Parshiyos Matos-Massei
In our Parsha we have a section
after the war of Midian dealing with ritual purification in a Mikvah. I
recently received a question about the 40 Log needed for the Mikvah. (1 Log = 4
Kiddush Cups of water. So the Mikvah is 160 the amount of water that is held
by a Kiddush Cup. quantity did not
appear to the potential Ger to be enough to cover a human body. To understand
how the 40 Logs work is like this. We gather during the rainstorm in one place
40 Seahs. We collect this in a small area. The main Mikvah next door is then
filled up with tap water. The plug or passage from the rain Mikvah now is
opened and the waters kiss or are unified making the other section also part of
the Mikvah. In short, once the Mikvah has 40 Logs of water, any amount of tap
water can be added as it is a Mikvah that is growing. If the Mikvah fall to 37
Logs and under, it can no longer be added too except ice from snow or a frozen
natural lake or more rain.
A minimum lever of a Kiddush Cup
that is kosher is 86.4 ml x 160 or 13,824 ml. The minimum amount of rain water
is less that 14 cubic liters.
Moshe Rabbaynu spoke either to the
elders or the tribes. Just like present governments often he was with the
Sanhedrin. However, when new Halachos were taught or Mussar, he spoke to all
the tribes. Every man was taught the basics and then the wiser ones led them.
30:2 And Moses spoke unto the heads
of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying: This is the thing which the
LORD hath commanded. 3 When a man vows a vow unto the LORD, or swears an oath
to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according
to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
One should always speak the truth
and meet his obligations. Since men are usually logical, they should refrain
from making hasty vows and swearing in vain. However, it happens that many
simple folk with their roots in Arab lands, swear like their Arab cousins and
they make haste with their words. Talmidei Chachamim from these areas are
careful but the Am HaAretz folks are not.
4 Also when a woman vows a vow unto
the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her
youth,
She did this without the knowledge
of her father or below the wife without the knowledge of her husband.
5 and her father hears her vow, or
her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at
her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her
soul shall stand. 6 But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears,
none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall
stand; and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
The father or the husband has the
right to annul the vow.
7 And if she be married to a
husband, while her vows are upon her, or the clear utterance of her lips,
wherewith she hath bound her soul; 8 and her husband hear it, whatsoever day it
be that he hears it, and hold his peace at her; then her vows shall stand, and
her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. 9 But if her husband
disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which
is upon her, and the clear utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her
soul; and the LORD will forgive her. 10 But the vow of a widow, or of her that
is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against
her.
She answers to nobody but HASHEM
and therefore her vow stands.
11 And if a woman vowed in her
husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, 12 and her husband
heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not, then all her vows
shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 13 But if
her husband make them null and void in the day that he hears them, then
whatsoever proceeded out of her lips, whether it were her vows, or the bond of
her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD will
forgive her. 14 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her
husband may let it stand, or her husband may make it void. 15 But if her
husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he causes all
her vows to stand, or all her bonds, which are upon her; he hath let them
stand, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 16 But
if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he
shall bear her iniquity. 17 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded
Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in
her youth, in her father's house.
I wrote a story about taking two of
my co-workers to make a Beis Din to forgive a vow of our boss’s secretary that
she made before she was married. In the end, she was blessed with twins and
could give her husband’s father’s name to one and the name she wanted to the
other. Sometimes, when one regrets and does things the Torah way, HASHEM comes
and makes the best Shalom Beis possible.
31:1 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Avenge the children of Israel of the
Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.'
Moshe did not delay and dawdle in
acting out this command even if would leave this world quicker. He made haste!
3 And Moses spoke unto the people,
saying: 'Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against
Midian, to execute the LORD'S vengeance on Midian.
Midian was small in number and
600,000 troops were not needed. It was enough a compact fighting force of one
thousand from each tribe with another thousand to bring supplies and one
thousand to pray. In total 36,000 in which, only one third was fighting
soldiers.
