Texts: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 || 1 Sam. 11:14 – 12:22 (Haftarah) NOTE: Kol HaTor, in its commentaries on the weekly Parashot, endeavours to search for and accentuate the Torah Messages contained in the Parashot as applicable to the main Theme of Tanach of the Return of the House of Israel, i.e. the Lost Ten Tribes of […]
Shelach Lecha 5780; By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks; aish.com Parashat Shelach Numbers 13,1-15,41 Haftarah Shelach Joshua 2,1-24 DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we place here are mostly not connected in any way to KOL HATOR and may well not share our views and interpretations. We do however thank them […]
This week, we read about the tragic sin of the spies. It’s a very frustrating story. Every time we read it, just as the spies are about to give their report, we want to scream out, “NO – DON’T DO IT!” How could they have doubted God? How could they have sinned so egregiously? (Aleph […]
Meir Elkabas discusses this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Shelach. Reb Meir explains the holiness of the Land of Israel, and how a Jew should strive to truly come to the Holy Land, live as Jew, and become a part of the land. DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we […]
Chaim Kramer discusses the weekly Torah portion, Parshat Shelach, and explains how lashon hara, negative talk, slander against other people and the spies complaints and bad reports against the Land of Israel, sowed destruction, and gives examples relevant today, especially the news media. DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that […]
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks; aish.com Parashat Beha’alotkha Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 Haftarah Beha’alotkha Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we place here are mostly not connected in any way to KOL HATOR and may well not share our views and interpretations. We do however thank […]
By Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz; www.yiboneh.com DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we place here are mostly not connected in any way to KOL HATOR and may well not share our views and interpretations. We do however thank them for their insight and pointers that confirm our understanding and often […]
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks from aish.com
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 act of counting? And why here at the beginning of the book? Besides which, there have already been two previous censuses of the people and this is the third within the space of a single year. Surely one would have been sufficient. And does counting have anything to do with leadership?
In this parsha we are commanded to take a census, to count the Jewish people. In an exploration of the language used, Reb Meir shows us that each of us truly counts. DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we place here are mostly not connected in any way to […]
(from: www.ou.org) DISCLAIMER – the authors and promoters of the articles and videos that we place here are mostly not connected in any way to KOL HATOR and may well not share our views and interpretations. We do however thank them for their insight and pointers that confirm our understanding and often broaden our insight. […]