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May 29, 2021. The Torah records the account of God providing quail to feed the multitude The parsha contains a special insight related to one of Yeshua's miracles
The difference between the Pesach Sheni people and Korach.
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Join Jonathan Wriston and the rest of DMF as they explore Torah portion Beha'alotcha and look at the topic of being a priest and servant of HaShem. For more information on Dothan Messianic Fellowship, visit us at www.dothanmessianicfellowship.com or find us on Facebook.
In this week’s parasha, Beha'alotcha, we read a story about a group of individuals who became טמא-impure and were unable to bring the Korban Pesach at its proper time. They approached Moshe Rabbenu with a burning desire to do the mitzvah and said, “Why should we lose out?” We are impure due to circumstances beyond our control. We still want to do this mitzvah.” Moshe asked Hashem what to do and Hashem told him, I’m giving them a second chance . They received a new holiday called Pesach Sheni that would be permanently added to the calendar, a day that would have numerous halachot attached to it, a day that would be imbued with kedusha . All because some individuals asked for it. Just to give a mashal to understand the magnitude of this. There’s a man, Eli Beer, the president of the United Hatzalah. He was intubated and sedated for more than 30 days when he was sick with the Coronavirus. When he awoke, one of the first questions he asked his doctors was, “When is Pesach ?” His medical team had to inform him that Pesach had come and gone and he had missed it entirely. Imagine if, at that point, he would have prayed to Hashem and said, “I feel so bad I missed Pesach . Please give me another chance.” And Hashem would then invent a new holiday called Pesach Sheni so he could make it up. That’s what it was like when these people asked for another chance. Why did Hashem give it to them? Because He loves when we have a desire to do His will. He loves when we ask Him to help us in spiritual matters. A pious man from Israel told, one time he went to the Kotel on Shabbat to pray and, on his way back, he walked through the Arab shuk. He walked quickly, but after a few minutes he was dismayed to see a large group of tourists walking slowly in front of him. It was made up primarily of women dressed immodestly. There was nowhere for him to turn. The group was too large for him to go around and the last thing he wanted was to be stuck walking behind them for the remainder of the way. At that moment he remembered a devar Torah that the Tchebiner Rav once said. After the chet hameraglim , the sin of the spies, Hashem was going to severely punish the Jewish People. Moshe Rabbenu intervened, and he made two tefilot . He prayed, number one, that Hashem should save the Jewish People for His honor, so that the nations of the world shouldn’t say that He wasn’t able to bring His People into Israel. The second tefila was to invoke Hashem’s Thirteen Attributes of Mercy. Hashem replied with the words סלחתי כדבריך and Rashi explains, Hashem forgave them because of Moshe’s first tefila , the one about Hashem’s honor. That was the better of the two tefilot . The Tchebiner Rav said, we see from here a tremendous lesson and it’s a mitzvah to publicize. When a person needs a yeshua , he should pray not for his own sake but rather he should pray for the kavod of Shamayim and then the tefila is guaranteed to be answered. Why? Because when one prays for oneself, maybe the angels could be mikatreg and say, You don’t deserve it. Who are you!? But when one prays for the honor of Hashem, the prosecuting angels in Heaven can’t open their mouths, they’re silent. When a person is praying to grow religiously, it’s to honor Hashem, because doing the will of Hashem is His honor. So this man said, “Hashem, please help me do Your will for Your sake, for Your honor.” At that moment, a small tractor approached from behind, requesting everyone to clear the way. This man went right behind it and was able to get in front of that group and keep his purity intact. Hashem loves when we ask for help with spirituality. That’s our purpose in this world. Fortunate are us who have Hashem, who is waiting to help us with it. Shabbat Shalom.