4 Of every tribe a thousand,
throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.' 5 So there were
delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve
thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the
war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy
vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
Only in Devarim will we learn what
the Cohain has to say to the people going to war.
7 And they warred against Midian,
as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male. 8 And they slew the
kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur,
and Reba, the five kings of Midian; Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with
the sword.
If Bilaam went home after Parsha Balak
what is he doing here now? He advised them on Baal Peor and there for came to
receive his monetary reward. But he was not expecting this rewards. He did to
realize that the sword would be his reward for causing the murder of many Jews
9 And the children of Israel took
captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and
all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.
In most wars, the men were killed,
women captured with their children but this was not the instructions that Moshe
had given them.
10 And all their cities in the
places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire. 11
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. 12 And
they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto
Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto
the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
First it says that they slew the
men but then we read of captives. What I believe happened is that the fighting
men were slaughtered and non-fighters,
women and perhaps children
captured. This was the conventional way of waging war at the time. But this is
not what Moshe commanded.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the
priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them
without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the
captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service
of the war. 15 And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive? 16
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to
revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the
plague was among the congregation of the LORD. 17 Now therefore kill every male
among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with
him.
Today our commentators state from
the age of three and under for females. But was this really so. Even the Arabs
in Gaza do not marry females under the age of six.
18 But all the women children, that
have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19 And encamp
ye without the camp seven days; whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever
hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh
day, ye and your captives.
We hold in practice today that a
non-Jew produces Tuma but I have neither seen nor heard from my teachers that
we would act this way on the 3rd and 7th day.
20 And as to every garment, and all
that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood,
ye shall purify.'
Garments are purified in a regular
Mikvah.
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto
the men of war that went to the battle: 'This is the statute of the law which
the LORD hath commanded Moses: 22 Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass,
the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 everything that may abide the fire, ye
shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall
be purified with the water of sprinkling; and all that abides not the fire ye
shall make to go through the water. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the
seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye may come into the camp.'
This is how we purify either by
fire or by the waters of a Mikvah.
25 And the LORD spoke unto Moses,
saying: 26 'Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast,
thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the
congregation; 27 and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in
war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation; 28 and levy a tribute
unto the LORD of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five
hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the
flocks; 29 take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a
portion set apart for the LORD.
To the victors belong the spoils
but the workers of the L-RD receive something too for prayers.
30 And of the children of Israel's
half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the
beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them
unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.' 31 And
Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 Now the prey,
over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand
and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33 and threescore and twelve
thousand beeves, 34 and threescore and one thousand asses, 35 and thirty and
two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with
him. 36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was
in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and
five hundred sheep. 37 And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and
threescore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of
which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were
thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore
and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute
was thirty and two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was set apart
for the LORD, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. 42 And of
the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that
warred-- 43 now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty
thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 and thirty and six
thousand beeves, 45 and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, 46 and sixteen
thousand persons-- 47 even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one
drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the
Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
The initial splitting of the money
went to the Mishkan and Cohanim now the Leviim received a little
48 And the officers that were over
the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of
hundreds, came near unto Moses; 49 and they said unto Moses: 'Thy servants have
taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacks not
one man of us. 50 And we have brought the LORD'S offering, what every man hath
gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and
girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.' 51 And Moses and
Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all
the gold of the gift that they set apart for the LORD, of the captains of
thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred
and fifty shekels.-- 53 For the men of war had taken booty, every man for
himself.-- 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a
memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
On top of that, the leaders donated
more. Not quite the swamp and cesspools of governments of today around the
world.
32: 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very
great multitude of cattle; and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of
Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle, 2 the children of Gad
and the children of Reuben came and spoke unto Moses, and to Eleazar the
priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying: 3 'Ataroth, and
Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo,
and Beon, 4 the land which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is
a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.' 5 And they said: 'If we have
found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a
possession; bring us not over the Jordan.' Oy Vey yet again people do not want to pass over the Yarden into the promised land. They have asked Moshe permission but he is getting upset.
