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This Parasha is always read on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashana (the Jewish New Year or head of the year). Since to mitigate the decrees of the Day of Judgment (Rosh Hashana), the unity of the people is needed by meeting with love. That is why Moshe Rabbenu advises us: "Stand Together" which is how this Parasha begins: "Today you are all standing in the presence of the Creator, his God, your leaders, your tribes, your elders, your officers, with all the men of Israel" (Debarim-Deut 29 , 9) (Standing connotes prayer, BERACHOT 6B) We have to know that each...

Sefer Bamidbar (Numbers 25: 10-30: 1) In this Parasha we will be able to analyze "the zeal" of the Creator, as well as His great patience towards us ... ​​ "And Israel accentuated Shitin and the people began to prostitute themselves with the women of Moav and they called the people to offerings for their gods, and the people ate of them and knelt to their gods. And they became attached Israel to Baal Peor and the blessed Creator was enraged with Israel. And the Creator said to Moses, take the leaders of the people and hang them before the...

Parashá "Balak" Bamidbar-Numbers 22.2 - 25.9) "Overcoming hate with love" The Sefer HaJinuch tells us that in this Parasha the Torah does not command any precept, however it is full of wonderful teachings. And although we already know, that we can always find a lot to learn, since with each letter, the Torah can teach us important lessons for our lives ... Balaam supposed that the Creator would agree to curse the Jewish people if he "reminded" him of how promptly and frequently they had rebelled against Him during their forty years in the desert. "Bilam got up in the...

“Send men for you so that explore the land of Canaan” (Bamidbar 13: 2) The spies committed a terrible sin by speaking ill of the Promised Land. The great commentator Rashi asks why the Parasha that speaks of the spies was related to the Parsha that speaks of Miriam, and answers that it is because she had been punished for the slander she said of her brother, and these wicked ones saw the punishment that she received, but still did not assimilate the lesson. The Israelites also believed what the spies said and they too wept. As the verse (Bamidbar...