Beha'alotcha—בהעלותך: Torah Portion (Numbers Numbers 8–12:15) Complaining Angers YeHoVah! by Shawn Ozbun
In this week’s parasha, Beha'alotcha, we read a story about a group of individuals who became טמא-impure and were unable to bring the Korban Pesach at its proper time. They approached Moshe Rabbenu with a burning desire to do the mitzvah and said, “Why should we lose out?” We are impure due to circumstances beyond our control. We still want to do this mitzvah.” Moshe asked Hashem what to do and Hashem told him, I’m giving them a second chance . They received a new holiday called Pesach Sheni that would be permanently added to the calendar, a day that would have numerous halachot attached to it, a day that would be imbued with kedusha . All because some individuals asked for it. Just to give a mashal to understand the magnitude of this. There’s a man, Eli Beer, the president of the United Hatzalah. He was intubated and sedated for more than 30 days when he was sick with the Coronavirus. When he awoke, one of the first questions he asked his doctors was, “When is Pesach ?” His medical team had to inform him that Pesach had come and gone and he had missed it entirely. Imagine if, at that point, he would have prayed to Hashem and said, “I feel so bad I missed Pesach . Please give me another chance.” And Hashem would then invent a new holiday called Pesach Sheni so he could make it up. That’s what it was like when these people asked for another chance. Why did Hashem give it to them? Because He loves when we have a desire to do His will. He loves when we ask Him to help us in spiritual matters. A pious man from Israel told, one time he went to the Kotel on Shabbat to pray and, on his way back, he walked through the Arab shuk. He walked quickly, but after a few minutes he was dismayed to see a large group of tourists walking slowly in front of him. It was made up primarily of women dressed immodestly. There was nowhere for him to turn. The group was too large for him to go around and the last thing he wanted was to be stuck walking behind them for the remainder of the way. At that moment he remembered a devar Torah that the Tchebiner Rav once said. After the chet hameraglim , the sin of the spies, Hashem was going to severely punish the Jewish People. Moshe Rabbenu intervened, and he made two tefilot . He prayed, number one, that Hashem should save the Jewish People for His honor, so that the nations of the world shouldn’t say that He wasn’t able to bring His People into Israel. The second tefila was to invoke Hashem’s Thirteen Attributes of Mercy. Hashem replied with the words סלחתי כדבריך and Rashi explains, Hashem forgave them because of Moshe’s first tefila , the one about Hashem’s honor. That was the better of the two tefilot . The Tchebiner Rav said, we see from here a tremendous lesson and it’s a mitzvah to publicize. When a person needs a yeshua , he should pray not for his own sake but rather he should pray for the kavod of Shamayim and then the tefila is guaranteed to be answered. Why? Because when one prays for oneself, maybe the angels could be mikatreg and say, You don’t deserve it. Who are you!? But when one prays for the honor of Hashem, the prosecuting angels in Heaven can’t open their mouths, they’re silent. When a person is praying to grow religiously, it’s to honor Hashem, because doing the will of Hashem is His honor. So this man said, “Hashem, please help me do Your will for Your sake, for Your honor.” At that moment, a small tractor approached from behind, requesting everyone to clear the way. This man went right behind it and was able to get in front of that group and keep his purity intact. Hashem loves when we ask for help with spirituality. That’s our purpose in this world. Fortunate are us who have Hashem, who is waiting to help us with it. Shabbat Shalom.
In this week’s Parashah Point on the Torah Portion called Beha’alotcha, we read Numbers 9:22-23 which details how the Creator led his people after Egypt. Israel was following the cloud of YHWH, dependent upon him for direction. Are you following the cloud?
Sometimes the inevitable happens. We have a desire to do something for God, but our circumstances simply won't allow it. We find this situation in this week's Torah portion. Just before Passover men came to Moses with a dilemma. They had become unclean through contact with a corpse and would not be made pure in time to participate in the Passover. What was the solution? Is God a God of second chances? Learn more in the 5 Minute Torah commentary on Parashat Beha'alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:15).