6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: 'Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here? 7 And wherefore will ye turn away the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they turned away the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. 10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled in that day, and He swore, saying: 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed Me; 12 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and He made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
Are you rebelling like them and causing death and destruction in this generation?
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from after Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and so ye will destroy all this people.'
Are you going to bring death and destruction upon the people of Israel. Zimri and Baal Peor were not enough!
16 And they came near unto him, and said: 'We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones; 17 but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place; and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.'
We will go first in the conquest of the land only leaving our livestock and families in our new lands. We will help in the conquest.
20 And
Moses said unto them: 'If ye will do this thing: if ye will arm yourselves to
go before the LORD to the war, 21 and every armed man of you will pass over the
Jordan before the LORD, until He hath driven out His enemies from before Him,
22 and the land be subdued before the LORD, and ye return afterward; then ye
shall be clear before the LORD, and before Israel, and this land shall be unto
you for a possession before the LORD.
If you
go forward as you say and fight for your brothers and the land, you shall be
cleared of any wrong doing.
23 But
if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD; and know ye your
sin which will find you.
The actions
that you promise will bring a blessing upon you but if not, the sins will find
you and your lives will not be worth the smallest of coins.
24 Build
you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which
hath proceeded out of your mouth.' 25 And the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Thy servants will do as my lord commands.
26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there
in the cities of Gilead; 27 but thy servants will pass over, every man that is
armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord says.' 28 So Moses gave
charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and
to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. 29
And Moses said unto them: 'If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben
will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before
the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you, then ye shall give them the
land of Gilead for a possession; 30 but if they will not pass over with you
armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.' 31 And the
children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: 'As the LORD hath
said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the
LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall
remain with us beyond the Jordan.' 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the
children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of
Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the
kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with
their borders, even the cities of the land round about.
They
received their stake in the land that they preferred. They will fortify their
area and return for war.
33: 1 These
are the stages of the children of Israel, by which they went forth out of the
land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses
wrote their goings forth, stage by stage, by the commandment of the LORD; and
these are their stages at their goings forth. 3 And they journeyed from Rameses
in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow
after the Passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the
sight of all the Egyptians,
A lot of different stops were made
the first year until reaching Sinai and then only a few stops made after the
next 38 years. Finally as they leave Kadesh-Barnea in the 40th year,
they travel again to a number of place.
… 49 And they pitched by the
Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
This was the last camp near Har Nevo
as Moshe completes the giving of the Torah, hands the reigns over to Yehoshua
and the people mourn for 30 days.
50 And the LORD spoke unto Moses in
the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying: 51 'Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye pass over the Jordan into the
land of Canaan, 52 then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from
before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten
images, and demolish all their high places.
You will drive out all of the
inhabitants and utterly destroy their religious places.
53 And ye shall drive out the
inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land
to possess it. 54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your
families--to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou
shalt give the less inheritance; wheresoever the lot falls to any man, that
shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
They shall leave the land but if
they stay woe unto thee:
55 But if ye will not drive out the
inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of
them be as thorns in your eyes, and as pricks in your sides, and they shall
harass you in the land wherein ye dwell.
The original Zionist and Moshe
Dayan prevented the Arabs from fleeing Yehuda and the Shomron for they were a
cheap source of labor for the Kibbutzim. As a result.
56 And it shall come to pass, that
as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you.
They are thorns and thistles and
shoot, throw blocks, very large stones on cars and blow up buses. So instead of
the Gezaira on them, we get the Gezaira.
34: 1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2 'Command the children
of Israel, and say unto them: When ye come into the land of Canaan, this shall
be the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of
Canaan according to the borders thereof. 3 Thus your south side shall be from
the wilderness of Zin close by the side of Edom, and your south border shall
begin at the end of the Salt Sea eastward; 4 and your border shall turn about
southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out
thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to
Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon; 5 and the border shall turn about from
Azmon unto the Brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Sea.
