Midianites since they were planning a sneak attack a...

(Ch. 25 Verses 10-12)

In depth study of the weekly Torah portion.

Bilaam finishes speaking the words that G-d has placed in his mouth. Neither man is happy with the results, and they both go their own way. However, before Bilaam leaves his gives Balak the idea to seduce the Jewish men into harlotry and idol worship.(Ch....

Balak takes Bilaam to another location, and turns toward the desert in the hope that he can evoke G-d's anger by gazing at the site of the sin of the Golden Calf. However, in the end G-d inspires him to bless the Jews with the Famous Ma Tovu, how good are...

Though G-d commands Bilaam to bless the Jewish nation he still tries to find some way to curse them. Balak is very upset with him. Not only doesn't Billaam curse them, he blesses them. Bilaam tries to tell Balak that if he listens closely he will understa...

Bilaam returns to Balak he says that he cannot curse that which G-d has blessed. He then asked that his end should be like theirs. Balak complains that he had brought him to curse the Jews and instead he was blessing them. Balak then takes Bilaam to anoth...