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Welcome to Kibitz and Bitz! Where we argue information security and draw lessons from the weekly Torah portion. For the week of June 7th, 2020, Numbers 8:1 - 9:14 parashat Beha'alotcha. The Torah provides instructions when dealing with strangers during Passover must abide by the Passover rules. Wolf and Dave argue about rules applied to employees and contractors, along with the psychology of the users and acceptance of security policies. Listen to their arguments and leave a message for Kibitz-and-Bitz with your opinion on these lessons learned from this weeks Torah parashat. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kibitz-n-bitz/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kibitz-n-bitz/support
This week, we look at one of the Bible's most severe punishments, that of being "cut off" from the people, and consider what actions today might separate someone from the Jewish community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Here is the audio recording of Rabbi Sacks' Covenant & Conversation commentary essay on this week's Torah portion of Beha'alotecha 5780. You can download a PDF of this commentary, as well as an accompanying Family Edition, from rabbisacks.org/behaalotecha-5780/ Covenant & Conversation is kindly sponsored by the Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation.
The lighting of the Menorah in the Tabernacle is the highest form or praise, greater than offerings, or good deeds. YHVH desires obedience more than sacrifice, and His kingdom can not be attained through violence or gifts or work. We learn more about the people set apart from the rest of the people who are already set apart from the world. We encounter an interesting rabbit trail about a second Exodus … it is for us? We learn more about la-shone’ ha raw or the evil tongue, and the problems complaining cause including the tab-ay-rah’or burning, a fire that consumes the outskirts of the camp inhabited by the ay'-rab reb, or mixed multitude who instigated the complaining. Moses sister Miriam falls to the dangers of complaining and is cast out of the camp as dead, and redeemed in 7 days. We can see an interesting comparison between the first born, the priests, and the bride, and read the account of YHVH sending quail to satisfy the complaining. The silver trumpets of redemption are introduced and the mechanics of how 3 million people and the Temple of God move in the wilderness, and much more.
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In this week's Parashah Point on the Torah Portion Beha'alotcha, we look at Numbers 9:1-4 where YHWH reminds His people to observe and remember the Passover. There is a reason He wants us to remember it, and plenty of reasons why we should want to.
"I am delighted to share with you the newest cycle of Covenant & Conversation essays on the weekly parsha (Torah reading). I am particularly excited to introduce a Family Edition accompaniment to this year's series which has two main aims. First, to present the ideas in Covenant & Conversation in a simplified way, making my ideas more accessible to children and teenagers. Second, to act as an educational resource for parents, teachers and anyone else to engage their children and students in meaningful and stimulating conversations about the parsha." Main edition: rabbisacks.org/sages-and-saints-naso-5779/ Family edition: rabbisacks.org/cc-family-edition-naso-5779/
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Now is the summer of our discontent.
Towrah: Bamidbar (Numbers) 8:1-12:15 Nabiym (Prophets): Zecharyahuw (Zechariah) 2:14-4:7 Besowrah (Gospel): Luqas (Luke) 17:11-18:14
The Children of Israel are finally ready to set out on their journey from Mount Sinai. But the test of radical trust in YHVH proves too difficult, and high drama ensues.
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Two new prophets appear in the camp! And they have an important message for us...
Beha'alotcha 5776/2016 by Rabbi Seth Goldstein
Forgive the poor sound quality this week, folks! The Parsha Nut is traveling, and away from his regular recording studio. But since we're revealing the secrets of the universe this week, I guess it's fitting that they be a little hard to hear.
Why is it that all of a sudden, in the middle of Sefer Bamidbar, the relationship between the Jewish people and Hashem seems to fall apart?
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Rabbi Sacks' commentary on the weekly Torah portion. All his Covenant & Conversation essays for 5774 are themed around the concept of Leadership and what lessons the Torah can teach us about it. For more articles, videos & other material from Rabbi Sacks, please visit www.rabbisacks.org or follow @RabbiSacks.
A rollickingly relevant approach to Parshat Beha'alotcha with guest instructor, Rabbi Matthew Futterman.
What is the essence of Jewish leadership? Why does Moshe break down when the people ask for meat? (16 minutes)
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