6 And for the western border, ye shall have the Great Sea for a border; this
shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border: from the
Great Sea ye shall mark out your line unto mount Hor; 8 from mount Hor ye shall
mark out a line unto the entrance to Hamath; and the goings out of the border
shall be at Zedad;From Mount Hor: you shall turn and continue along the northern border eastward, and then you will arrive at the entrance to Hamath, which is Antioch. - [Targum Yerushalmi] And the ends of the border: Heb. תּוֹצְאֹת הַגּבוּל, the ends of the border. Whenever [Scripture] mentions “the ends of the border” either the boundary line ends there completely and does not continue further in that direction, or from there it spreads out, broadens, and extends backwards, continuing in a more slanting direction than [encompassed in] the original expanse. In relation to the breadth of the original dimension, it is called the ends, for that dimension ends there.
This is not the Euphrates as originally promised but well north of Damascus of today in the Aleppo area very far to the north or about at least 400 km north of the Damascus of today so it is more than 250 miles north of the Har Hermon. It is 615 km from Har Hermon to Eilat so that adds 66% to the current Eretz Yisrael. If it were to the Euphrates it would double the distance from south to north. Antioch as Rashi writes puts us also very deep into Lebanon close to the Turkish Border.
13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: 'This is the land wherein ye shall receive inheritance by lot, which the LORD hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;
The lot casting will be done after
the conquest of the land and then the land can be parceled out. Note that the
Tribe of Dan had two different portions. One by the current Tel Dan in the
north and one in the area from around the Beis Shemesh area to the modern Herzliya.
The tradition has Dan being buried between Shimshon Junction and Highway 3
along that road. Rabban Gamliel and Yehuda are buried in Yahud.
Their portion is known and so are the three cities of refuge.
16 And
the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17 'These are the names of the men that
shall take possession of the land for you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the
son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to take possession
of the land. 19 And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb
the son of Yephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel
the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22
And of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 Of
the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince,
Hanniel the son of Ephod; 24 and of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a
prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 And of the tribe of the children of
Zebulun a prince, Eli-zaphan the son of Parnach. 26 And of the tribe of the
children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And of the tribe of
the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. 28 And of the tribe
of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are
they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of
Israel in the land of Canaan.'
These are not the men mentioned
last week in the census. Those were leaders for the wilderness. Now it is more
military and wiser leaders being chosen for the division of the land.
From here we learn that the Leviim were to have very small portions in cities and the border of the cities is 2000 cubits aka Amos which is according to my elbow to finger tip 900 meters and according to the larger value of the Chazon Ish one kilometer. That is the Techum (border) for Shabbos.
6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee thither; and beside them ye shall give forty and two cities. 7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with the open land about them. 8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inherits shall give of its cities unto the Levites.'
…26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond
the border of his city of refuge, whither he flees; 27 and the avenger of blood
find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood
slay the manslayer; there shall be no blood guiltiness for him; 28 because he
must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after
the death of the high priest the manslayer may return into the land of his
possession.
If the Cohain HaGadol was a young man, the
manslaughterer could stay in the city for years and if very elderly a short
time. It was said that if the Cohain HaGadol became Tumay for any reason, they
would take a very old substitute so that when he died, the manslaughterers
could go home. WHY THE DEATH OF THE COHAIN HAGDOL? For the Cohain should have
prayed for safety of the people of the land.
36: 1 And
the heads of the fathers' houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came
near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers'
houses of the children of Israel; 2 and they said: 'The LORD commanded my lord
to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and my lord
was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto
his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes
of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the
inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe
whereunto they shall belong; so will it be taken away from the lot of our
inheritance. … 8 And every daughter, that possess an inheritance in any tribe
of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of
her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance
of his fathers. 9 So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another
tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave each one to its
own inheritance.'
If a person from tribe one gave his
daughter an inheritance from his tribe, his granddaughters would have to marry
within the tribe so that they would not pass it on to another tribe but if they
married out of the tribe they would not pass on the inheritance to their
husbands.
