What if the deepest expression of Torah isn’t having the right answers—but being willing to listen? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Rafael Polisuk conclude the Book of Bamidbar by exploring why it ends not with a dramatic event,…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Masei, Matot, Podcast series
What defines Jewish belonging—land, Torah, or loyalty? In this episode, Parshat Matot-Masei sparks a rich conversation between Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash about the tribes of Reuven, Gad, and Menashe who ask to settle east of the Jordan…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Critical issues, Israel, Masei
In this week’s episode, Zvi is joined by Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy for an exploration of Matot and Massei, discussing the challenging tale of the tribes who chose not to settle in the land of Israel. Meesh offers us different…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Critical issues, Israel, Masei
How do we distribute scant resources in a needy world? Are wealthy societies obligated to share their fundamental resources with more impoverished societies in need? This podcast takes us to a challenging passage in Nedarim which draws its prooftext from…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Masei, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
The spiritual practice of finding safety within our internal “cities of refuge – arei miklat.” Based on a teaching of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, teaching on the spiritual ramifications today of the establishment of this radical and…
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Parshiot Matot-Masei includes a long list of place names that trace the wanderings of the Children of Israel through the Sinai wilderness on their way to the Land of Israel. Is this simply a geographical-historical recording of the physical journey…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Masei, Matot, Podcast series
In this podcast, Nechama Goldman Barash compares stories from the beginning of the book of Numbers with two stories at the end the book as Moses begins to bid farewell to the nation. Moses emerges as the consummate leader that…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Masei, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Last week we met the daughters of Zelophchad. Their father had an inheritance in the land of Canaan but he had five daughters, no sons. Since inheritance passed through the male line, the five daughters felt that his ancestral holding…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Masei, Matot, Educator resources
The prophetic selections of Haftarot during the summer months are not chosen to connect with the weekly Torah portion. Their messages of chastisement and consolation revolve around the historical and religious commemorations that take place this time of year. This…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Masei, Matot, Podcast series
The Pardes Parsha Discussion is a weekly series by faculty member Rabbi Alex Israel, designed to stimulate discussion around the Shabbat table, especially with teenagers. Click here to download and print this week’s Parsha Discussion on Matot- Massei — The Power…
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Rabbi Mike Feuer in this week’s parsha podcast discusses how the laws of vows in Matot-Masei show us that words can bind even God, and have the power to create new realities. But what are the consequences for national unity…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Masei, Matot, Podcast series
In this week’s parsha, which concludes the Book of Bamidbar, Moses recaps the journeys in the desert as a way of bringing closure to the “desert experience” of the Israelites. At the same time, he highlights the anticipated entry and…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Masei, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
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