10 Even as the LORD commanded
Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah,
and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their
father's brothers' sons. 12 They were married into the families of the sons of
Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the
family of their father. 13 These are the commandments and the ordinances, which
the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the
plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Chazak – Chazak v’ nit Chazak
Rabbi Shlomo Katz: Aliyah
in 42 steps. 14min talk. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248797
The 15 Second Lecture by Rabbi Y. Tilles
Shortly after the Bobover
Rebbe came to America, a local rabbi who felt threatened by the Bobover Rebbe's
activities on behalf of world Jewry, strongly criticized the Rebbe, and
personally attacked his character. The Bobover Rebbe did not respond to the
attack.
Eventually, the slanderous
remarks became humiliating. The Rebbe summoned all of his chasidim to assemble
in his Bais Medrash [study
hall & synagogue]. The large shul was filled to capacity; everyone had crammed in to
hear the Rebbe's response to the insults that had been launched at him.
The Bobover Rebbe entered
the Bais Medrash, ascended to the front of the Holy Ark where the Torah scrolls
are kept, and after kissing the outer curtain, turned to the people gathered
there. He said, "I am declaring to everyone assembled here, as I stand in
front of the Holy Ark, that I absolutely forbid anyone from battling on my
behalf! My honor is my honor, and it will remain my honor, but only if everyone
acts appropriately and does not take sides. Whoever does not obey me has no
place in my Bais Medrash!"
Having spoken for a total of fifteen seconds, the Rebbe descended the podium and left the shul.
Having spoken for a total of fifteen seconds, the Rebbe descended the podium and left the shul.
A few hours later, the
Rebbe asked his attendant to take him to the attacking rabbi's home. By then,
word of the Rebbe's response had already spread throughout the community. The
Rebbe arrived at the rabbi's house and knocked on the door.
The Rabbi answered the
door, and when he realized who was standing before him, his face turned white.
The Bobover Rebbe understood that words were not necessary -- it was action
that was needed. He took the rabbi in both his arms, hugged him and kissed him
on the cheek.
Then he said, "Dear
Rabbi, you may go to any one of my Chassidim and they will attest to the fact
that I have no bad feelings towards you at all. Just as we were once friends,
we will continue to remain friends!"
The rabbi was a changed
person as a result that encounter, and the attacks stopped. The Bobover Rebbe
corrected the situation by expressing his love for a fellow Jew instead of
responding with anger, even though there was great reason for him to get angry.
Rav Zilberstein notes that
R. Shlomo of Bobov's yahrzeit
is on Rosh Chodesh Av, which is the same yahrzeit as Aharon HaKohen, the
brother of Moses and the first High Priest. This is significant because both
Aharon and the Bobover exemplified the dictum of Hillel the Elder (Avos
1:12), "Love peace and pursue peace…". They each possessed a love for
all Jews and strongly desired to promote peace and harmony within the
collective Jewish people.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from the Vayechi 5777 email of "Torah U'Tefilah: A Collection of Inspiring Insights", compiled by Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg, as posted in "Shabbos Stories for the Parsha", Shemos 5777 (keren18@juno.com).
Photo (minus frame) from the Menucha Press "Framed Gedolim Portrait" series.
Source: Adapted by Yerachmiel Tilles from the Vayechi 5777 email of "Torah U'Tefilah: A Collection of Inspiring Insights", compiled by Rabbi Yehuda Winzelberg, as posted in "Shabbos Stories for the Parsha", Shemos 5777 (keren18@juno.com).
Photo (minus frame) from the Menucha Press "Framed Gedolim Portrait" series.
Biographical note:
Rabbi Shlomo (ben Benzion) Halberstam of Bobov, [5667 - 1 Av 5760 (1907 - August 2000),] survived the Holocaust along with only 300 chasidim, succeeding his father who was among those martyred. Settling in Manhattan and then different locations in Brooklyn, he served as the third rebbe in the Bobover dynasty for over 50 years, rebuilding Bobov to even more thousands than his father had before the war. In addition to being wise and pious, he was noted for his commitment to not taking sides in disputes. Interestingly, he passed away on the same Hebrew date as Aharon the first High Priest, who was the first Jew to be known for "loving peace and pursuing peace" (see Avot 1:12).
Rabbi Shlomo (ben Benzion) Halberstam of Bobov, [5667 - 1 Av 5760 (1907 - August 2000),] survived the Holocaust along with only 300 chasidim, succeeding his father who was among those martyred. Settling in Manhattan and then different locations in Brooklyn, he served as the third rebbe in the Bobover dynasty for over 50 years, rebuilding Bobov to even more thousands than his father had before the war. In addition to being wise and pious, he was noted for his commitment to not taking sides in disputes. Interestingly, he passed away on the same Hebrew date as Aharon the first High Priest, who was the first Jew to be known for "loving peace and pursuing peace" (see Avot 1:12).
Connections (2) - Seasonal:
* Rosh Chodesh Menachem-Av (Friday) is the yahrzeit of the Bobover Rebbe (and of Aharon HaKohen);
* This week we start this year's 3rd cycle of Shabbat Perkei Avos study with chapter 1, which is referenced in the story.
* Rosh Chodesh Menachem-Av (Friday) is the yahrzeit of the Bobover Rebbe (and of Aharon HaKohen);
* This week we start this year's 3rd cycle of Shabbat Perkei Avos study with chapter 1, which is referenced in the story.
Video:
Gaze at face of Rebbe Shlomo of Bobov at the beginning of the video, and then from 20:00 to 23:00 you can see him dancing in front of the bride, then with the groom, and then in a circle with family members and select other guests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0apTHEeDpGw
Gaze at face of Rebbe Shlomo of Bobov at the beginning of the video, and then from 20:00 to 23:00 you can see him dancing in front of the bride, then with the groom, and then in a circle with family members and select other guests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0apTHEeDpGw
Two
months ago Art Scroll came out with a new book by Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein
describing Shalom Beis and how the great Torah Giants treated their wives with
respect. I completed reading it last week. Example. Rebbetzin Feinstein did not
speak English and shopping was hard for her. Rav Moshe went every week with her
shopping and acted as a translator. Another Gadol made tea each morning for his
wife and brought it to her in bed to help her start her day. The name of the
books is: The Joyful Jewish Home.
Perhaps it is best that my IDF
Medical Services Unprepared story is not ready yet. Next week Tisha B’Av is
perhaps more appropriate for one to mourn the lack of preparedness.
Analysis Ganz in the race could cost the Likud
4 mandates. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5305530,00.html
From Diane Bederman. The
#MeTOO movement is always busy. Many well-known people have been taken down.
The PM of Canada is a self described Feminist. Women
should be believed-except when the accusation is against him.
He was accused 18 years ago of assaulting a female
reporter. It was reported then but remained quiet until someone chose to share.
There are those who suggest that as the woman, the victim, does not want to
talk anymore that Trudeau should be left alone.
But Trudeau is no normal "abuser" because
of his statements and he has thrown other men under the bus for sexual
misconduct.
Any other famous man, this story would be everywhere
and calls for an inquiry would be screaming from the headlines. It is left to
Conservative bloggers to speak.
Inyanay Diyoma
Both IAF and USAF overfly S. Syria. https://www.debka.com/us-air-force-flies-24-7-over-syrian-battlefield-with-israeli-overflights/
IDF spots Hezballah and Iranian troops among
refugees. https://www.debka.com/mivzak/idf-spots-disguised-hizballah-troops-among-syrian-refugees/
IDF retaliated on Friday. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248541
Man arrested with illegal gun. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248544
Work Accident injures terrorists. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248555
After shock quakes. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248563
Thailand rescue starts. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248574
Netanyahu blocks reestablishing. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248573
NJ Town sued over Schul denial. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5305740,00.html
Syrian refugees partially return home after
cease-fire https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5305715,00.html
Amalek female injured in protest. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5305683,00.html
N. Korea clarification talks. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5305530,00.html
Update on South African Zionist Leader’s
Murder. https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/07/06/south-african-zionist-activist-shot-dead-in-johannesburg/?utm_content=news2&utm_medium=weekend_email&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=internal
Swedish Neo-Nazis attack Jews. https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/07/06/swedish-neo-nazis-assault-pro-israel-activist-at-human-rights-festival/?utm_content=news3&utm_medium=weekend_email&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=internal
T4 base hit. Verbal reports from Syrian
Opposition say 9 Iranians/Hezballah dead. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5306572,00.html
Turks laundering money for Hamas. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5306420,00.html
Assad’s victory Ben Yeshai. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5306228,00.html
4 more earthquakes above 3.2: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248628
Payments to terrorist continue. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248636
Illinois Gov. calls for voting for anybody but
that Nazi. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248627
Terrorist bomber captured. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248624
4 years Netanyahu has done nothing. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248654
Syrian launches attacks near Golan. https://www.debka.com/syria-launches-anti-rebel-operation-in-quneitra-ahead-of-putin-netanyahu-meeting/
Another 20 fires today. Israel closes Gaza
Border. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248659
UNRWA short on cash. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248670
Overnight shooting in Beit El. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248692
Almost kidnapped in Mexico. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248694
N. Korea offered Israel a billion dollar deal
for missile tech. https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Israel-nixed-North-Korea-offer-to-stop-Mideast-missile-tech-transfer-562074
80,000 buildings could collapse. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Estimate-80000-buildings-in-danger-of-collapsing-in-face-of-earthquake-562054
Bang-bang zoom Israel is going to the moon. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5307792,00.html
Soros pays and dupes leftists to help his
business. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5307870,00.html
Syria games Ed-Op Fishman. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5307946,00.html
Ed-Op Dr. Martin Sherman. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/22442
I grew up as the only pure Jew in an Irish
Catholic Neighborhood took my lumps. This behavior does not surprise me. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248741
Army safety inspector fires off gun. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248727
“Peaceful religious” fellows raped the female
robbed the couple convicted in France. https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/07/09/french-court-convicts-antisemitic-gang-for-brutal-robbery-rape-of-jewish-couple-in-2014/?utm_content=news1&utm_medium=daily_email&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=internal/
Netanyahu meets with Russian delegation. https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/07/10/netanyahu-to-visiting-russian-officials-israel-will-not-tolerate-iranian-military-presence-in-syria/?utm_content=news1&utm_medium=daily_email&utm_campaign=email&utm_source=internal/
Slightly after 3 PM drone shot down. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5308346,00.html
Germany is controlled by Russia? https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5308210,00.html
Arab boy kidnapped by Arabs. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5308279,00.html
War with Iran in Syria? https://www.debka.com/after-netanyahu-putin-summit-israel-must-decide-on-a-war-with-iran-in-syria/
Israel replies to Syrian Drone. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248788
Iranian murderer in
Russia. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248790
Syrian Mothers with sick babies visit Israel. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5308524,00.html
UK Labor Corbyn promotes antisemite.
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5308561,00.html
Netanyahu & Putin nyet news. https://www.debka.com/israeli-syrian-armed-contest-over-quneitra-has-begun/
Construction collapse in Gilboa on new power
plant conduit. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248881
Project Iran – US and Israeli Cooperation. https://www.debka.com/new-us-israeli-project-iran-is-headed-by-idfs-maj-gen-nitzan-alon/
Radical Leftist arrested for striking a 10
year old boy. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248852
In an attempt to prevent the
wrath of the L-RD G-D on Am Yisrael Rabbi Ariel makes an appeal. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248846
Hamas planning attack drones. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248873
Coalition Jewish Values backs Judge. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248839
Quebec Judge ousts Chassidim. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/248828
Syrian deployment vs. Israeli. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5309288,00.html
Author receives Bulgarian Prize. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5308865,00.html
Have a wonderful Shabbos and
Chodesh and remember the laws of the days proceeding the observance of Tisha B’Av.
Rachamim Pauli
